"Chemnitz - a city in transition" a Chemnitz Travel Page by King_Golo

Chemnitz is my home at the moment - I'm working here. It's a city of some 240000 inhabitants located at the north rim of the German Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains). Chemnitz belongs to the German bundesland (i.e. state) of Saxony - prepare for the most awful dialect of German that you've ever heard! ;-)
As I've come to like this place and am even adapting some features of the dialect, I've written my thesis about tourism brochures promoting Chemnitz. Furthermore, I'm now working at university and am also responsible for international exchange - i.e. more promotion! :)

Basically an industrial city, moulded by long times of machine and tool production, Chemnitz faces new tasks in these years. Today, most of the factories don't exist anymore and Chemnitz focuses on other things. There's a university of more than 10000 students, a lively city centre that has changed its looks completely in the last five years, pieces of art at every corner and much more.

Chemnitz is not the most beautiful place in the world, but it's well worth a short visit.
Interesting sights: The giant Karl Marx head called Nischl, the Kassberg (a large area of late 19th century houses), Villa Esche (Esche manor house), the Museum of Industry, the newly opened Museum Gunzenhauser, the Petrified Forest (290 million years old!!!), the newly built city centre with several good shopping opportunities, several nice parks, the vicinity (Chemnitz is often called "The gate to the Ore Mountains")... and a lot more! Best to come yourself and discover this place!