Erzgebirgskreis | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Capital | Annaberg-Buchholz |
| Government | |
| • District admin. | Rico Anton (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,828.35 km2 (705.93 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 322,179 |
| • Density | 176.213/km2 (456.390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP |
| Website | www |
Erzgebirgskreis[a] is a district (Kreis) in the Free State ofSaxony,Germany. It is named after theOre Mountains (German:Erzgebirge), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of theGermany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts ofVogtlandkreis andZwickau, theurban districtChemnitz, the districtMittelsachsen and theCzech Republic.
The district was established by merging the former districts ofAnnaberg,Aue-Schwarzenberg,Stollberg andMittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.
The district contains the western part of theOre Mountains, which also forms the border with theCzech Republic. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the district, includingZwickauer Mulde andZschopau.
The Erzgebirgskreis has partnerships with the following districts:[2]
Nürnberger Land,Bavaria, Germany (1990)Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim,Bavaria, Germany (1990)Emmendingen,Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1990)Ansbach,Bavaria, Germany (1991)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1993)
Kalisz Pomorski, Poland (2004)
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