Torgau-Oschatz

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Torgau-Oschatz

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Torgau } } |- | Area:||1,167.52 km² |- | Inhabitants:||100,485 (2001) |- | pop. density:||86 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||TO |- | Homepage:||http://www.torgau-oschatz.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Torgau-Oschatz is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the districts Riesa-Großenhain, Döbeln, Muldentalkreis and Delitzsch. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Oschatz and Torgau, and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg. Geography The main river in the district is the Elbe, which meanders through water meadows. The landscape is dominated by three heath areas, the Dahlener Heide (150 km²) in the south, the Dübener Heide (110 km²) in the northwest, and partially the Annaburger Heide in the east. Coat of arms The main symbol in the coat of arms is the lion of Meißen, as the area of the district belonged to the county of Meißen historically. The lion holds a linden branch, symbolizing both the forests and the agriculture in the district. The wavy line in the bottom is the Elbe river. The coat of arms were granted on January 12, 1996. Towns and municipalities Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften free municipalities Belgern Dahlen Dommitzsch¹ Mügeln Oschatz Schildau Torgau¹ ¹ Administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Beilrode #Arzberg #Beilrode #Großtreben-Zwethau Dommitzsch #Dommitzsch #Elsnig Torgau #Torgau #Dreiheide #Zinna Cavertitz Liebschützberg Mockrehna Naundorf Pflückuff Sornzig-Ablaß Trossin Wermsdorf 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: