Sächsische Schweiz Rural District

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This article is about the rural district in Saxony. For tourist area, see Sächsische Schweiz (tourism).

Sächsische Schweiz
Map of Saxony highlighting the district of Sächsische Schweiz
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
District seat	Pirna
Area	887.88 km²
Population	147,180 (2001)
Pop. density	166 /km²
Licence plate code	PIR
Web page	lra-saechsische-schweiz.de

The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) is a rural district (Landkreis) in the south of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It borders the Czech Republic. Vehicles registered in the district have PIR, for the city of Pirna. This is because the districts own abbreviation would be SS, and this is not used because it is the same as the Nazi SS, the Schutzstaffel

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 See also
6 Other websites

[change] History

The district was created in 1994 when the two districts Sebnitz and Pirna were merged.

[change] Geography

The district is named after the landscape - the Saxon Switzerland - as it is the most mountainous region of Saxony.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms symbolises the geograpy of the district. The two green areas stand for the forests in the two mountain areas, the white wavy line in the middle symbolizes the river Elbe. The coat of arms was created by Horst Torke of Pirna.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Dohna Heidenau Hohnstein Königstein Liebstadt Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Stolpen	Bahretal Dohma Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Gohrisch Kirnitzschtal Lohmen Müglitztal Porschdorf Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Struppen

[change] See also

Saxon Switzerland

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)
Regional website (German)
Tourism website (German)
Official tourism portal of the destination Saxon Switzerland (English)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Saxony in Germany
Urban districts	Chemnitz · Dresden · Görlitz · Hoyerswerda · Leipzig · Plauen · Zwickau
Rural districts	Annaberg · Aue-Schwarzenberg · Bautzen · Chemnitzer Land · Delitzsch · Döbeln · Freiberg · Kamenz · Leipziger Land · Löbau-Zittau · Meißen · Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis · Mittweida · Muldentalkreis · Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis · Riesa-Großenhain · Sächsische Schweiz · Stollberg · Torgau-Oschatz · Vogtlandkreis · Weißeritzkreis · Zwickauer Land