Torgau-Oschatz

Torgau-Oschatz
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Leipzig
Disbanded	2008
Capital	Torgau
Area
• Total	1,167.52 km2 (450.78 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	100,485
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	TO
Website	http://www.torgau-oschatz.de

Torgau-Oschatz was a rural district (Landkreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The district was created in 1994 by joining the two districts Oschatz and Torgau, and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg. It ended in 2008.

Coat of arms

The main symbol in the coat of arms is the lion of Meißen. The area used to be owned by the county of Meißen. The lion holds a linden or lime branch, symbolizing both the forests and the agriculture in the district. The wavy line in the bottom is the Elbe river. The coat of arms were granted on January 12, 1996.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Belgern Dahlen Dommitzsch¹ Mügeln Oschatz Schildau Torgau¹ ¹ Administered in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Beilrode Arzberg Beilrode Großtreben-Zwethau Dommitzsch Dommitzsch Elsnig Trossin Torgau Torgau Dreiheide Pflückuff Zinna	Cavertitz Liebschützberg Mockrehna Naundorf Sornzig-Ablaß Wermsdorf

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2003-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (German)