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Zwickau
Zwickau , city (1994 pop. 107,988), Saxony, E central Germany, on the Mulde River. It is an industrial city and until the late 1970s was the center of a coal mining region. Manufactures include machinery, textiles, and automobile parts. Zwickau was chartered in the early 13th cent., and it was a free imperial city from 1290 to 1323, when it passed to the margraves of Meissen. The city was (1520-23) the center of the Anabaptist movement of Thomas Münzer . It was repeatedly plundered during the Thirty Years War (1618-48). Noteworthy buildings include a basilica (12th-15th cent.), the Church of St. Catherine (14th cent.), and the city hall (15th cent.). Robert Schumann was born (1810) in Zwickau, and the city has a Schumann museum. |
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"Zwickau." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Zwickau." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Zwickau.html "Zwickau." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Zwickau.html |
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Zwickau Prophets
Zwickau Prophets. A group of early Anabaptists who tried to establish a community of the elect at Zwickau, an industrial town in S. Saxony. N. Storch was one of their leaders who visited Wittenberg in 1521 and impressed P. Melanchthon and N. von Amsdorf. Their influence survived at Zwickau into the 1530s.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Zwickau Prophets." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Zwickau Prophets." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ZwickauProphets.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Zwickau Prophets." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ZwickauProphets.html |
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