Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

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District

Coat of arms

Country

Germany

State

Saxony

Capital

Pirna

Area

• Total

1,654 km² (639 sq mi)

Population (31 December 2012)^[1]

• Total

245,927

• Density

150/km² (390/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration

PIR, DW, FTL, SEB

Website

http://www.landratsamt-pirna.de

Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains (German: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Erzgebirge.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

View from the viewpoint on the top of the Papststein. The three large mountains are Gohrisch (left), the Königstein Fortress (in exact centre) and the Lilienstein (right). The village on the right is Kurort Gohrisch.

The district is located between Dresden and the Czech Republic. In the southwestern part of the district the easternmost part of the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains") is found, the southeastern part of the district is named Saxon Switzerland, which is part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The main river of the district is the Elbe. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mittelsachsen and Meißen, the urban district Dresden, the district of Bautzen, and the Czech Republic.

Towns and municipalities

Towns		Municipalities
Altenberg Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Dippoldiswalde Dohna Freital Glashütte Heidenau Hohnstein Königstein	Liebstadt Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Rabenau Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Stolpen Tharandt Wilsdruff	Bahretal Bannewitz Dohma Dorfhain Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Gohrisch Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau Hermsdorf Klingenberg	Kreischa Lohmen Müglitztal Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Struppen

References

↑ "Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen – Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 17 June 2013.

External links

Media related to Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (German)

v t e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Saxony in Germany

Urban districts	Chemnitz Dresden Leipzig

Rural districts	Bautzen Erzgebirgskreis Görlitz Leipzig Meißen Mittelsachsen Nordsachsen Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Vogtlandkreis Zwickau

Former urban districts	Görlitz Hoyerswerda Plauen Zwickau

Former rural districts	Annaberg Aue-Schwarzenberg Chemnitzer Land Delitzsch Döbeln Freiberg Kamenz Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis Mittweida Muldentalkreis Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain Sächsische Schweiz Stollberg Torgau-Oschatz Weißeritzkreis Zwickauer Land

Coordinates: 50°54′N 13°50′E / 50.900°N 13.833°E / 50.900; 13.833

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