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Nordsachsen Latitude and Longitude:
51°30′N 12°45′E / 51.500°N 12.750°E / 51.500; 12.750
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Nordsachsen
District
Flag of Nordsachsen
Flag
Coat of arms of Nordsachsen
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Saxony
Capital Torgau
Government
 • District admin.Kai Emanuel
Area
 • Total2,020 km2 (780 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total199,824
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Vehicle registrationTDO, DZ, EB, TG, TO, OZ
Website www.landkreis-nordsachsen.de

Nordsachsen ("North Saxony") is a district ( Kreis) in Saxony, Germany.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz as part of the district reform of August 2008.

On 10 December 2009 the district council adopted the district's new coat of arms.

“Or a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Gules between two pallets wavy Azure.”

Geography

The district is located in the plains north and east of Leipzig. The main rivers of the district are the Mulde and the Elbe. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the states Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, the districts of Meißen, Mittelsachsen and Leipzig, and the urban district Leipzig.

Towns and municipalities

Arzberg Bad Düben Beilrode Belgern-Schildau Cavertitz Dahlen Delitzsch Doberschütz Dommitzsch Dreiheide Eilenburg Elsnig Beilrode Jesewitz Krostitz Laußig Liebschützberg Löbnitz Mockrehna Mockrehna Mügeln Naundorf Wiedemar Oschatz Rackwitz Belgern-Schildau Schkeuditz Schönwölkau Mügeln Taucha Torgau Trossin Wermsdorf Wiedemar Torgau Zschepplin Wiedemar
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  1. Bad Düben
  2. Belgern-Schildau
  3. Dahlen
  4. Delitzsch
  5. Dommitzsch
  6. Eilenburg
  7. Mügeln
  8. Oschatz
  9. Schkeuditz
  10. Taucha
  11. Torgau
  1. Arzberg
  2. Beilrode
  3. Cavertitz
  4. Doberschütz
  5. Dreiheide
  6. Elsnig
  7. Jesewitz
  8. Krostitz
  9. Laußig
  10. Liebschützberg
  2. Löbnitz
  3. Mockrehna
  4. Naundorf
  5. Rackwitz
  6. Schönwölkau
  7. Trossin
  8. Wermsdorf
  9. Wiedemar
  10. Zschepplin

References

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

External links

Media related to Landkreis Nordsachsen at Wikimedia Commons

51°30′N 12°45′E / 51.500°N 12.750°E / 51.500; 12.750

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