Vogtlandkreis

Also known as Vogtlandkreis Rural District

The Vogtlandkreis () is a Landkreis (rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders of Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof, Saale-Orla, Greiz, Zwickau, and Erzgebirgskreis. It is the southernmost district in the state.

Key facts

German district.name: Vogtlandkreis
German district.state: Saxony
German district.image_flag: Flagge Vogtlandkreis.svg
German district.image_coa: Wappen Vogtlandkreis.svg
German district.capital: Plauen
German district.area: 1,412
German district.Kreisschlüssel: 14523
German district.district_admin: Thomas Hennig
German district.admin_party: CDU
German district.carsign: V, AE, OVL, PL, RC

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Country: Germany
Located in: Chemnitz Government Region
Contains: Bad Brambach
Capital: Plauen
Population: 221953
Area: 1309.9
Elevation: 468
Shares border with: Greiz
Official website: www.vogtlandkreis.de
Image: Plauen, Hammerplatz Elsterbrücke.JPG
Licence plate code: RC

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Commons category: Vogtlandkreis
topic's main category: Category:Vogtlandkreis
inception: 1996-01-01
category of associated people: Category:People from Vogtlandkreis
topic has template: Template:Cities and towns in Vogtlandkreis

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Governance
County council
People
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
External links

Plauen is the administrative centre and largest city of the district. Other major cities (Große Kreisstädte) are Reichenbach im Vogtland, Auerbach, and Oelsnitz im Vogtland.

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