Delitzsch Rural District

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Landkreis Delitzsch
Map of Saxony highlighting the district of Landkreis Delitzsch
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Leipzig
District seat	Delitzsch
Area	852 km²
Population	129,100 (2000)
Pop. density	154 /km²
Licence plate code	DZ
Web page	lradelitzsch.de

Delitzsch is a rural district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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

[change] History

After the Congress of Vienna in 1815 Saxony had to give a lot of its land to Prussia, including the region of Delitzsch. The Prussian government made the district of Delitzsch.

Prussia was dissolved after the end of the Nazi era. Delitzsch was made a part of the new state of Saxony-Anhalt. In 1953 the East German government dissolved the states. After the German reunification in 1990, the states were made again, but now Delitzsch and Eilenburg (two districts made of the former Delitzsch district) were given to Saxony instead of Saxony-Anhalt. The two districts were joined in 1994 and gave the district in its present borders.

[change] Geography

The district is in the triangle between the big cities of Leipzig, Halle and Bitterfeld. It is mostly countryside, and used for farming. The Mulde River runs through the east part of the district. On the eastern banks there is the Düben Heath (Dübener Heide) nature park.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows:

the heraldic lion of Saxony
the stripes are from the arms of Landsberg (now belonging to the Saalkreis district)
the stars are taken from the arms of Eilenberg

[change] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Düben Delitzsch Eilenburg Schkeuditz Taucha	Doberschütz Jesewitz Krostitz Laußig Löbnitz Neukyhna	Rackwitz Schönwölkau Wiedemar Zschepplin Zwochau

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)
Dueben Heath Nature Park (German)

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