Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

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Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Niesky
Adm. region	Dresden
Area	1,340.24 km²
Population	103,469 (2001)
Pop. density	77 inh./km²
Car identification	NOL
Web page	http://www.nol-kreis.de

The Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis (German for district of Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia) is the easternmost Kreis (district) of the Free State of Saxony and Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise) Löbau-Zittau, Bautzen, Kamenz and the district Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg. The district-free city Görlitz is in the east, at the boundary to Poland.

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

[edit] History

The territory of this district was not part of Saxony before World War II; rather, it, along with the city of Görlitz, was a part of German Silesia. When most of Silesia was assigned to Poland after the war, the tiny rump of the Silesian province was integrated into Saxony.

The current district was formed in 1994 by merging the previous districts Niesky and Weißwasser, and most part of the district Görlitz.

[edit] Geography

The main river in the district is the Neisse, which also forms the boundary to Poland. The terrain is mostly hilly, with broad valleys. In the past many swamps covered the area, which is now heath areas and many ponds.

[edit] Partnerships

[edit] Coat of arms

The stone wall in the bottom of the coat of arms is the symbol of the Oberlausitz region, with its three tops symbolizing the three districts which were merged together. The linden leaves symbolize the Sorbs slavic minority. The shield above the wall is the old coat of arms of the Prussian province Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien).

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsverbände	free municipalities
Bad Muskau¹ Niesky Reichenbach (Oberlausitz)¹ Rothenburg¹ Weißwasser¹ ¹ administrated inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Diehsa Weißer Schöps/Neiße Bad Muskau Boxberg/OL Reichenbach Rothenburg (Oberlausitz) Schleife Weißwasser (Oberlausitz)	Krauschwitz Kreba-Neudorf Markersdorf Rietschen

Towns

Verwaltungsverbände

free municipalities

¹ administrated inside a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Diehsa
Weißer Schöps/Neiße
Bad Muskau
Boxberg/OL
Reichenbach
Rothenburg (Oberlausitz)
Schleife
Weißwasser (Oberlausitz)

Krauschwitz
Kreba-Neudorf
Markersdorf
Rietschen

[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