Zvornik
a town in Bosnia, Jugoslavia, on the Drina; 68 miles N. E. of Serajevo. The inhabitants are partly Serbian, partly Catholic and to some extent Mohammedan. The coal and lead mines are rich though undeveloped.
Zvornik, which is a fortress of great strength, was occupied by the Russians, Sept. 27, 1878.
ZWICKAU (tsvik'ou), a picturesque city of Saxony; irregularly built in its older portions, in a pleasant valley on ZWINGER the left bank of the Mulde; 82 miles S.
W. of Dresden. Of its churches the most noteworthy is the Gothic Marienkirche, which dates from 1451, was restored in 1839-1842, and has a tower 285 feet high. The The old castle has been converted into a prison. The town carries on many manufactures; but the chief source of its wealth is the rich beds of coal in the surrounding district, which employ 8,000 miners. Pop. (1896) 50,391. For the Prophets of Zwickau, see ANABAPTISTS.