Riesa-Großenhain

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Statistics
State:	Saxony
Adm. Region:	Dresden
Capital:	Großenhain
Area:	820.51 km²
Inhabitants:	120,539 (2001)
pop. density:	147 inh./km²
Car identification:	RG
Website:	http://www.riesa-grossenhain.de

Riesa-Großenhain is a district in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of \nElbe-Elster and Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg, Kamenz, Meißen, Döbeln and Torgau-Oschatz.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

History

\nThe district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Riesa and Großenhain.

Geography

\nThe district is situated in the plain countryside north of the virtual line connecting Leipzig and Dresden. The main river is the Elbe which runs through the district from south to northwest.

Coat of arms

\nThe linden branch in the left of the coat of arms symbolizes the nature in the district, and is also a symbol for Riesa as it was present in the coat of arms of Riesa since 1623. The black lion on yellow ground stands for Großenhain, as it is also present in then coat of arms of the city Großenhain. The cogwheel in the bottom symbolizes the industrial tradition of the district, mostly iron and steel production, engineering and textile production.\n

Towns and municipalities

\n{|\n! align=left width=33%|Cities\n! align=left width=33%|Verwaltungsgemeinschaften\n! align=left width=33%|free municipalities\n|- valign=top\n||\n#Gröditz¹\n#Großenhain\n#Riesa\n#Strehla\n¹ administrated in a
\nVerwaltungsgemeinschaft\n||\n#Gröditz\n#Nünchritz\n#Röderaue-Wülknitz\n#Schönfeld\n#Thiendorf\n#Zabeltitz\n||\n#Ebersbach\n#Hirschstein\n#Priestewitz\n#Röderaue\n#Stauchitz\n#Zeithain \n|}

External links

\n*Official website (German)