The village lies approximately 30 km east of Halle (Saale), ca.

9 runs west of the corporate boundary and can be accessed via the Wiedemar entrance ramp (ca.

The community is marked with the vestiges of the defunct middle German Brown coal industry.

Lakes are currently forming in the vast open pits of the former mines (the Werbeliner See, Grabschützer See, and Zwochauer See) as a part of the new "Saxon Sealand."

Since 1 April 1936 the villages of Flemsdorf and Schladitz have been amalgamated with Zwochau.