Annaberg district

Annaberg
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Chemnitz
Disbanded	2008-08-01
Capital	Annaberg-Buchholz
Area
• Total	438 km2 (169 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	86,800
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ANA
Website	www.erzgebirge-total.de/ana/

Annaberg was a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It ended on August 1, 2008.

History

The district of Annaberg was established in 1874. The capital city was formed in 1945 when the towns of Annaberg and Buchholz were joined to form Annaberg-Buchholz.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: Top left: the arms of the counts of Schönburg-Waldenburg Middle left: the arms of the counts of Werben Bottom left: the arms of the counts of Wolkenstein; this family as well as the two above-mentioned lines all had possessions in this part of the Ore Mountains during the late Middle Ages Right: the lion was the heraldic animal of the margravate of Meissen, the predecessor state of Saxony; in these arms the lion holds the mining tools in its fore-paw, symbolising the mining tradition of the Ore Mountains

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Annaberg-Buchholz Ehrenfriedersdorf Elterlein Geyer Jöhstadt Oberwiesenthal Scheibenberg Schlettau Thum	Bärenstein Crottendorf Gelenau Königswalde Mildenau Sehmatal Tannenberg Thermalbad Wiesenbad

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-02-24 at the Wayback Machine (German, requires Java for navigation)
• Inofficial website (German)