Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis

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Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Marienberg } } |- | Area:||595.36 km² |- | Inhabitants:||93,483 (2001) |- | pop. density:||157 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||MEK |- | Homepage:||http://www.erzgebirge-mek.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} The Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Annaberg, Stollberg, the district-free city Chemnitz, and the district Freiberg. To the south it borders the Czech Republic (the Karlovy Vary Region). Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The district was formed in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Marienberg and Zschopau. Geography The district is located in the Ore Mountains (German Erzgebirge). The highest elevation is the 891 m high Hirtstein, the lowest elevation with 305 m is located in Witzschdorf. 40% of the area is covered by forests. Coat of arms The coat of arms shows three symbols of the typical industries of the district. To the left is a wheel, symbolizing the water mills which were abundant in the district, it also symbolizes the more modern industries. The tree to the left stands for the many forests and the timber industry, the hammers in the bottom are a mining symbol, as the district was a center of ore mining. Towns and municipalities Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften free municipalities Lengefeld Marienberg (Saxony)¹ Olbernhau Wolkenstein Zöblitz Zschopau¹ ¹ Administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Grüner Grund Wildenstein Seiffen-Deutschneudorf-Heidersdorf Marienberg-Pobershau Zschopau-Gornau Amtsberg Borstendorf Großolbersdorf Großrückerswalde Pfaffroda Pockau (Flöhatal) External links [Official website] (German) [Touristical 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: