Chemnitz (river)

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Chemnitz
Chemnitz River in May 2014
Location
Country	Germany
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Zwönitz and Würschnitz
Mouth
• location	Zwickauer Mulde
• coordinates	50°59′15″N 12°46′28″E / 50.98750°N 12.77444°E / 50.98750; 12.77444
Length	75 km (47 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Zwickauer Mulde→ Mulde→ Elbe→ North Sea

The Chemnitz is a river in Saxony, Germany, a right tributary of the Zwickauer Mulde. It gave name to the city of Chemnitz, where it is formed by the smaller rivers Zwönitz and Würschnitz. It joins the Zwickauer Mulde near Wechselburg, south of Rochlitz and has a total length of 75 km (47 mi).

On 22 June 1930, a bridge over the Chemnitz River collapsed, plunging 200 spectators who had been crowding on the bridge into the water and injuring 90 of them.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

• 
  Chemnitz river at Schweizerthal in March 2016
• 
  Flood of the Chemnitz in Chemnitz-Furth, January 1932
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  Mouth of the Chemnitz near the bridge Muldentalbahn at Wechselburg in May 2016

See also[edit]

Media related to Chemnitz (river) at Wikimedia Commons

• List of rivers of Saxony

References[edit]