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Kreischa is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It directly borders the Saxon capital Dresden and consists of 14 districts.

Key facts

German location.image_photo
Kreischa Rathaus (1) 2006-06-27.jpg
German location.image_caption
Town hall
German location.image_coa
Wappen_Kreischa.svg
German location.image_plan
Kreischa in PIR.svg
German location.state
Sachsen
German location.district
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
German location.elevation
257
German location.area
28.97
German location.postal_code
01731
German location.area_code
035206
German location.licence
PIR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
14628220
German location.divisions
14
German location.website
www.kreischa.de
German location.mayor
Frank Schöning
German location.leader_term
2022–29

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Weißeritzkreis
Population
4592
Area
28.92
Elevation
257
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Lockwitzbach
Shares border with
Dohna
Official website
www.kreischa.de
Image
Kreischa Rathaus (1) 2006-06-27.jpg
Dialing code
035206
Licence plate code
PIR
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Commons category
Kreischa
postal code
01731
Commons gallery
Kreischa
twinned administrative body
Loffenau
hashtag
Kreischa
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • See also
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Kreischa is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It directly borders the Saxon capital Dresden and consists of 14 districts.

Kreischa was first mentioned in 1282 in the name Heinricus de Kryschowe. The name could be derived from an Old Slavic word meaning "crooked" or "lame".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kreischa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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