Weißeritzkreis

Weißeritzkreis
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
Disbanded	2008
Capital	Dippoldiswalde
Area
• Total	765 km2 (295 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	124,091
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DW
Website	http://www.weisseritzkreis.com

The Weißeritzkreis was a district (Kreis) in the south of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It borders the Czech Republic. The district was created in 1994 when the two districts Dippoldiswalde and Freital were merged. It ended in 2008.

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

Partnerships

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

Coat of arms

The blue lines symbolise the two Weißeritz rivers, and their merging into a single river. The mining symbol in the bottom represents the old ore and coal mining tradition in the Ore Mountains. The tree stands for the rich forests in the district, and the lion to the right is the symbol of Meißen, as the area historically belonged to the margraviate of Meißen.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Altenberg Dippoldiswalde Freital Geising Glashütte Rabenau Tharandt Wilsdruff	Bannewitz Dorfhain Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau Hermsdorf Höckendorf Kreischa Pretzschendorf Schmiedeberg

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-05-24 at the Wayback Machine (German)
• Website about the 2002 Flooding (German)