GLAUCHAU, a town of Germany, in the Land of Saxony, on the right bank of the Mulde, 7 m. N. of Zwickau and 17 m. W. of Chemnitz by rail. Pop. (1933) 31,193. It has important manufactures of woollen and half-woollen goods. There are also dye-works, print-works, and manufactories of paper, aluminium, thread and machinery. Glauchau possesses a weaving school. Some portions of the old castle date from the 12th century; the Gottesacker church contains objects of this period. Glauchau was founded by a colony of Sorbs and Wends, and belonged to the lords of Schonburg as early as the 12th century.