Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis
District
Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Capital	Annaberg-Buchholz
Area
• Total	1,827 km2 (705 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2014)
• Total	349,582
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
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.

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
Annaberg-Buchholz Aue Ehrenfriedersdorf Eibenstock Elterlein Geyer Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Jöhstadt Lauter-Bernsbach Lößnitz Lugau Marienberg Oberwiesenthal	Oelsnitz Olbernhau Pockau-Lengefeld Schneeberg Schwarzenberg Scheibenberg Schlettau Stollberg Thalheim Thum Wolkenstein Zschopau Zwönitz	Amtsberg Auerbach Bad Schlema Bärenstein Bockau Börnichen Breitenbrunn Burkhardtsdorf Crottendorf Deutschneudorf Drebach Gelenau	Gornau Gornsdorf Großolbersdorf Großrückerswalde Grünhainichen Heidersdorf Hohndorf Jahnsdorf Königswalde Mildenau Neukirchen Niederdorf	Niederwürschnitz Pfaffroda Raschau-Markersbach Schönheide Sehmatal Seiffen Stützengrün Tannenberg Thermalbad Wiesenbad Zschorlau

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)