Plauen
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Plauen is with a approx. 69,000 inhabitants the largest city of the Vogtland and seat of the Vogtlandkreis. The city lies in the southwest of Saxony. It is to Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau the fifth-largest city as well as one of the six upper centers of the Free State Saxony and has the status of a circle-free city.
Next larger cities in the environment are northeast of Zwickau, approx. 35 km and Gera, approx. 41 km north of Plauen.
[edit] Inhabitant development
The number of inhabitants of the city Plauen exceeded 1904 the border of 100.000, whereby it became the large city. 1912 reached the total population with 128.000 their historical highest level. After the Second World War Germany was divided and for Plauen was appropriate now in the border area. Among other things by it the number of inhabitants decreased strongly, so that it is today far distant from the large city border. On 30 September 2005 the official number of inhabitants for Plauen amounted to after updating of the statistic national office of the Free State Saxony 69,160 (only main domiciles and after alignment with the other national offices).
