Erzgebirgskreis

District in Saxony, Germany

Erzgebirgskreis

District

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Country| Germany
State| Saxony
Founded| 2008
Capital| Annaberg-Buchholz
Government

• District admin.| Rico Anton (CDU)
Area

• Total| 1,828.35 km2 (705.93 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2021)[1]

• Total| 328,695
• Density| 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website| 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.

## History[edit]

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[edit]

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.

## Sister districts[edit]

The Erzgebirgskreis has partnerships with the following districts:[2]

* Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany (1990)
* Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany (1990)
* Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1990)
* Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany (1991)
* Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1993)
* Kalisz Pomorski, Poland (2004)

## Towns and municipalities[edit]

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns  | Municipalities

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1. Annaberg-Buchholz
2. Aue-Bad Schlema
3. Ehrenfriedersdorf
4. Eibenstock
5. Elterlein
6. Geyer
7. Grünhain-Beierfeld
8. Johanngeorgenstadt
9. Jöhstadt
10. Lauter-Bernsbach
11. Lößnitz
12. Lugau
13. Marienberg
14. Oberwiesenthal

1.   2. Oelsnitz
3. Olbernhau
4. Pockau-Lengefeld
5. Schneeberg
6. Schwarzenberg
7. Scheibenberg
8. Schlettau
9. Stollberg
10. Thalheim
11. Thum
12. Wolkenstein
13. Zschopau
14. Zwönitz

1. Amtsberg
2. Auerbach
3. Bärenstein
4. Bockau
5. Börnichen
6. Breitenbrunn
7. Burkhardtsdorf
8. Crottendorf
9. Deutschneudorf
10. Drebach
11. Gornau

1.   2. Gelenau
3. Gornsdorf
4. Großolbersdorf
5. Großrückerswalde
6. Grünhainichen
7. Heidersdorf
8. Hohndorf
9. Jahnsdorf
10. Königswalde
11. Mildenau
12. Niederdorf

1.   2. Neukirchen
3. Niederwürschnitz
4. Raschau-Markersbach
5. Schönheide
6. Sehmatal
7. Seiffen
8. Stützengrün
9. Tannenberg
10. Thermalbad Wiesenbad
11. Zschorlau

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
2. ^ Die Partnerlandkreise des Erzgebirgskreises, retrieved 11 September 2022.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Erzgebirgskreis at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (German)

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Urban and rural districts in Saxony, 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

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* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

Coordinates: 50°36′N 12°57′E﻿ / ﻿50.600°N 12.950°E﻿ / 50.600; 12.950

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