Mittelsachsen

Mittelsachsen
	Mittelsachsen
	; Map of Saxony highlighting the district of Mittelsachsen
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Chemnitz
District seat	Freiberg
Area	2,112 km²
Population	342,000 (2008)
Pop. density	162 /km²
Licence plate code	FG
Web page	http://www.landkreis-mittelsachsen.de

Mittelsachsen is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

[edit] History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August 2008.

The district stretches from the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains") on the Czech Republic–Germany border to the plains between Leipzig and Dresden. The main rivers of the district are the Freiberger Mulde and Zschopau. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the state Thuringia, the districts of Leipzig, Nordsachsen, Meißen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the Czech Republic, Erzgebirgskreis, the urban district Chemnitz, and the district of Zwickau.

Towns	Municipalities
Augustusburg Brand-Erbisdorf Burgstädt Döbeln Flöha Frankenberg Frauenstein Freiberg Geringswalde Großschirma Hainichen Hartha Leisnig Lunzenau Mittweida Oederan Penig Rochlitz Roßwein Sayda Waldheim	Altmittweida Bobritzsch Bockelwitz Claußnitz Dorfchemnitz Ebersbach Eppendorf Erlau Falkenau Frankenstein Großhartmannsdorf Großweitzschen Halsbrücke Hartmannsdorf Hilbersdorf Königsfeld Königshain-Wiederau Kriebstein Leubsdorf Lichtenau	Lichtenberg Mochau Mühlau Mulda Neuhausen Niederstriegis Niederwiesa Oberschöna Ostrau Rechenberg-Bienenmühle Reinsberg Rossau Seelitz Striegistal Taura Wechselburg Weißenborn Zettlitz Ziegra-Knobelsdorf Zschaitz-Ottewig

Mittelsachsen
Map of Saxony highlighting the district of Mittelsachsen
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Chemnitz
District seat	Freiberg
Area	2,112 km²
Population	342,000 (2008)
Pop. density	162 /km²
Licence plate code	FG
Web page	http://www.landkreis-mittelsachsen.de