a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony 16 m. S.E. of Chemnitz on the Fldha-Reitzenhain railway.
Pop. (1905), 7603. It has an Evangelical church, a Roman Catholic church, a non-commissioned officers' school and a preparatory school; and the industries comprise wool-spinning, flaxdressing, the making of lace, toys and cigars, and silver-mining.