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50°54′N 13°50′E / 50.900°N 13.833°E / 50.900; 13.833
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Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
District
Coat of arms of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Saxony
Capital Pirna
Government
 • District admin.Michael Geisler ( CDU)
Area
 • Total1,654 km2 (639 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total246,204
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Vehicle registrationPIR, DW, FTL, SEB
Website www.landratsamt-pirna.de

Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains ( German: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge) is a district ( Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

View from the viewpoint on the top of the Papststein. The three large mountains are Gohrisch (left), the Königstein Fortress (in exact centre) and the Lilienstein (right). The village on the right is Kurort Gohrisch.

The district is located between Dresden and the Czech Republic. In the southwestern part of the district the easternmost part of the Ore Mountains (″Erzgebirge") is found, the southeastern part of the district is named Saxon Switzerland, which is part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The main river of the district is the Elbe. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mittelsachsen and Meißen, the urban district Dresden, the district of Bautzen, and the Czech Republic.

Towns and municipalities

Altenberg Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Bahretal Bannewitz Dippoldiswalde Dohma Dohna Dorfhain Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Freital Glashütte Gohrisch Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau Heidenau Hermsdorf Hohnstein Sebnitz Klingenberg Königstein Kreischa Liebstadt Lohmen Müglitztal Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Rabenau Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Dippoldiswalde Sebnitz Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Struppen Stolpen Tharandt Wilsdruff Saxony Czech Republic Bautzen (district) Dresden Meißen (district) Mittelsachsen
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  1. Altenberg
  2. Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel
  3. Bad Schandau
  4. Dippoldiswalde
  5. Dohna
  6. Freital
  7. Glashütte
  8. Heidenau
  9. Hohnstein
  10. Königstein
  2. Liebstadt
  3. Neustadt in Sachsen
  4. Pirna
  5. Rabenau
  6. Sebnitz
  7. Stadt Wehlen
  8. Stolpen
  9. Tharandt
  10. Wilsdruff
  1. Bahretal
  2. Bannewitz
  3. Dohma
  4. Dorfhain
  5. Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach
  6. Gohrisch
  7. Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau
  8. Hermsdorf
  9. Klingenberg
  2. Kreischa
  3. Lohmen
  4. Müglitztal
  5. Rathen
  6. Rathmannsdorf
  7. Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna
  8. Rosenthal-Bielatal
  9. Struppen

Transport

The district owns the Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, a transport company that provides bus, ferry and tram services to the district.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.

External links

Media related to Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge at Wikimedia Commons

50°54′N 13°50′E / 50.900°N 13.833°E / 50.900; 13.833

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