Chemnitz () was one of the three former
Direktionsbezirke of
Saxony
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Germany
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, located in the south-west of the state. It coincided with the ''Planungsregion'' Südsachsen. It was disbanded in March 2012.
History
The Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the
Regierungsbezirk
A ' (, 'governmental district') is a type of administrative division in Germany. Currently, four of sixteen ' (states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts
' (plural, ) serve as regional mid-level local gov ...
Chemnitz. The territory of the Regierungsbezirk Chemnitz was slightly smaller, and excluded the former
district of Döbeln.
Subdivision
''Kreise''
(districts)
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Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: ''Erzgebirge''), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republi ...
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Mittelsachsen
Mittelsachsen (, ) is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
History
The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August 2008.
Geog ...
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Vogtlandkreis
The Vogtlandkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (List of German rural districts, rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders of Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof (dist ...
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Zwickau
Zwickau (; ) is the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, with around 88,000 inhabitants,.
The West Saxon city is situated in the valley of the Zwickau Mulde (German: ''Zwickauer Mulde''; progression: ), ...
''Kreisfreie Städte''
(district-free towns)
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Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...
See also
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Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The district existed from 1952 until the Reunification of Germany in 1990. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, ren ...
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Geography of Saxony
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
States and territories established in 1991
Former government regions of Germany
NUTS 2 statistical regions of Germany