Zwickau

[ tsvik-ou ]

noun

1. a city in W Saxony, in E Germany.

Zwickau

/ ˈtsvɪkau /

noun

1. a city in E Germany, in Saxony: Anabaptist movement founded here (1521); coal-mining and industrial centre. Pop: 99 846 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Moreover the conditions existing in Zwickau are hardly typical of German industry as a whole.

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In a letter of Luther's, called forth by Melanchthon, he judged very correctly of the spirits of Zwickau.

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Karlstadt now remained quiet for a few years, and the prophets from Zwickau had to leave Wittenberg.

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The excitement of the people was increased by the arrival of three men known in history as the Zwickau prophets.

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It is this daring faith in divine illumination that brings the Zwickau teachers most nearly into touch with the Anabaptists.

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