Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains ( German : Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge ) is a district ( Kreis ) in Saxony , Germany . It is named after the mountain ranges Saxon Switzerland and Eastern Ore Mountains .
5-519: The district was established by merging the former districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis as part of the district reform of August 2008. The district is located between Dresden and the Czech Republic . In the southwestern part of the district the easternmost part of the Ore Mountains (″Erzgebirge") is found, the southeastern part of the district is named Saxon Switzerland , which
10-766: Is located in the Ore Mountains , the central part is the Tharandt Forest . The district got its name after the two rivers Wild Weißeritz and Red Weißeritz , who merge near Freital into the Weißeritz river, and then mouths into the Elbe in Dresden. The highest elevation is the Kahleberg at 905 metres (2,969 ft). During the flooding in August 2002 the Weißeritz river had to drain many times
15-630: Is part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains . The main river of the district is the Elbe . The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mittelsachsen and Meißen , the urban district Dresden , the district of Bautzen , and the Czech Republic. The district owns the Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge , a transport company that provides bus , ferry and tram services to
20-453: The district-free city Dresden , Sächsische Schweiz , and to the south it bordered the Czech Republic . The district was created in 1994 when the two districts Dippoldiswalde and Freital were merged. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis were merged into the new district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge . The district
25-406: The district. [REDACTED] Media related to Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge at Wikimedia Commons 50°54′N 13°50′E / 50.900°N 13.833°E / 50.900; 13.833 Wei%C3%9Feritzkreis The Weißeritzkreis is a former district ( Kreis ) in the south of Saxony , Germany . Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Freiberg , Meißen ,
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