Aue-Schwarzenberg

Aue-Schwarzenberg was a rural district in the Free State of Saxony, in the country of Germany. It ended in 2008.

Landkreis Aue-Schwarzenberg
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Chemnitz
Disbanded	2008
Capital	Aue
Area
• Total	528.25 km2 (203.96 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	138,331
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ASZ
Website	http://www.lra-asz.de

History

The districts of Aue and Schwarzenberg were formed in 1873. In 1994 both districts were joined in order to form a new district, which was called Westerzgebirgskreis (the Western Ore Mountains District). It was renamed Aue-Schwarzenberg in 1995.

Geography

The district is located in the western part of the Erzgebirge (ore) Mountains. The tops of these mountains are also the German-Czech border. The highest peak in the district is the Auersberg 1,019 m (3,343 ft), second highest mountain in Saxony.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: The bishop's crook, is for the monastery of Grünhain, which was the oldest settlement in that part of the Mountains; The wolf's teeth, which were the arms of the county of Schwarzenberg; The black cross on yellow ground. which was used by the county of Hartenstein, which owned the northern parts of the district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Aue Eibenstock Grünhain-Beierfeld Johanngeorgenstadt Lauter Lößnitz Schneeberg Schwarzenberg	Bad Schlema Bernsbach Bockau Breitenbrunn Raschau-Markersbach	Schönheide Sosa Stützengrün Zschorlau

Other websites

• Official website (in German)
• Inofficial website (in German)