Meißen (district)

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Meißen
Statistics
State:	Saxony
Capital:	Meißen
Adm. Region:	Dresden
Area:	631.69 km²
Inhabitants:	152,044 (2001)
pop. density:	241 inh./km²
Car identification:	MEI
Homepage:	http://www.kreis-meissen.de
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Meißen is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Riesa-Großenhain, Kamenz, the urban district Dresden, the districts Weißeritzkreis, Freiberg, Mittweida and Döbeln.

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

History

The district dates back to the Amt Meißen, which was first mentioned in 1334. The district was ruled by the Wettin dynasty. Graf Meißen created the administrative division Amt in the 13th century. In 1835 the Amt was converted into a Amtshauptmannschaften, with the area of the district of today covered by the Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen, Dresden and Großenhain. In 1939 they were renamed to Landkreise (district). In the administrative reform of 1952 several municipalities changed into the new district Freiberg and Döbeln. In 1990 the old district borders were restored, and in 1996 parts of the districts Dresden Land were added to the district to give it its current size.

Geography

The main river of the district is the Elbe, which also flows through the city of Meißen.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a lion, the symbol of the counts of Meißen. The coat of arms were granted on November 16, 1992, and again after the enlargement of 1996 on February 20, 1997.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Coswig Lommatzsch Meißen Nossen Radebeul Radeburg	Ketzerbachtal Ketzerbachtal Leuben-Schleinitz	Diera-Zehren Käbschütztal Klipphausen Moritzburg Niederau Triebischtal Weinböhla

External links

Official website (German)
Inofficial website (German)

Rural and urban districts in Saxony

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Categories: Districts of Saxony