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Meissen District
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district of Saxony, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- Capital
- Meissen
- District admin
- Ralf Hänsel ( CDU )
- Total
- 1,453 km (561 sq mi)
- Density
- 164.6/km (426.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
- Website
- www .kreis-meissen .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Meissen (German: Meißen) is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the state of Brandenburg, the district of Bautzen, the urban district Dresden, the districts Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Mittelsachsen and Nordsachsen.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meissen District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.