Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis is a destrict (Kreis) in the Free State o Saxony, Germany. It is namit efter the Erzgebirge ("Ore Muntains"), a muntain range in the soothren pairt o the destrict which forms pairt o the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (frae the wast an clockwise) the destricts o Vogtlandkreis an Zwickau, the urban destrict Chemnitz, the destrict Mittelsachsen an the Czech Republic.

 History 
The destrict wis established bi mergin the umwhile destricts o Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Stollberg an Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as pairt o the destrict reform o August 2008.

 Geography 
The destrict contains the wastren pairt o the Erzgebirge, which forms the border wi the Czech Republic an aw. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the destrict, includin Zwickauer Mulde an Zschopau. 

 Touns an municipalities 
{|
! colspan=2 align=left width=40%|Touns
! colspan=3 align=left width=60%|Municipalities
|- valign=top
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Annaberg-Buchholz
Aue
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Eibenstock
Elterlein
Geyer
Grünhain-Beierfeld
Johanngeorgenstadt
Jöhstadt
Lauter
Lengefeld
Lößnitz
Lugau
Marienberg
||
 Oberwiesenthal
Oelsnitz
Olbernhau
Schneeberg
Schwarzenberg
Scheibenberg
Schlettau
Stollberg
Thalheim
Thum
Wolkenstein
Zöblitz
Zschopau
Zwönitz 

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Amtsberg
Auerbach 
Bad Schlema
Bärenstein
Bernsbach
Bockau
Börnichen
Borstendorf
Breitenbrunn
Burkhardtsdorf 
Crottendorf
Deutschneudorf
Drebach
||
 Erlbach-Kirchberg 
Gelenau
Gornau
Gornsdorf 
Großolbersdorf
Großrückerswalde
Grünhainichen 
Heidersdorf 
Hohndorf 
Hormersdorf 
Jahnsdorf 
Königswalde
Mildenau
||
 Neukirchen 
Niederdorf 
Niederwürschnitz 
Pfaffroda 
Pockau 
Raschau-Markersbach
Schönheide
Sehmatal
Seiffen 
Stützengrün
Tannenberg
Thermalbad Wiesenbad
Zschorlau
|}

References

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Offeecial wabsteid (German)

Category:Ore Muntains