Torgau-Oschatz

District in Saxony, Germany

Torgau-Oschatz

District

Country| Germany
State| Saxony
Adm. region| Leipzig
Disbanded| 2008-08-01
Capital| Torgau
Area

• Total| 1,167.52 km2 (450.78 sq mi)
Population

(2001)

• Total| 100,485
• Density| 86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| TO
Website| www.torgau-oschatz.de

Torgau-Oschatz is a former district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the districts Riesa-Großenhain, Döbeln, Muldentalkreis and Delitzsch.

## History

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The district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Oschatz and Torgau, and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz were merged into the new district Nordsachsen.

## Geography

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The main river in the district is the Elbe, which meanders through water meadows. The landscape is dominated by three heath areas, the Dahlener Heide (150 km2) in the south, the Düben Heath (110 km2) in the northwest, and partially the Annaburger Heide in the east.

## Coat of arms

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| The main symbol in the coat of arms is the lion of Meißen, as the area of the district belonged to the county of Meißen historically. The lion holds a linden branch, symbolizing both the forests and the agriculture in the district. The wavy line in the bottom is the Elbe river.

The coat of arms were granted on January 12, 1996.

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## Towns and municipalities

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Towns  | Verwaltungsgemeinschaften | free municipalities

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1. Belgern
2. Dahlen
3. Dommitzsch¹
4. Mügeln
5. Oschatz
6. Schildau
7. Torgau¹

¹ Administrated in a
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

1. Beilrode
1. Arzberg
2. Beilrode
3. Großtreben-Zwethau
2. Dommitzsch
1. Dommitzsch
2. Elsnig
3. Trossin
3. Torgau
1. Torgau
2. Dreiheide
3. Pflückuff
4. Zinna

1. Cavertitz
2. Liebschützberg
3. Mockrehna
4. Naundorf
5. Sornzig-Ablaß
6. Wermsdorf

## External links

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* 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

Districts of German states (Full list)

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

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Towns and municipalities in Torgau-Oschatz

* Arzberg
* Beilrode
* Belgern
* Cavertitz
* Dahlen
* Dommitzsch
* Dreiheide
* Elsnig
* Großtreben-Zwethau
* Liebschützberg
* Mockrehna
* Mügeln
* Naundorf
* Oschatz
* Pflückuff
* Schildau
* Sornzig-Ablaß
* Torgau
* Trossin
* Wermsdorf
* Zinna

Coat of arms

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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