Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis^[a] is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Vogtlandkreis and Zwickau, the urban district Chemnitz, the district Mittelsachsen and the Czech Republic.

Erzgebirgskreis
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Founded	2008
Capital	Annaberg-Buchholz
Government
• District admin.	Rico Anton (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,828.35 km2 (705.93 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2023)[1]
• Total	322,179
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website	www.erzgebirgskreis.de

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Stollberg and Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Geography

The district contains the western part of the Ore Mountains, which also forms the border with the Czech Republic. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the district, including Zwickauer Mulde and Zschopau.

Sister districts

The Erzgebirgskreis has partnerships with the following districts:^[2]

• Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany (1990)
• Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany (1990)
• Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1990)
• Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany (1991)
• Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1993)
• Kalisz Pomorski, Poland (2004)

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns		Municipalities
Annaberg-Buchholz Aue-Bad Schlema Ehrenfriedersdorf Eibenstock Elterlein Geyer Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Jöhstadt Lauter-Bernsbach Lößnitz Lugau Marienberg Oberwiesenthal	Oelsnitz Olbernhau Pockau-Lengefeld Schneeberg Schwarzenberg Scheibenberg Schlettau Stollberg Thalheim Thum Wolkenstein Zschopau Zwönitz	Amtsberg Auerbach Bärenstein Bockau Börnichen Breitenbrunn Burkhardtsdorf Crottendorf Deutschneudorf Drebach Gornau	Gelenau Gornsdorf Großolbersdorf Großrückerswalde Grünhainichen Heidersdorf Hohndorf Jahnsdorf Königswalde Mildenau Niederdorf	Neukirchen Niederwürschnitz Raschau-Markersbach Schönheide Sehmatal Seiffen Stützengrün Tannenberg Thermalbad Wiesenbad Zschorlau

Notes

1. German pronunciation: [ˈeːɐ̯t͡sɡəbɪʁksˌkʁaɪ̯s/, /ˈɛʁt͡s-]