Döbeln is a former district in
Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of
Torgau-Oschatz,
Riesa-Großenhain,
Meißen
Meissen ( ), is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden and 75 km (46 mi) west of Bautzen on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, th ...
,
Mittweida and
Muldentalkreis.
History
The region was originally populated by
Sorbic peoples. In the early Middle Ages, the
Daleminzian people settled along this section of the Mulde River. They were driven away by Germans after the
Battle of Jahna in 928.
The present borders of the district were established in 1952, when the government of
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
formed the new districts. Döbeln was one of the few districts which had not been changed directly after the
German reunification
German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...
. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida were merged into the new district
Mittelsachsen
Mittelsachsen (, ) 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 2008.
Geog ...
.
Geography
The district was located on the banks of the
Freiberger Mulde in the triangle between the cities of
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
,
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...
and
Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...
.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
External links
* (German)
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