Altenburger Land Rural District

Altenburger Land
Map of Thuringia highlighting the district of Altenburger Land
State	Thuringia
District seat	Altenburg
Area	569 km²
Population	113,500 (2001)
Pop. density	199 /km²
Licence plate code	ABG
Web page	altenburgerland.de

Altenburger Land is a rural district in Thuringia, Germany.

History

The city of Altenburg and the surrounding land were the tiny duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the state of Thuringia.

The district in its present borders was started in 1922 as "Altenburg". In 1952 districts was split in two, called Altenburg and Schmölln. They were joined up again in 1994, but called "Altenburger Land".

Altenburger Land is the easternmost district of Thuringia. It is a mainly agricultural region.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: The red rose from the arms of the city of Altenburg The lion, which was the symbol of the reeves of Plauen; they had great power in the region during the 14th and 15th centuries The black and gold stripes with the green ring was the coat of arms of the Saxon Wettin kings The red acorn symbolises the skat game, which was invented in Altenburg

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Altenburg Gößnitz Lucka Meuselwitz Schmölln	Heyersdorf Nobitz Ponitz Saara

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Altenburger Land Altkirchen Dobitschen Drogen Göhren Göllnitz Großröda Lumpzig Mehna1 Naundorf Starkenberg Tegkwitz	2. Oberes Sprottental Heukewalde Jonaswalde Löbichau Nöbdenitz1 Posterstein Thonhausen Vollmershain Wildenbörten 3. Pleißenaue Fockendorf Gerstenberg Haselbach Treben1 Windischleuba	4. Rositz Kriebitzsch Lödla Monstab Rositz1 5. Wieratal Frohnsdorf Göpfersdorf Jückelberg Langenleuba-Niederhain1 Ziegelheim
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft

Related websites

• Official website (German, English, French)