Administrative community Altenberg

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '  N , 13 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Saxony
County :	Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains
Area :	165.95 km 2
Residents:	8702 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	PIR, DW, FTL, SEB
Association key :	14 6 28 5201
Association structure:	2 municipalities
Association administration address :	Platz des Bergmanns 2 01773 Altenberg
Administrative Chairman:	Thomas Kirsten
Location of the Altenberg administrative community in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district

The Altenberg administrative association is an administrative association in the Free State of Saxony in the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district .

geography

It is located in the south of the district, around 20 km south of the city of Dippoldiswalde and around 50 km south of the state capital Dresden . The community area is located in the Eastern Ore Mountains , the highest point of which is the Kahleberg (905 m above sea level) in the community area. The Gimmlitz , Weißeritz and Müglitz rises in the community area . The federal highway 170 runs through the community area and crosses the border to the Czech Republic at Zinnwald-Georgenfeld . The area was shaped for centuries by mining, which was discontinued in 1991 for economic reasons. So there was an even stronger focus on tourism and the recreation and health resort. The city of Altenberg is, next to Geising, the tourist and winter sports center in the Eastern Ore Mountains.

history

The administrative community was founded on January 1st, 1999 with the member communities Altenberg and Hermsdorf. On September 1, 1999, the city of Bärenstein was added, which was removed from the administrative community on January 1, 2004 when it was incorporated into Altenberg.

Current member parishes

The administrative community consists of two cities and municipalities:

• City of Altenberg with the districts of Bärenfels , Bärenstein , Falkenhain , Fürstenau , Fürstenwalde , Geising , Gottgetreu , Hirschsprung , Kipsdorf , Kratzhammer , Lauenstein , Liebenau , Müglitz , Oberbärenburg , Rehefeld-Zaunhaus , Rudolphsdorf , Schellerhau , Waldbärenfeld , Waldidylle and Zinnfeld
• Community Hermsdorf / Erzgeb. with the districts of Seyde and Neuhermsdorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019  ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Administrative community Altenberg, valid until August 31, 1999 in the regional register of Saxony
3. ↑ Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Altenberg, valid until July 31, 2008 in the regional register of Saxony