Chemnitzer Land

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Chemnitzer Land

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Glauchau } } |- | Area:||336 km² |- | Inhabitants:||139,800 (2001) |- | pop. density:||417 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||GC |- | Homepage:||[landkreis-chemnitzer-land.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Chemnitzer Land is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district of Mittweida, the city of Chemnitz, the districts of Stollberg and Zwickauer Land and the state of Thuringia (district Altenburger Land). Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The history of the region is largely influenced by the neighbouring cities of Chemnitz and Zwickau. In medieval times the town of Glauchau, today the capital of the district, was the centre of the county of Schönburg-Glauchau. The East German government attempted to turn the region in a huge industrial complex, which is the reason for the dense population. The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Glauchau and Hohenstein-Ernstthal. Geography Once a densely forested region, Chemnitzer Land now is a highly urbanised region with few green areas left. The Zwickauer Mulde river runs through the northernmost part of the district. Coat of arms The lion is the heraldic lion of Saxony. The red and white pattern is taken from the arms of the counts of Schönburg-Glauchau. Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Glauchau Hohenstein-Ernstthal Lichtenstein Limbach-Oberfrohna Meerane Oberlungwitz Waldenburg Bernsdorf Callenberg Gersdorf Niederfrohna Oberwiera Remse Sankt Egidien Schönberg External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany Cities Chemnitz | Dresden | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Leipzig | Plauen | Zwickau Rural districts Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Freiberg | Kamenz | Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickauer Land   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: