What is Mittweida?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Mittweida, Markt 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-20150721-001.jpg |image_caption = Houses on the market square |image_coa =DEU Mittweida COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|59|8|N|12|58|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Mittweida in FG.png |state = Sachsen |district = Mittelsachsen |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Mittweida |elevation = 288 |area = 41.24 |population = 16277 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 14522360 |postal_code = 09648 |area_code = 03727 |licence = FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL |website = {{url|https://www.mittweida.de/}} |mayor = Ralf Schreiber |party = CDU }} '''Mittweida''' ({{IPA2|mɪtˈvaɪda}}) is a town in the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is the [[capital city|capital]] of the [[Mittweida Rural District|Landkreis Mittweida]]. == History == The town was started in the 13th century, and is now one of the biggest textile producing centres in Saxony. Mittweida University has about 5000 students. It was started in the late 19th century. Among its students were [[August Horch]], [[Walter Bruch]], [[Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen]], and [[Gerhard Neumann]]. During [[World War II]], a subcamp of [[Flossenburg concentration camp]] was located here.<ref>Christine O'Keefe.''Concentration Camps.''www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Mittelsachsen Rural District]]