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Chemnitz () is one of the three former
Direktionsbezirke of
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
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Germany
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, located in the south-west of the state. It coincided with the ''Planungsregion'' Südsachsen. It was disbanded in March 2012.
History
The Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the
Regierungsbezirk
A ' () means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Four of sixteen ' ( states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts.
Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...
Chemnitz. The territory of the Regierungsbezirk Chemnitz was slightly smaller, and excluded the former
district of Döbeln.
Subdivision
''Kreise''
(districts)
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Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. I ...
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Mittelsachsen
Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
History
The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August ...
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Vogtlandkreis
The Vogtlandkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders to Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof, Saale-Orla, Greiz, Zwickau and Erzg ...
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Zwickau
Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District. The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ...
''Kreisfreie Städte''
(district-free towns)
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Chemnitz
See also
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Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed back to Chemnitz during the reunification of Germany.
History
The Chemni ...
References
External links
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Geography of Saxony
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
States and territories established in 1991
Former government regions of Germany