District of Chemnitzer Land

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '  N , 12 ° 32'  E
Basic data (as of 2008)
Existing period:	1994-2008
State :	Saxony
Administrative region :	Chemnitz
Administrative headquarters :	Glauchau
Area :	335.49 km 2
Residents:	131,431 (Dec. 31, 2007)
Population density :	392 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	GC
Circle key :	14 1 73
Circle structure:	15 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Gerhart-Hauptmann-Weg 2 08371 Glauchau
District Administrator :	Christoph Scheurer ( CDU )
Location of the Chemnitzer Land district in Saxony

The district of Chemnitzer Land was a district in the west of the Free State of Saxony that existed from 1994 to 2008 . The population density was just under 400 inhabitants per km². Thus, the district was Chemnitzer Land of the most densely populated county in the former East Germany and surpassed in population density, various county-level cities of the East, such as Brandenburg an der Havel .

geography

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Lichtenstein and the surrounding area as a 360 ° panorama

The former district area lies in the Erzgebirge foothills. Neighboring districts were the Thuringian district of Altenburger Land in the north, the district of Mittweida in the northeast, the independent city of Chemnitz in the east, the district of Stollberg in the southeast and the district of Zwickauer Land and the independent city of Zwickau in the southwest .

The district area has the following bodies of water: the Zwickauer Mulde river and the Glauchau and Oberwald reservoirs. Forest areas: Rabensteiner Wald, Rümpf- and Oberwald. The highest point is the Langenberger Höhe (484 m).

See also : List of Landscapes in Saxony , List of Waters in Saxony and Natural Areas in Saxony

history

The district was created on August 1, 1994 by amalgamating the Glauchau and Hohenstein-Ernstthal districts and parts of the Chemnitz district .

In the course of the Saxon district reform , the district of Chemnitzer Land was merged with the district of Zwickauer Land and the independent city of Zwickau to form the new district of Zwickau with effect from August 1, 2008. A Z is used as the license plate number .

politics

District election 2004

Turnout: 44.6% (–9.2% p)

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50

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30th

20th

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40.3%

20.4%

12.3%

8.6%

7.2%

5.7%

3.8%

1.7%

CDU

PDS

SPD

ULCL

FDP

FWV

Green

NPD

The last district administrator in the Chemnitzer Land district was Christoph Scheurer (CDU).

District council

The 58 seats in the district council were distributed among the individual parties as follows:

Political party	Seats
CDU	24
PDS	12
SPD	7th
Independent list	5
FDP	4th
FWV	3
GREEN	2
NPD	1

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The economy of the district was mainly shaped by machine and vehicle construction. The following companies belonged to this area: Continental AG , Hella-Behr , Samvardhana Motherson Peguform , SEW-Eurodrive , Weigl Antriebstechnik and BMG .

traffic

• Federal motorways : A 4 , A 72
• Federal highways : B 180 , B 173 , B 175 , B 93

education

In the district there was a study academy ( BA-Glauchau ) as well as several vocational schools and high schools. There were also various universities in the neighboring cities of Chemnitz and Zwickau.

cities and communes

(Population figures as of December 31, 2006)

Cities Glauchau , large district town (25,760) Hohenstein-Ernstthal , large district town (16,344) Lichtenstein (13,370) Limbach-Oberfrohna , large district town (26,597) Meerane (16,937) Oberlungwitz (6,596) Waldenburg (4,529)

Communities Bernsdorf (2,536) Callenberg [seat: Falken] (5,623) Gersdorf (4,444) Niederfrohna (2,519) Upper Wiera (1,211) Remse (1,942) Schoenberg (1,003) St. Egidien (3,603)

Administrative communities

• Administrative community Limbach-Oberfrohna with the member communities Limbach-Oberfrohna and Niederfrohna
• Administrative community Meerane with the member communities Meerane and Schönberg
• Administrative community around the Auersberg with the member communities Bernsdorf, Lichtenstein (VG headquarters) and St. Egidien
• Administrative community Waldenburg with the member communities Oberwiera, Remse and Waldenburg

License Plate

On August 1, 1994, the district was assigned the GC , which has been valid since January 1, 1991 for the Glauchau district. It was issued through July 31, 2008. It has been available in the Zwickau district since November 9, 2012.