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title: "Spaces Die Fabrik"
description: "Long before Spaces occupied it, the building on Zwickauer Strasse that gives Spaces Die Fabrik its name was exactly what the name says: a factory. Zwickauer Strasse runs through one of the industrial corridors that earned Chemnitz its 19th-century nickname, Saxon Manchester, when textile mills an…"
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# Spaces Die Fabrik

Long before Spaces occupied it, the building on Zwickauer Strasse that gives Spaces Die Fabrik its name was exactly what the name says: a factory. Zwickauer Strasse runs through one of the industrial corridors that earned Chemnitz its 19th-century nickname, Saxon Manchester, when textile mills and machine works lined this stretch of the city and powered Saxony's manufacturing economy. Spaces has taken that industrial shell and rebuilt it as three floors of design-led workspace, keeping the scale and bones of a factory building while replacing the machinery with desks, meeting rooms and a business community that spans startups, agencies and regional companies.

The conversion shows in the way the space is laid out. Where a factory floor once had few walls beyond load-bearing columns, the building now has genuine flexibility across all three levels, whether that means an open coworking floor, a row of private offices or a meeting room set up for a client pitch. High ceilings and generous floor plates, typical of industrial buildings from that era, give Spaces Die Fabrik a scale that a converted shopfront or a purpose-built office block rarely matches, and the roof terrace on top makes use of a part of the building that a working factory would never have offered its staff, now turned over to breaks, informal calls and views across Chemnitz.

The location keeps its industrial-era practicality too. Chemnitz Kappler Drehe bus stop is a two-minute walk from the door, and Chemnitz Mitte train station is 1.6 kilometres away, close enough for a walk or a short tram ride into the city centre. Highway A72 sits just moments away, a detail that matters for a building whose original purpose depended on moving goods rather than people, and today serves anyone driving in from outside the city. Business-grade WiFi runs throughout the building, a deliberately modern layer over a structure built for a very different kind of work, and meeting rooms give teams somewhere to host colleagues, partners or clients without needing to explain why the office used to be a factory floor.

That history also shapes who the building suits. Chemnitz's own economy went through the same transition, from 19th-century manufacturing toward a mix of automotive engineering, technology and services, and Spaces Die Fabrik sits at that same intersection: a building that remembers what it was built for while functioning as a base for companies doing very different work today. Startups and small tech teams take to the open floors and the roof terrace, agencies and consultancies use the meeting rooms for client work, and larger companies with a presence across Chemnitz find a professional address that doesn't feel like every other office park in the region.

Beyond the building itself, Chemnitz's recent urban renewal has turned old industrial and commercial spaces across the city into venues, cafes and cultural spots, part of the momentum that helped the city earn its status as European Capital of Culture. Spaces Die Fabrik fits neatly into that story, a working example of the same reuse happening at street level nearby, and a short walk or tram ride puts members in reach of that wider cultural shift once the working day winds down.

Private offices at Spaces Die Fabrik start from EUR 275 per month, covering a furnished space inside a genuinely converted industrial building, access to meeting rooms, the roof terrace, business-grade WiFi and the wider community across all three floors. For companies that want their office to say something about where Chemnitz has been and where it's headed, a former factory turned modern workspace makes that point without a single word of marketing copy.

- **Location:** Chemnitz
- **Address:** Zwickauer Strasse 145, 09116 Chemnitz
- **Operator:** Spaces
- **Amenities:** Bikes Available, Reception, Purified Water, High-speed WiFi, Meeting Rooms, AC / Heating, Office Supplies, Printer / Scanner, Event Area, Lounge Area, Terrace, Kitchenette

## Pricing

- Private Office - Spaces Die Fabrik (Private Office): €275/month

## Nearby transport

- Kappler Drehe (bus, 2 min walk)
- Lützowstraße (bus, 3 min walk)
- Richard-Wagner-Straße (bus, 4 min walk)
- Platnerstraße (bus, 4 min walk)
- Industriemuseum (bus, 6 min walk)

Source: https://coworkingview.com/en/workspace/spaces-die-fabrik-chemnitz