Döbeln (district)

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The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Doebeln (district).

Döbeln

Statistics

State:

Saxony

Capital:

Döbeln } }

|- | Area:||424 km² |- | Inhabitants:||77,900 (2001) |- | pop. density:||184 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||DL |- | Homepage:||[landkreis-doebeln.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Döbeln is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Torgau-Oschatz, Riesa-Großenhain, Meißen, Mittweida and Muldentalkreis.

Contents

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

The region was originally populated by Sorbic peoples. In the early Middle Ages, the Daleminzian people settled along this section of the Mulde River. They were driven away by Germans after the Battle of Jahna in 928.

The present borders of the district were established in 1952, when the government of East Germany formed the new districts. Döbeln is one of the few districts which have not been changed after the German reunification.

Geography

The district is located on the banks of the Freiberger Mulde in the triangle between the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.

Coat of arms

The lion is the heraldic animal of Saxony. Green and white are the colours of the flag of Saxony. The shield on the right side displays the arms of the city of Döbeln.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Döbeln Hartha Leisnig Roßwein Waldheim	Bockelwitz Ebersbach Großweitzschen Mochau Niederstriegis Gersdorf Ostrau Ziegra-Knobelsdorf Zschaitz-Ottewig

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

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