Meissen (destrict)

Meißen
Meißen
	Destrict
Kintra	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
Caipital	Meißen
Area
• Total	1,453 km2 (561 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2021)
• Total	239,344
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MEI
Website	http://www.kreis-meissen.de

Meißen is a destrict (Kreis) in the Free State o Saxony, Germany. It is boondit bi (frae the north an clockwise) the state o Brandenburg, the destrict o Bautzen, the urban destrict Dresden, the destricts Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Mittelsachsen an Nordsachsen.

History

The destrict dates back tae the Amt Meißen, which wis first mentioned in 1334. The district wis ruled bi the Wettin dynasty. The Margraves o Meißen creatit the admeenistrative diveesion (Amt) in the 13t century. In 1835 the Amt wis convertit intae an Amtshauptmannschaft, wi the aurie o the current destrict covered bi the Amtshauptmannschaften Meißen, Dresden an Großenhain. In 1939, these wur renamit Landkreise (destricts). In the admeenistrative reform o 1952, several municipalities wur transferred tae the destricts o Freiberg an Döbeln. In 1990, the auld destrict borders wur restored, an in 1996 pairts o the destrict Dresden-Land wur addit. In August 2008 the destrict o Riesa-Großenhain wis addit tae the destrict tae give it its current size.

Geography

The main river o the destrict is the Elbe, which flows through the ceety o Meißen an aw.

Coat o airms

The coat o airms show a lion, the seembol o the coonts o Meißen. The coat o airms wur grantit on 16 November 1992, an again efter the enlairgement o 1996 on 20 Februar 1997. It is identical tae that o Flanders.

Touns an municipalities

Touns	Municipalities
Coswig Gröditz Großenhain Lommatzsch Meißen Nossen Radebeul Radeburg Riesa Strehla	Diera-Zehren Ebersbach Glaubitz Hirschstein Käbschütztal Ketzerbachtal Klipphausen Lampertswalde Leuben-Schleinitz Moritzburg Nauwalde	Niederau Nünchritz Priestewitz Röderaue Schönfeld Stauchitz Tauscha Thiendorf Weinböhla Wülknitz Zeithain

References

↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Landkreis Meißen at Wikimedia Commons

Offeecial wabsteid (German)
Unoffeecial wabsteid (German)

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[1] "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.

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