Zwick·au (zw?k?ou, tsv?k?-) A city of east-central Germany south of Leipzig. Chartered in the early 1200s, it was a free imperial city from 1290 to 1323.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Zwickau (German ?tsv?kau) n (Placename) a city in E Germany, in Saxony: Anabaptist movement founded here (1521); coal-mining and industrial centre. Pop: 99 846 (2003 est)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Zwick?au (?zw?k a?, ?sw?k-, ?tsv?k-) n. a city in W Saxony, in E Germany. 121,749. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.