Aue-Schwarzenberg Rural District

Landkreis Aue-Schwarzenberg
District
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Chemnitz area=528.25
Capital	Aue
Population  (2001)
• Total	138,331
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ASZ
Website	http://www.lra-asz.de

Aue-Schwarzenberg is a rural district in the Free State of Saxony, in the country of Germany.

History

The districts of Aue and Schwarzenberg were formed in 1873. In 1994 both districts were joined together in order to form a new district, which was called Westerzgebirgskreis (the Western Ore Mountains District). It was renamed Aue-Schwarzenberg in 1995.

Geography

The district is located in the western part of the Erzgebirge (ore) Mountains. The tops of these mountains are also the German-Czech border. The highest peak in the district is the Auersberg 1,019 m (3,343 ft), second highest mountain in Saxony.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: The bishop's crook, is for the monastery of Grünhain, which was the oldest settlement in that part of the Mountains; The wolf's teeth, which were the arms of the county of Schwarzenberg; The black cross on yellow ground. which was used by the county of Hartenstein, which owned the northern parts of the district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Aue Eibenstock Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Lauter Lößnitz Schneeberg Schwarzenberg	Bad Schlema Bernsbach Bockau Breitenbrunn Raschau-Markersbach	Schönheide Sosa Stützengrün Zschorlau

Related pages

• Free Republic of Schwarzenberg

Other websites

• Official website (German)
• Inofficial website (German)