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or Krimmitschau, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony, on the Pleisse and the main LeipzigHof railway, 7 m. N.W. from Zwickau. Pop. (190o) 22,845. The most important industries of the town are the manufacture of buckskin, the spinning of carded yarn and vicuna-wool, and the processes of dyeing, finishing and wool-spinning connected with these. Among other manufactures are brushes, boilers and the like, machinery, metal ware generally, the cases and other parts of watches. The town has a modern school (Realschule), a commercial school, and technical schools for weaving and finishing.