Erzgebirgskreis

The rural district Erzgebirgskreis is a Landkreis (district) in Saxony, Germany. It was founded on 1 August 2008. With a population of about 372,000 inhabitants, it is the most populated rural district in Saxony.

 Towns and municipalities 
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! colspan=2 align=left width=40%|Towns
! colspan=3 align=left width=60%|Municipalities
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 Annaberg-Buchholz
 Aue
 Ehrenfriedersdorf
 Eibenstock
 Elterlein
 Geyer
 Grünhain-Beierfeld
 Johanngeorgenstadt
 Jöhstadt
 Lauter
 Lengefeld
 Lößnitz
 Lugau
 Marienberg
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  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
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  Gornau
 Gornsdorf 
 Großolbersdorf
 Großrückerswalde
 Grünhainichen 
 Heidersdorf 
 Hohndorf 
 Hormersdorf 
 Jahnsdorf 
 Königswalde
 Mildenau
 Neukirchen 
 Niederdorf 
 Niederwürschnitz 
 Pfaffroda 
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  Pobershau 
 Pockau 
 Raschau-Markersbach
 Schönheide
 Sehmatal
 Seiffen 
 Sosa
 Stützengrün
 Tannenberg
 Thermalbad Wiesenbad
 Venusberg 
 Waldkirchen 
 Zschorlau
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 Politics 
The Kreistag was elected on 8 June 2008. The current chief administrative officer of the erzgebirgskreis is Frank Vogel.


 Party Votes (%) SeatsCDU43,444Die Linke18,318Freie Wähler Erzgebirge (FWE)10,711SPD8,68FDP8,58NPD5,75Bündnis 90/Die Grünen2,12Regionalbauernverband Erzgebirge (RBV)1,51DSU1,21

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website (German)