Annaberg district

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

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	198.2/km2 (513.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ANA
Website	www.erzgebirge-total.de/ana/

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)