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Meissen District
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district of Saxony, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- Capital
- Meissen
- District admin
- Ralf Hänsel ( CDU )
- Total
- 1,453 km (561 sq mi)
- Density
- 164.6/km (426.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
- Website
- www .kreis-meissen .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Saxony
- Contains
- Zeithain
- Capital
- Meissen
- Population
- 241160
- Area
- 1454.59
- Elevation
- 177
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Oberspreewald-Lausitz District
- Headquarters
- Meissen
- Official website
- www.kreis-meissen.de
- Image
- Panorama Meißen und Umgebung.jpg
- Licence plate code
- RIE
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- P6482
- Meissen District
- Commons category
- Landkreis Meißen
- topic's main category
- Category:Meissen (district)
- replaces
- Riesa-Großenhain
- inception
- 2008-08-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Meissen (district)
- topic has template
- Template:Cities and towns in Meissen
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Meissen (German: Meißen) is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the state of Brandenburg, the district of Bautzen, the urban district Dresden, the districts Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Mittelsachsen and Nordsachsen.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meissen District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.