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Weißeritzkreis

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Country
  
Adm. region
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
124,091 (2001)

Administrative region
  
State
  
Disbanded
  
2008-08-01

Vehicle registration
  
DW

Capital
  
Date dissolved
  
August 1, 2008

Weißeritzkreis

The Weißeritzkreis is a former district (Kreis) in the south of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Freiberg, Meißen, the district-free city Dresden, Sächsische Schweiz, and to the south it bordered the Czech Republic.

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History

The district was created in 1994 when the two districts Dippoldiswalde and Freital were merged. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis were merged into the new district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.

Geography

The district is located in the Ore Mountains, the central part is the Tharandt Forest. The district got its name after the two rivers Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz, who merge near Freital into the Weißeritz river, and then mouths into the Elbe in Dresden. The highest elevation is the Kahleberg at 905 metres (2,969 ft).

During the flooding in August 2002 the Weißeritz river had to drain many times the normal amount of water, and did destroy a lot of buildings in the river valley - houses, streets and bridges.

Partnerships

  1. Rottweil
  2. Berchtesgadener Land
  3. Göttingen
  4. Zollernalbkreis

References

Weißeritzkreis Wikipedia


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