Weißeritzkreis
Sign in to saveThe Weißeritzkreis is a former district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Freiberg, Meißen, the district-free city Dresden, Sächsische Schweiz, and to the south it bordered the Czech Republic.
Key facts
- German district.name
- Weißeritzkreis
- German district.state
- Saxony
- German district.dissolved
- 2008-08-01
- German district.capital
- Dippoldiswalde
- German district.regierungsbezirk
- Dresden
- German district.area
- 765
- German district.population
- 124,091
- German district.population_as_of
- 2001
- German district.carsign
- DW
- German district.map
- saxony_dw.png
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The Weißeritzkreis is a former district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Freiberg, Meißen, the district-free city Dresden, Sächsische Schweiz, and to the south it bordered the Czech 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 district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.
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