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Meissen (Meißen)
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Coat of arms of Meissen (Meißen)
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Country  Germany
State Saxony
Capital Meissen
Area
 • Total 1,453 km2 (561 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration MEI, GRH, RG, RIE

Meissen (German: Meißen) is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the state of Brandenburg, the district of Bautzen, the urban district Dresden, the districts Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Mittelsachsen and Nordsachsen.

History

The district dates back to the Amt Meißen, which was first mentioned in 1334. The district was ruled by the Wettin dynasty. The Margraves of what then became the Margravate of Meissen created the administrative division (Amt) in the 13th century. In 1835 the Amt was converted into an Amtshauptmannschaft, with the area of the current district covered by the Amtshauptmannschaften Meissen, Dresden and Großenhain. In 1939, these were renamed Landkreise (districts). In the administrative reform of 1952, several municipalities were transferred to the districts of Freiberg and Döbeln. In 1990, the old district borders were restored, and in 1996 parts of the district Dresden-Land were added. In August 2008 the district of Riesa-Großenhain was added to the district to give it its current size.

Geography

The main river of the district is the Elbe, which also flows through the town of Meissen.

Towns and municipalities

Coswig Diera-Zehren Ebersbach Glaubitz Gröditz Großenhain Hirschstein Käbschütztal Klipphausen Lampertswalde Lommatzsch Meissen Moritzburg Gröditz Niederau Nossen Nünchritz Priestewitz Radebeul Radeburg Riesa Röderaue Schönfeld Stauchitz Strehla Thiendorf Weinböhla Wülknitz Zeithain Saxony Dresden Bautzen (district) Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Mittelsachsen Nordsachsen BrandenburgMunicipalities in MEI
Clickable map of municipalities in the district
Towns Municipalities
  1. Coswig
  2. Gröditz
  3. Großenhain
  4. Lommatzsch
  5. Meissen
  6. Nossen
  7. Radebeul
  8. Radeburg
  9. Riesa
  10. Strehla
  1. Diera-Zehren
  2. Ebersbach
  3. Glaubitz
  4. Hirschstein
  5. Käbschütztal
  6. Klipphausen
  7. Lampertswalde
  8. Moritzburg
  9. Niederau
  1. Nünchritz
  2. Priestewitz
  3. Röderaue
  4. Schönfeld
  5. Stauchitz
  6. Thiendorf
  7. Weinböhla
  8. Wülknitz
  9. Zeithain

Politics

Meißen (electoral district)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Distrito de Meißen para niños

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