Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Thuringia
- Capital
- Greiz
- District admin
- Ulli Schäfer ( CDU )
- Total
- 845.97 km (326.63 sq mi)
- Density
- 110.77/km (286.89/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- GRZ, ZR
- Website
- www.landkreis-greiz.de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Greiz (/ɡraɪts/ gryts) is a Kreis (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, district-free city Gera, the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Altenburger Land, and the two Saxon districts Zwickau and Vogtlandkreis.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greiz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.