Löbau-Zittau

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Löbau-Zittau
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Löbau-Zittau
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Zittau
Adm. region	Dresden
Area	698.51 km²
Population	152,304 (2001)
pop. density	218 inh./km²
Car identification	ZI
Web page	http://www.lra-loebau-zittau.de

Löbau-Zittau is a Kreis (district) in the east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts are the district Bautzen in the north-west and the Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis in the north. To the east is Poland, and to the south the Czech Republic.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The district was formed in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Löbau and Zittau.

[edit] Geography

The main river in the district is the Lusatian Neisse, which also forms the boundary to Poland. It is mostly hilly landscape of the Lausitzer Bergland; the highest elevation is the Lausche with 793 m above sea level.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a typical house of the area, with two towers behind it. The towers represents the town halls of the cities Löbau and Zittau.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Bernstadt¹ Ebersbach Herrnhut¹ Löbau¹ Neugersdorf Neusalza-Spremberg¹ Ostritz Seifhennersdorf Zittau ¹ administrated inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Bernstadt/Schönau-Berzdorf Herrnhut Löbau Neusalza-Spremberg Olbersdorf Beiersdorf-Oppach	Eibau Großschönau Hainewalde Hirschfelde Leutersdorf Mittelherwigsdorf Niedercunnersdorf Obercunnersdorf Oderwitz Oybin Schlegel

Towns

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

free municipalities

¹ administrated inside a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Bernstadt/Schönau-Berzdorf
Herrnhut
Löbau
Neusalza-Spremberg
Olbersdorf
Beiersdorf-Oppach

Eibau
Großschönau
Hainewalde
Hirschfelde
Leutersdorf
Mittelherwigsdorf
Niedercunnersdorf
Obercunnersdorf
Oderwitz
Oybin
Schlegel

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany
Urban districts	Chemnitz \| Dresden \| Görlitz \| Hoyerswerda \| Leipzig \| Plauen \| Zwickau
Rural districts	Annaberg \| Aue-Schwarzenberg \| Bautzen \| Chemnitzer Land \| Delitzsch \| Döbeln \| Freiberg \| Kamenz \| Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau \| Meißen \| Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis \| Mittweida \| Muldentalkreis \| Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain \| Sächsische Schweiz \| Stollberg \| Torgau-Oschatz \| Vogtlandkreis \| Weißeritzkreis \| Zwickauer Land