Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Germany south of Leipzig. Chartered in the early 1200s, it was a free imperial city from 1290 to 1323.
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- proper noun
independent city inSaxony , Germany
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Examples
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Two of Schumann's symphonies – the Second, and the incomplete torso known as the Zwickau – were placed alongside the UK premiere of Albert Schnelzer's A Freak in Burbank, a witty, malign little scherzo inspired by the childhood and films of Tim Burton; the piece reveals an exceptional flair for orchestral virtuosity on the part of its composer.
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The so-called Zwickau prophets, for example, Nicholas Storch and his colleagues, seem in their general attitude to have approached very closely to the principles of the Anabaptist sectaries.
German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890
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The set includes the marvelous Konzertstück for Four Horns, both versions of the Fourth Symphony, and the "Zwickau" symphony.
At ArkivMusic Lisa Hirsch 2008
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The set includes the marvelous Konzertstück for Four Horns, both versions of the Fourth Symphony, and the "Zwickau" symphony.
Archive 2008-04-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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206 I need only call attention to the earth-fire (_Erdbrand_) for the purpose of forcing the growth of garden plants in the neighborhood of Zwickau, which is said to have existed since 1505. 207
System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855
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On Saxon territory also, Lutheran congregations were formed in various towns, such as Zwickau, Altenburg, and Eisenach.
Life of Luther Julius Koestlin
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On Saxon territory also, Lutheran congregations were formed in various towns, such as Zwickau, Altenburg, and Eisenach.
Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881
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And in Germany, an explosion damages a house in Zwickau while sunlight breaks through fog in a forest in Waldkirch.
Photos of the Day 2011
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POWs had left the country so that the German government could close the facilities at Merseberg and Zwickau, and the government announced that an additional seven camps would be shut down that month.
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Anhalt (Zerbst), Hesse-Nassau (Cassel), and Saxony (Chemnitz and Zwickau).
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