Erzgebirgskreis is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Vogtlandkreis and Zwickau, the urban district Chemnitz, the district Mittelsachsen and the Czech Republic.
History The district was established by merging the former districts of Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Stollberg and Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as part of the district reform of August 2008.
Geography The district contains the western part of the Ore Mountains, which also forms the border with the Czech Republic. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the district, including Zwickauer Mulde and Zschopau.
Sister districts The Erzgebirgskreis has partnerships with the following districts:Die Partnerlandkreise des Erzgebirgskreises, retrieved 11 September 2022. Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany (1990) Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bavaria, Germany (1990) Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1990) Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany (1991) Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1993) Kalisz Pomorski, Poland (2004)
Towns and municipalities
! colspan=2 align=left width=40%|Towns ! colspan=3 align=left width=60%|Municipalities |- valign=top || Annaberg-Buchholz Aue-Bad Schlema Ehrenfriedersdorf Eibenstock Elterlein Geyer Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Jöhstadt Lauter-Bernsbach Lößnitz Lugau Marienberg Oberwiesenthal || Oelsnitz Olbernhau Pockau-Lengefeld Schneeberg Schwarzenberg Scheibenberg Schlettau Stollberg Thalheim Thum Wolkenstein Zschopau Zwönitz
Amtsberg Auerbach Bärenstein Bockau Börnichen Breitenbrunn Burkhardtsdorf Crottendorf Deutschneudorf Drebach Gornau || Gelenau Gornsdorf Großolbersdorf Großrückerswalde Grünhainichen Heidersdorf Hohndorf Jahnsdorf Königswalde Mildenau Niederdorf || Neukirchen Niederwürschnitz Raschau-Markersbach Schönheide Sehmatal Seiffen Stützengrün Tannenberg Thermalbad Wiesenbad Zschorlau
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