What is Sächsische Schweiz (district)?
{{otheruses|Sächsische Schweiz}} {{Infobox German District| name=Sächsische Schweiz| image_coa=DEU Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz COA.svg| state=Saxony| capital=[[Pirna]]| regierungsbezirk=[[Regierungsbezirk Dresden|Dresden]]| area=887.88| population=147,180| population_as_of=2001| density=166| carsign=PIR| dissolved = 2008| url=[http://www.lra-saechsische-schweiz.de lra-saechsische-schweiz.de]| map=Lkr-saechsschweiz.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50|58|N|13|56|E|type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=title}} }} The '''Sächsische Schweiz''' (''Saxon Switzerland'') was a rural district (''Landkreis'') in the south of the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It ended in 2008. It borders the [[Czech Republic]]. Vehicles registered in the district have PIR, for the city of [[Pirna]]. This is because the districts own [[abbreviation]] would be ''SS'', and this is not used because it is the same as the [[Nazi]] SS, the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' == History == The district was created in [[1994]] when the two districts [[Sebnitz]] and [[Pirna]] were merged. == Geography == The district is named after the landscape - the ''[[Saxon Switzerland]]'' - as it is the most mountainous region of Saxony. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:DEU Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms symbolises the geograpy of the district. The two green areas stand for the forests in the two mountain areas, the white wavy line in the middle symbolizes the river Elbe. The coat of arms was created by Horst Torke of Pirna. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! width=50% align=left|Towns ! width=50% align=left|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel]] # [[Bad Schandau]] # [[Dohna]] # [[Heidenau]] # [[Hohnstein]] # [[Königstein, Saxony|Königstein]] # [[Liebstadt]] # [[Neustadt in Sachsen]] # [[Pirna]] # [[Sebnitz]] # [[Stadt Wehlen]] # [[Stolpen]] || # [[Bahretal]] # [[Dohma]] # [[Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach]] # [[Gohrisch]] # [[Kirnitzschtal]] # [[Lohmen]] # [[Müglitztal]] # [[Porschdorf]] #