Nordsachsen

Nordsachsen
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Capital	Torgau
Government
• District admin.	Kai Emanuel
Area
• Total	2,020 km2 (780 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	199,824
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	TDO, DZ, EB, TG, TO, OZ
Website	www.landkreis-nordsachsen.de

Nordsachsen ("North Saxony") is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz as part of the district reform of August 2008.

On 10 December 2009 the district council adopted the district's new coat of arms.

“Or a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Gules between two pallets wavy Azure.”

Geography

The district is located in the plains north and east of

.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Düben Belgern-Schildau Dahlen Delitzsch Dommitzsch Eilenburg Mügeln Oschatz Schkeuditz Taucha Torgau	Arzberg Beilrode Cavertitz Doberschütz Dreiheide Elsnig Jesewitz Krostitz Laußig Liebschützberg	Löbnitz Mockrehna Naundorf Rackwitz Schönwölkau Trossin Wermsdorf Wiedemar Zschepplin

References

1. Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen
   . 2024.

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