Muldentalkreis

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Muldentalkreis
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Muldentalkreis
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Grimma
Adm. region	Leipzig
Area	892.62 km²
Population	135,459 (2001)
Pop. density	152 inh./km²
Car identification	MTL
Web page	http://www.lra-mtl.de

The Muldentalkreis is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Delitzsch, Torgau-Oschatz, Döbeln, Mittweida and Leipziger Land.

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

[edit] History

The roots of the district date back to the Amt Grimma, which was formed in 1832 to 1838, and was later renamed Kreis (district). The city of Wurzen left the district 1926-1945 as a district-free city. In 1952 the area around Wurzen was split off from the district Grimma. This was reverted in 1994 when the two previous districts Grimma and Wurzen were merged again. A few municipalities from other districts around Bad Lausick were added as well.

[edit] Geography

The district is named after its major river, the Mulde - the name Muldental means valley of the Mulde. The Mulde is formed in the south of the district by its two confluents Freiberger Mulde and Zwickauer Mulde, and flows through the district in south-north direction.

[edit] Coat of arms

The silver lines in the coat of arms symbolize the river Mulde and its two source arms. The green color symbolizes the forests of the district, and the three flower symbols stand for the two previous districts and the municipalities from other districts which were merged together to form the current district.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Bad Lausick Brandis Colditz Grimma¹ Mutzschen Naunhof¹ Nerchau Trebsen (Mulde) Wurzen ¹ Administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Naunhof Belgershain Naunhof Grimma Grimma Großbardau	Bennewitz Borsdorf Falkenhain Großbothen Hohburg Kühren-Burkartshain Machern Otterwisch Parthenstein Thallwitz Thümmlitzwalde Zschadraß

Towns

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

free municipalities

¹ Administrated in a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Naunhof
1. Belgershain
2. Naunhof
Grimma
1. Grimma
2. Großbardau

Bennewitz
Borsdorf
Falkenhain
Großbothen
Hohburg
Kühren-Burkartshain
Machern
Otterwisch
Parthenstein
Thallwitz
Thümmlitzwalde
Zschadraß

[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