Limbach-Oberfrohna

Geschichte

Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony.Main sights Schloss Wolkenburg Protestant church in Oberfrohna Wasserturm Town Hall Limbach Municipal ChurchEconomyLimbach-Oberfrohna is situated in the manufacturing district of Chemnitz. It has a public park and a monument to the composer Johannes Pache. Its industries in the past included the making of worsteds, cloth, silk and sewing-machines, dyeing and bleaching. However, these industries collapsed almost completely after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Today, the biggest employers in the town are Siemens VDO, a former branch of the Siemens AG and manufacturer of car-supplies together with other mechanical-engineering firms.TransportationThe town is situated near the Bundesautobahn 4 and Bundesautobahn 72. Chemnitz, a city with a long existing mechanical-engineering-industry, is situated about 15 km to the east of Limbach-Oberfrohna.