- Weißeritzkreis
Infobox German district
name=Weißeritzkreis
state=Saxony
dissolved =2008-08-01
capital=Dippoldiswalde
regierungsbezirk=Dresden
area=765
population=124,091
population_as_of=2001
density=162
carsign=DW
url=http://www.weisseritzkreis.com
The Weißeritzkreis is a former district ("Kreis") in the south of the Free State of Saxony ,Germany . Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Freiberg, Meißen, the district-free cityDresden ,Sächsische Schweiz , and to the south it bordered theCzech Republic .History
The district was created in
1994 when the two districts Dippoldiswalde and Freital were merged. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis were merged into the new districtSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge .Geography
The district is located in the Ore Mountains, the central part is the "Tharandter Wald". The district got its name after the two rivers "Wilde Weißeritz" and "Rote Weißeritz", who merge near Freital into the "Weißeritz" river, and then mouths into the
Elbe in Dresden. The highest elevation is the Kahleberg with 905 m.During the flooding in August
2002 the Weißeritz river had to drain many times the normal amount of water, and did destroy a lot of buildings in the river valley - houses, streets and bridges.Partnerships
#Rottweil
#Berchtesgadener Land
#Göttingen
#Zollernalbkreis Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
External links
* [http://www.weisseritzkreis.com Official website] (German)
* [http://www.weisseritz.de Website about the 2002 Flooding] (German)
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