Erzgebirgskreis
District
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CountryGermany
StateSaxony
Founded2008
CapitalAnnaberg-Buchholz
Government
 • District admin.Rico Anton (CDU)
Area
 • Total1,828.35 km2 (705.93 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[1]
 • Total328,695
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Websitewww.erzgebirgskreis.de

Erzgebirgskreis is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge), 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 Ore Mountains, 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

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

Towns and municipalities

SaxonyAmtsbergAnnaberg-BuchholzAue-Bad SchlemaAuerbachBärensteinLauter-BernsbachBockauBörnichenBreitenbrunnBurkhardtsdorfCrottendorfDeutschneudorfDrebachEhrenfriedersdorfEibenstockElterleinGelenauGeyerGornauGornsdorfGroßolbersdorfGroßrückerswaldeGrünhain-BeierfeldGrünhainichenHeidersdorfHohndorfJahnsdorfJohanngeorgenstadtJöhstadtKönigswaldeLauter-BernsbachLößnitzLugauMarienbergMildenauNeukirchenNiederdorfNiederwürschnitzOberwiesenthalOelsnitzOlbernhauPockau-LengefeldRaschau-MarkersbachScheibenbergSchlettauSchneebergSchönheideSchwarzenbergSehmatalSeiffenStollbergStützengrünTannenbergThalheimThermalbad WiesenbadThumWolkensteinZschopauZschorlauZwönitz
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  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
  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
  2. Gelenau
  3. Gornsdorf
  4. Großolbersdorf
  5. Großrückerswalde
  6. Grünhainichen
  7. Heidersdorf
  8. Hohndorf
  9. Jahnsdorf
  10. Königswalde
  11. Mildenau
  12. Niederdorf
  2. Neukirchen
  3. Niederwürschnitz
  4. Raschau-Markersbach
  5. Schönheide
  6. Sehmatal
  7. Seiffen
  8. Stützengrün
  9. Tannenberg
  10. Thermalbad Wiesenbad
  11. Zschorlau

References

  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.

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