Plauen

Plauen is a city in Saxony, east-central Germany. The city was founded by Slavs in the 12th century and was passed to Bohemia in 1327 and to Saxony in 1466. The population is 70,070 (Dec 2003). In the late nineteenth century, Plauen became a textile manufacturing center, specializing in lace. Around 1910 Plauen, as a kind of industrial 'boomtown', reached its population

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climax (1910 census: 121.000 inhabitants). (1912: 128.000 - the top level).

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In the 1930s Plauen earned the dubious distinction of hosting the first chapter of the Nazi Party outside of Bavaria.

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From 1945 on, it belonged to the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany, from 1949 to 1990 to the German Democratic Republic.

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Plauen's population shrinked dramatically since WW-2 (1939: 111.000 inhabitants !).

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The expos? Fast Food Nation gives special mention to Plauen as the first city in East Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall to have a McDonald's restaurant.

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Slavs: REDIRECT Slavic peoples...

Bohemia: :For the place in the USA, see Bohemia, New York....

Textile: :This article is about the type of material. Textile is also a jargon term used by naturists or nudists to describe a person who wears clothes. Textile is also a kind of ReStructured Text....