Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis
—  District  —
Country  Germany
State Saxony
Adm. region Chemnitz
Capital Annaberg-Buchholz
Area
 • Total 1,827 km2 (705.4 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 368,167
 • Density 201.5/km2 (521.9/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.

Contents

History

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

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

Towns Municipalities
  1. Annaberg-Buchholz
  2. Aue
  3. Ehrenfriedersdorf
  4. Eibenstock
  5. Elterlein
  6. Geyer
  7. Grünhain-Beierfeld
  8. Johanngeorgenstadt
  9. Jöhstadt
  10. Lauter
  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. Zöblitz
  13. Zschopau
  14. Zwönitz
  1. Amtsberg
  2. Auerbach
  3. Bad Schlema
  4. Bärenstein
  5. Bernsbach
  6. Bockau
  7. Börnichen
  8. Borstendorf
  9. Breitenbrunn
  10. Burkhardtsdorf
  11. Crottendorf
  12. Deutschneudorf
  13. Drebach
  1. Erlbach-Kirchberg
  2. Gelenau
  3. Gornau
  4. Gornsdorf
  5. Großolbersdorf
  6. Großrückerswalde
  7. Grünhainichen
  8. Heidersdorf
  9. Hohndorf
  10. Hormersdorf
  11. Jahnsdorf
  12. Königswalde
  13. Mildenau
  1. Neukirchen
  2. Niederdorf
  3. Niederwürschnitz
  4. Pfaffroda
  5. Pockau
  6. Raschau-Markersbach
  7. Schönheide
  8. Sehmatal
  9. Seiffen
  10. Stützengrün
  11. Tannenberg
  12. Thermalbad Wiesenbad
  13. Zschorlau

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf. 

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Erzgebirgskreis Erzgebirgskreis] at Wikimedia Commons
   Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Saxony in Germany   
Urban districts
Rural districts
Former urban districts
Former rural districts