Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
	Destrict
Kintra	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
Caipital	Pirna
Area
• Total	1,654 km2 (639 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2021)
• Total	244,009
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	http://www.landratsamt-pirna.de

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is a destrict (Kreis) in the Free State o Saxony, Germany. It is namit efter the muntain ranges Saxon Swisserland an Erzgebirge.

History

The district wis established bi mergin the umwhile destricts o Sächsische Schweiz an Weißeritzkreis as pairt o the destrict reform o August 2008.

View frae the viewpoint on the top o the Papststein. The three lairge muntains are Gohrisch (left), the Königstein Fortress (in exact centre) an the Lilienstein (richt). The veelage on the richt is Kurort Gohrisch.

The destrict is locatit atween Dresden an the Czech Republic. In the soothwastren pairt o the destrict the eastmaist pairt o the Erzgebirge ("Ore Muntains") is foond, the sootheastren pairt o the destrict is namit Saxon Swisserland, which is pairt o the Elbe Sandstane Muntains. The main river o the destrict is the Elbe. The destrict borders (frae the wast an clockwise) the destricts o Mittelsachsen and Meißen, the urban destrict Dresden, the destrict o Bautzen, an the Czech Republic.

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