What is Chemnitz?
{{Infobox German location |name = Chemnitz |name_local = |image_photo={{Photomontage|position=center | photo1a = Schloßkirche am Schloßteich.jpg | photo2a = Roter Turm Chemnitz 2009 25.jpg | photo2b = Chemnitz-altes-Rathaus.jpg | photo3a = Chemnitz-Tietz-Moritzhof-pa.jpg | size = 280 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = {{nobreak|From top: View over Chemnitz,}}<br/> Red tower,<br/>Old Town Hall, Modern city centre of Chemnitz }} |image_flag = Flag of Chemnitz.svg |image_coa = Coat of arms of Chemnitz.svg |state = Saxony |district = Urban districts of Germany |type = city |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14511000 |population = 243521 |population_as_of = 2014-12-31 |pop_ref = [http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/ source] |area = 220.85 |elevation = 296 |coordinates = {{coord|50|50|N|12|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 09001–09247 |area_code = 0371 037200 (Wittgensdorf) 037209 (Einsiedel) 03722 (Röhrsdorf) 03726 (Euba) |licence = C |mayor = Barbara Ludwig |party=SPD |website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Chemnitz''' is a [[city]] in [[Germany]]. It is in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Saxony]]. In 2006, about 245,000 people lived there. During the partition of Germany Chemnitz was in [[East Germany]]. From 1953 to 1990 Chemnitz was called '''Karl-Marx-Stadt'''. The name was in reference to the social reformer [[Karl Marx]]. Now the city has its old name. This name is from the [[river]] that flows through it. The first mention of the city was in 1143. The city had an important role in the [[Industrial Revolution]]. In about 1883, the city population passed 100.000 inhabitants. == Geography == Chemnitz is north of the [[Ore Mountains]] in the western part of the Bundesland [[Saxony]]. It is the 3rd biggest city in Saxony with about 245.000 inhabitants. The area is about 220&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. There is a river that is also called Chemnitz. The average temperature is 8&nbsp;°C and the amount of rain and snow every year (annual precipitation) is 700&nbsp;mm. == Sigh