Sächsische Schweiz (district)

For other uses, see Sächsische Schweiz.

Sächsische Schweiz
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Dresden
Disbanded	2008
Capital	Pirna
Area
• Total	887.88 km2 (342.81 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	147,180
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	lra-saechsische-schweiz.de

The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) was a rural district (Landkreis) in the south of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It ended in 2008.

It borders the Czech Republic. Vehicles registered in the district have PIR, for the city of Pirna. This is because the districts own abbreviation would be SS, and this is not used because it is the same as the Nazi SS, the Schutzstaffel

History

The district was created in 1994 when the two districts Sebnitz and Pirna were merged.

Geography

The district is named after the landscape - the Saxon Switzerland - as it is the most mountainous region of Saxony.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms symbolises the geograpy of the district. The two green areas stand for the forests in the two mountain areas, the white wavy line in the middle symbolizes the river Elbe. The coat of arms was created by Horst Torke of Pirna.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Dohna Heidenau Hohnstein Königstein Liebstadt Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Stolpen	Bahretal Dohma Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Gohrisch Kirnitzschtal Lohmen Müglitztal Porschdorf Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Struppen

Related pages

• Saxon Switzerland

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (German)
• Regional website (German)
• Tourism website (German)
• Official tourism portal of the destination Saxon Switzerland Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (English)
• Tourism portal (German)