- Country
- Germany(since 1871)
- , Electorate of Saxony(1423–1806)
- Located in
- Saxony(since 2012)
- , Kreishauptmannschaft Chemnitz(1900–1943)
- , Karl-Marx-Stadt District(1952–1990)
- +6 more
- Population
- 247,252(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 245,618(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 250,681(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +17 more
- 247,252(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 221.05 km²(2016)
2
Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 220.85 km²
- 221.05 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 298 m
- , 302 m
- Head of government
- Sven Schulze(since 2020)
- , Barbara Ludwig(2006–2020)
- , Peter Seifert(1993–2006)
- +22 more
- Postal code
- 09001–09247
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
266 statements · 13% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
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- Kaluga
- Bishkek(since 1997)
1
Sources- 1.“International cooperation of Bishkek City Hall”bishkek.gov.kg/en/international_connections
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
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- Furth
- Gablenz
- Glösa-Draisdorf
- Grüna
- Harthau
- Helbersdorf
- Hilbersdorf
- Hutholz
- Kapellenberg
- Kappel
- Kaßberg
- Klaffenbach
- Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain
- Lutherviertel
- Markersdorf
- Mittelbach
- Morgenleite
- Rabenstein
- Reichenbrand
- Reichenhain
- Röhrsdorf
- Rottluff
- Schloßchemnitz
- Schönau
- Siegmar
- Sonnenberg
- Stelzendorf
- Wittgensdorf
- Yorckgebiet
- Zentrum
- Official name
- Chemnitz(since 1990)
- Karl-Marx-Stadt(1953–1990) statement is subject of: Karl-Marx-Stadt
1
Sources- 1.chemnitz.de/chemnitz/de/unsere-stadt/geschichte/friedliche-revolution-89/index.htmlRetrieved 2020-06-01
- Карл-Маркс-Штадт(1953–1990)
- Karl-Marks-Ştadt(1953–1990)
- Kamjenica
- Chemnitz(until 1953)
- Карл-Маркс-Штадт(1953–1990)
- Short name
- Ch
1
- Ch
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Kommunaler Sozialverband Sachsen
- Native label
- Chemnitz ipa transcription: ˈkɛmnɪt͡s · pronunciation audio: De-Chemnitz.ogg
- Local dialing code
- 0371
- 037200 applies to part: Wittgensdorf
- 037209 applies to part: Einsiedel
- 03722 applies to part: Röhrsdorf
- 03726 applies to part: Euba
- Social media followers
- 220(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: stadt_chemnitz@mastodon.social
- 216(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: stadt_chemnitz@mastodon.social
- 209(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: stadt_chemnitz@mastodon.social
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Saxony/Chemnitz.map
- Hashtag
- Chemnitz
- Owner of
- Rabenstein Castle(since 1950)
- Q112872449(1968–2011)
On other databases
74 identifiers linking Chemnitz across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID455
- BHCL UUID78785514-36cf-4e64-ad2d-f4915e298904
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID123430893
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00030667
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Saxony/Localities/Chemnitz/
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--432164
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID548d1d11-a0e2-4547-b5f3-c9f08cd01aad
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0017744
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Chemnitz-Germany
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ6460
- Facebook location ID106493159387489
- FactGrid item IDQ77451
- Freebase ID/m/01bgkq
- GADM IDDEU.14.2_1
- GeoNames ID2940132
- German district key14511
- German municipality key14511000
- German regional key145110000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7005951
- GitHub topicchemnitz
- GND ID4029702-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDchemnitz-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0017485
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDChemnitz
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDkemnits-471f23
- HASCDE.SN.CE
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDCHEITZJO60LU
- HOV-ID14016
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID11546
- IdRef ID032392907
- INaturalist place ID29492
- Interlingual Index IDi82964
- ISNI0000000121593253
- J9U entity ID987007559615805171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID4295
- Klexikon article IDChemnitz
- Klimadashboard.de region ID6c4fb0a6-8ff0-4207-839a-e053dacbf608
- KSW place ID77580
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID8032
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn80132192
- Mastodon addressstadt_chemnitz@mastodon.social
- Museum-digital place ID299
- MusicBrainz area ID4e3749dc-216d-48ca-9f5e-5630e4222c71
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/5889fdc4-cfc5-4ace-963b-f4f266a05182
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000981538
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5875531
- NE.se IDchemnitz
- NL CR AUT IDge200600
- NUTS codeDED41
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3885070
- Open Library subject IDplace:chemnitz_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62594
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2940132
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtchemnitz-9699d0
- Provenio UUIDdbac143d-c02f-47c5-8eb4-fb3b89466b90
- Quora topic IDChemnitz-Germany
- SBN place IDTO0L000718
- SNARC IDQ47887
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202247
- SPAP IDp/730d175b-0c33-442c-99dc-a2bffc545e0e
- Stadtwiki Dresden articleChemnitz
- Subredditchemnitz
- SVKKL authority ID0221575-Chemnitz-Nemecko
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044679
- UN/LOCODEDECHE
- VIAF cluster ID141372857
- Vikidia article IDes:Chemnitz
- Wellcome Collection concept IDwbmsu79m
- Who's on First ID101748601
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08788351-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID13489707
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJt8fMFF4rcdRVBRqCrDv3
- Yale LUX IDplace/968e2c3b-24e0-4070-b181-9b866264093e
- YSO ID110926