Zschopau is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude50.746961 degrees north 1 FAQs
Why is Zschopau known as a motorcycle town?
According to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, "But Rasmussen made his breakthrough with the manufacture of two-stroke engines for motorcycles and later also cars. His works in Zschopau were soon the largest producer of motorcycles in the world and later went on to become part of Auto Union, in which DKW was the largest brand."
What happened to the Zschopau motorcycle factory after 1945?
According to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, "After 1945, both the new Auto Union in West Germany as well as the operations of the IFA in the GDR directly continued the pre-war DKW production. In the old DKW factory, renamed MZ (Motorcycleworks Zschopau), the DKW RT125 was still built until to 1962, using pre-war plans."
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1. Zschopau (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 8,692 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.746961, longitude 13.069561
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 350 m
P2046 (area)
area 22.88 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 8692 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (German): Zschopau
Wikipedia (German)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1286
1286 erfolgte die erste urkundliche Erwähnung als „Schapa“, 1292 die Bezeichnung Zschopaus als civitas .
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1286
1286 erfolgte die erste urkundliche Erwähnung als „Schapa“, 1292 die Bezeichnung Zschopaus als civitas .
Source text, founding-year: 1286
1286 erfolgte die erste urkundliche Erwähnung als „Schapa“, 1292 die Bezeichnung Zschopaus als civitas .
View the Source Zschopau (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
pronunciation: [ˈtʃoːpaʊ] ), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany
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