Nordsachsen ("North Saxony") is a district ( Kreis ) in Saxony , Germany .
5-512: The district was established by merging the former districts of Delitzsch and Torgau-Oschatz as part of the district reform of August 2008. On 10 December 2009 the district council adopted the district's new coat of arms. The district is located in the plains north and east of Leipzig . The main rivers of the district are the Mulde and the Elbe . The district borders (from the west and clockwise)
10-504: Is a former district in Saxony , Germany . It was bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Torgau-Oschatz and Muldentalkreis , the city of Leipzig , the district of Leipziger Land and the state of Saxony-Anhalt (districts Saalekreis , Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Wittenberg ). After the 1815 Congress of Vienna Saxony had to cede large amounts of its territory to Prussia . The Prussian government established districts in
15-517: The former Delitzsch district) were initially given to Saxony instead of Saxony-Anhalt. The two districts again merged in 1994 and formed the present borders. 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 . The district was located in the triangle between the metropolises of Leipzig , Halle and Bitterfeld . It consists of plain countryside, which
20-562: The newly acquired lands, among them the district of Delitzsch. The state of Prussia was dissolved after the end of the Nazi era , and the new state of Saxony-Anhalt was established, with Delitzsch being a part of it. In 1953 the East German government dissolved the states. They were reestablished after the German reunification in 1990, but Delitzsch and Eilenburg (two districts made up of
25-414: The states Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg , the districts of Meißen , Mittelsachsen and Leipzig , and the urban district Leipzig . [REDACTED] Media related to Landkreis Nordsachsen at Wikimedia Commons 51°30′N 12°45′E / 51.500°N 12.750°E / 51.500; 12.750 Delitzsch (district) Delitzsch ( German pronunciation: [ˈdeːlɪtʃ] )
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