The district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Oschatz and Torgau, and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg. In August 2008, as a part of the district reform in Saxony, the districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz were merged into the new district Nordsachsen.
Geographyedit
The main river in the district is the Elbe, which meanders through water meadows. The landscape is dominated by three heath areas, the Dahlener Heide (150 km²) in the south, the Düben Heath (110 km²) in the northwest, and partially the Annaburger Heide in the east.
Coat of armsedit
The main symbol in the coat of arms is the lion of Meißen, as the area of the district belonged to the county of Meißen historically. The lion holds a linden 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.
torgau, oschatz, former, district, kreis, saxony, germany, bounded, from, north, clockwise, district, wittenberg, saxony, anhalt, district, elbe, elster, brandenburg, districts, riesa, großenhain, döbeln, muldentalkreis, delitzsch, districtcountrygermanystates. Torgau Oschatz is a former district Kreis in Saxony Germany It was bounded by from the north and clockwise the district Wittenberg in Saxony Anhalt the district Elbe Elster in Brandenburg and the districts Riesa Grossenhain Dobeln Muldentalkreis and Delitzsch Torgau OschatzDistrictCountryGermanyStateSaxonyAdm regionLeipzigDisbanded2008 08 01CapitalTorgauArea Total1 167 52 km2 450 78 sq mi Population 2001 Total100 485 Density86 km2 220 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Vehicle registrationTOWebsitewww wbr torgau oschatz wbr de Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External linksHistory editThe district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Oschatz and Torgau and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg In August 2008 as a part of the district reform in Saxony the districts of Delitzsch and Torgau Oschatz were merged into the new district Nordsachsen Geography editThe main river in the district is the Elbe which meanders through water meadows The landscape is dominated by three heath areas the Dahlener Heide 150 km in the south the Duben Heath 110 km in the northwest and partially the Annaburger Heide in the east Coat of arms edit nbsp The main symbol in the coat of arms is the lion of Meissen as the area of the district belonged to the county of Meissen historically The lion holds a linden 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 editTowns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften free municipalitiesBelgern Dahlen Dommitzsch Mugeln Oschatz Schildau Torgau Administrated in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Beilrode Arzberg Beilrode Grosstreben Zwethau Dommitzsch Dommitzsch Elsnig Trossin Torgau Torgau Dreiheide Pfluckuff Zinna Cavertitz Liebschutzberg Mockrehna Naundorf Sornzig Ablass WermsdorfExternal links editOfficial website German 51 33 36 N 13 00 36 E 51 56000 N 13 01000 E 51 56000 13 01000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Torgau Oschatz amp oldid 1125515742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
