What is Annaberg district?
{{Infobox German district |name=Annaberg |image_coa=Landkreiswappen des Landkreises Annaberg.png |state=Saxony |dissolved = 2008-08-01 |capital=[[Annaberg-Buchholz]] |regierungsbezirk=[[Chemnitz (region)|Chemnitz]] |area=438 |population=86,800 |population_as_of=2001 |density=198 |carsign=ANA |url={{URL|www.erzgebirge-total.de/ana/}} |map=saxony_ana.png }} '''Annaberg''' was a district in the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It ended on August 1, 2008. == 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 == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Landkreiswappen des Landkreises Annaberg.png|100px|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 == {| ! align=left width=50%|Towns ! align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Annaberg-Buchholz]] # [[Ehrenfriedersdorf]] # [[Elterlein]] # [[Geyer]] # [[Jöhstadt]] # [[Oberwiesenthal]] # [[Scheibenberg]] # [[Schlettau]] # [[Thum]] || # [[Bärenstein]] # [[Crottendorf]] # [[Gelenau]] # [[Königswalde]] # [[Mildenau]] # [[Sehmatal]] # [[Tannenberg, Saxony|Tannenberg]] # [[Thermalbad Wiesenbad]] |} == Other websites == * [http://www.erzgebirge-total.de/ana/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030224045033/http://www.erzgebirge-total.de/ana/ |date=2003-02-24 }} (German, requires Java for navigation) * [http://www.kabeljournal.de/erz/stadtinfo_ana/ I