Mittelsachsen

Mittelsachsen
District
Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Capital	Freiberg
Area
• Total	2,112 km2 (815 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2014)
• Total	312,711
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	FG, BED, DL, FLÖ, HC, MW, RL
Website	landkreis-mittelsachsen.de

Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

The district stretches from the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains") on the Czech Republic–Germany border to the plains between Leipzig and Dresden. The main rivers of the district are the Freiberger Mulde and Zschopau. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the state Thuringia, the districts of Leipzig, Nordsachsen, Meißen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the Czech Republic, Erzgebirgskreis, the urban district Chemnitz, and the district of Zwickau.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Augustusburg Brand-Erbisdorf Burgstädt Döbeln Flöha Frankenberg Frauenstein Freiberg Geringswalde Großschirma Hainichen Hartha Leisnig Lunzenau Mittweida Oederan Penig Rochlitz Roßwein Sayda Waldheim	Altmittweida Bobritzsch-Hilbersdorf Claußnitz Dorfchemnitz Eppendorf Erlau Großhartmannsdorf Großweitzschen Halsbrücke Hartmannsdorf Königsfeld Königshain-Wiederau Kriebstein Leubsdorf Lichtenau Mochau Lichtenberg	Mühlau Mulda Neuhausen Niederwiesa Oberschöna Ostrau Rechenberg-Bienenmühle Reinsberg Rossau Seelitz Striegistal Taura Wechselburg Weißenborn Zettlitz Zschaitz-Ottewig

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)