Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land is a rural district in Thuringia, Germany.

 History 

The city of Altenburg and the surrounding land were the tiny duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the state of Thuringia.

The district in its present borders was started in 1922 as "Altenburg". In 1952 districts was split in two, called Altenburg and Schmölln. They were joined up again in 1994, but called "Altenburger Land".

Altenburger Land is the easternmost district of Thuringia. It is a mainly agricultural region.

 Coat of arms 
 100px|Coat of armsThe coat of arms displays:
 The red rose from the arms of the city of Altenburg
 The lion, which was the symbol of the reeves of Plauen; they had great power in the region during the 14th and 15th centuries
 The black and gold stripes with the green ring was the coat of arms of the Saxon Wettin kings
 The red acorn symbolises the skat game, which was invented in Altenburg

 Towns and municipalities 
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free townsand municipalities Altenburg
 Gößnitz
 Lucka
 Meuselwitz
 Schmölln Heyersdorf
 Nobitz
 Ponitz
 Saara
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften 1. Altenburger Land
 Altkirchen
 Dobitschen
 Drogen
 Göhren
 Göllnitz
 Großröda
 Lumpzig
 Mehna1
 Naundorf
 Starkenberg
 Tegkwitz 2. Oberes Sprottental
 Heukewalde
 Jonaswalde
 Löbichau
 Nöbdenitz1
 Posterstein
 Thonhausen
 Vollmershain
 Wildenbörten
 3. Pleißenaue
 Fockendorf
 Gerstenberg
 Haselbach
 Treben1
 Windischleuba 4. Rositz
 Kriebitzsch
 Lödla
 Monstab
 Rositz1
 5. Wieratal
 Frohnsdorf
 Göpfersdorf
 Jückelberg
 Langenleuba-Niederhain1
 Ziegelheim1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Other websites
 Official website 

References

Category:1994 establishments in Germany