Meißen (district)

For other uses, see [[:rural district in Saxony]], the town and seat of the district government, and Meißen.

Meißen
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
Capital	Meißen
Area
• Total	1,452.39 km2 (560.77 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	259,343
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	MEI
Website	http://www.kreis-meissen.de

Meißen is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show a lion, the symbol of the counts of Meißen. The coat of arms were granted on November 16, 1992, and again after the enlargement of 1996 on February 20, 1997. It is identical to that of Flanders.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Coswig Gröditz Großenhain Lommatzsch Meißen Nossen Radebeul Radeburg Riesa Strehla	Diera-Zehren Ebersbach Glaubitz Hirschstein Käbschütztal Ketzerbachtal Klipphausen Lampertswalde Leuben-Schleinitz Moritzburg Nauwalde Niederau Nünchritz	Priestewitz Röderaue Schönfeld Stauchitz Tauscha Thiendorf Triebischtal Weinböhla Weißig am Raschütz Wildenhain Wülknitz Zabeltitz Zeithain

Other websites

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