Erzgebirgskreis

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Erzgebirgskreis
—  District  —

Coat of arms
Country  Germany
State Saxony
Adm. region Chemnitz
Capital Annaberg-Buchholz
Area
 • Total 1,827 km2 (705 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2011)[1]
 • Total 363,741
 • Density Bad rounding here200/km2 (Bad rounding here520/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration ERZ
Website http://www.erzgebirgskreis.de

Erzgebirgskreis is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Vogtlandkreis and Zwickau, the urban district Chemnitz, the district Mittelsachsen and the Czech Republic.

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History [edit]

The district was established by merging the former districts of Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Stollberg and Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography [edit]

The district contains the western part of the Erzgebirge, which also forms the border with the Czech Republic. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the district, including Zwickauer Mulde and Zschopau.

Towns and municipalities [edit]

Towns Municipalities
  1. Annaberg-Buchholz
  2. Aue
  3. Ehrenfriedersdorf
  4. Eibenstock
  5. Elterlein
  6. Geyer
  7. Grünhain-Beierfeld
  8. Johanngeorgenstadt
  9. Jöhstadt
  10. Lauter-Bernsbach
  11. Lengefeld
  12. Lößnitz
  13. Lugau
  14. Marienberg
  1. Oberwiesenthal
  2. Oelsnitz
  3. Olbernhau
  4. Schneeberg
  5. Schwarzenberg
  6. Scheibenberg
  7. Schlettau
  8. Stollberg
  9. Thalheim
  10. Thum
  11. Wolkenstein
  12. Zschopau
  13. Zwönitz
  1. Amtsberg
  2. Auerbach
  3. Bad Schlema
  4. Bärenstein
  5. Bockau
  6. Börnichen
  7. Borstendorf
  8. Breitenbrunn
  9. Burkhardtsdorf
  10. Crottendorf
  11. Deutschneudorf
  12. Drebach
  1. Gelenau
  2. Gornau
  3. Gornsdorf
  4. Großolbersdorf
  5. Großrückerswalde
  6. Grünhainichen
  7. Heidersdorf
  8. Hohndorf
  9. Jahnsdorf
  10. Königswalde
  11. Mildenau
  12. Neukirchen
  1. Niederdorf
  2. Niederwürschnitz
  3. Pfaffroda
  4. Pockau
  5. Raschau-Markersbach
  6. Schönheide
  7. Sehmatal
  8. Seiffen
  9. Stützengrün
  10. Tannenberg
  11. Thermalbad Wiesenbad
  12. Zschorlau

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen – Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 19 June 2012. 

External links [edit]

Media related to Erzgebirgskreis at Wikimedia Commons

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Former rural districts

Coordinates: 50°36′N 12°57′E / 50.600°N 12.950°E / 50.600; 12.950

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