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Logistics Region Dresden/Chemnitz
The region stretches from Dresden via Chemnitz to Zwickau and borders Poland and the Czech Republic. Semiconductors, automotive and suppliers and mechanical engineering shape demand, and outside Dresden land and labour are still comparatively available.
Location and access
The A4 is the region's east-west axis, running from Zwickau via Chemnitz and Dresden to Görlitz and Poland. At the Dresden-West interchange the A17 branches off to Prague, at Dresden-Nord the A13 to Berlin and at Nossen the A14 to Leipzig. At the Chemnitz interchange the A4 meets the A72 between Leipzig and Hof. The GVZ Dresden freight village at Friedrichstadt station is linked by the port railway to the trimodal Alberthafen, where a TrailerPort has moved semi-trailers and containers onto rail since 2024. In the south-west, GVZ Glauchau handles combined transport, and on the Elbe the Port of Riesa completes the offer.
Demand
With the Silicon Saxony network, Dresden is one of Europe's largest semiconductor locations, and several chipmakers produce in the north of the city. Zwickau and Chemnitz are centres of vehicle and engine manufacturing with a broad supplier base, complemented by mechanical and plant engineering. Food retailers and discounters run large distribution centres, and contract logistics providers serve production and retail. The position on the Polish and Czech borders strengthens cross-border traffic.
Clusters
In Dresden, the freight village and Alberthafen lie in Friedrichstadt, while to the north Klotzsche with the airport and Ottendorf-Okrilla line the A4. West of the city, Wilsdruff offers land near the Dresden-West interchange. Chemnitz concentrates business and logistics around the Chemnitz interchange in the north of the city, with Limbach-Oberfrohna and Hartmannsdorf on the A4 and A72. In the west, Glauchau, Meerane and Hohenstein-Ernstthal on the A4 together with Zwickau form the focus for automotive and supplier logistics.
Outlook
The semiconductor cluster keeps growing: a new fab opened in Dresden in 2026 and another is due to start production in 2027. This creates demand for storage, service and supplier space close to the cleanrooms. The transformation of the automotive industry is reshaping supply chains in Zwickau and Chemnitz and may release existing space. A new trimodal intermodal terminal is planned at the Port of Riesa by 2028, and the A72 to Leipzig is due to be fully opened in 2027.
Catchment area of the logistics region Dresden/Chemnitz
We broker logistics and warehouse buildings, production and light industrial space and industrial land to let and for sale across the region, including in these towns:
- Annaberg-Buchholz
- Aue
- Auerbach
- Bautzen
- Chemnitz
- Coswig
- Crimmitschau
- Dresden
- Döbeln
- Finsterwalde
- Freiberg
- Friedrichstadt
- Glauchau
- Greiz
- Großenhain
- Hartmannsdorf
- Heidenau
- Hohenstein-Ernstthal
- Hoyerswerda
- Kamenz
- Klotzsche
- Lauchhammer
- Limbach-Oberfrohna
- Löbau
- Marienberg
- Meerane
- Meißen
- Mittweida
- Nossen
- Ottendorf-Okrilla
- Pirna
- Plauen
- Radeberg
- Reichenbach
- Riesa
- Schneeberg
- Senftenberg
- Werdau
- Wilsdruff
- Zwickau
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