Mittweida (district)

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Mittweida

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Mittweida } } |- | Area:||773.18 km² |- | Inhabitants:||136,684 (2001) |- | pop. density:||177 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||MW |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-mittweida.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Mittweida is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts Muldentalkreis, Döbeln, Freiberg, the district-free city Chemnitz and the district Chemnitzer Land, the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia and the district Leipziger Land. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History In 1994 the district was created, when the previous districts Hainichen, Rochlitz and part the district Chemnitz were merged. Geography The district is located in the foothills of the Ore Mountains, only the area in the northwest around Rochlitz belongs to the lowlands around Leipzig (Leipziger Tieflandsbucht). In this area is also the lowest elevation with 144 m above sea level; the highest elevation is in Hausdorf (part of Frankenberg) with 488 m. The three main rivers in the district are the Zwickauer Mulde, Chemnitz and Zschopau river. Coat of arms The coat of arms show the lion of Meißen in the topright corner, as most of the district area belonged to Meißen historically. The three blue bars symbolize the three main rivers of the district: Zwickauer Mulde, Chemnitz and Zschopau river. Towns and municipalities Cities Verwaltungsgemeinschaften free municipalities Burgstädt¹ Frankenberg Geringswalde Hainichen Lunzenau Mittweida¹ Penig Rochlitz ¹ Administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Burgstädt #Burgstädt #Mühlau #Taura Mittweida #Altmittweida #Mittweida Striegistal #Striegistal #Tiefenbach Claußnitz Erlau Hartmannsdorf Königsfeld Königshain-Wiederau Kriebstein Lichtenau Rossau Seelitz Wechselburg Zettlitz 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: