What is Mittweida (district)?
{{Infobox German District| name=Landkreis Mittweida| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Mittweida.png| state=Saxony| capital=[[Mittweida]]| regierungsbezirk=[[Chemnitz Government Region|Chemnitz]]| Kreisschlüssel = 14182| area=773.18| population=136,684| population_as_of=2001| density=177| carsign=MW| url=http://www.landkreis-mittweida.de| map=saxony_mw.png |dissolved = 2008 }} '''Mittweida''' ({{IPA2|mɪtˈvaɪda}}) was a district in the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It ended in 2008. == History == In [[1994]] the district was created, when the previous districts [[Hainichen]], [[Rochlitz]] and part of the district of [[Chemnitz]] were joined. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Mittweida.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms show the lion of [[Meißen]] in the topright corner, as most of the district area belonged to Meißen historically. The three blue bars symbolize the three main rivers of the district: Zwickauer Mulde, the Chemnitz and the Zschopau. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| ! align=left width=33%|Cities ! align=left width=33%|Municipalities ! align=left width=33%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Burgstädt]] # [[Frankenberg, Saxony|Frankenberg]] # [[Geringswalde]] # [[Hainichen, Saxony|Hainichen]] # [[Lunzenau]] # [[Mittweida]] # [[Penig]] # [[Rochlitz]] || # [[Altmittweida]] # [[Claußnitz]] # [[Erlau]] # [[Hartmannsdorf, Mittweida|Hartmannsdorf]] # [[Königsfeld, Saxony|Königsfeld]] # [[Königshain-Wiederau]] # [[Kriebstein]] # [[Lichtenau, Saxony|Lichtenau]] || <ol start=9> <li>[[Mühlau, Germany|Mühlau]] <li>[[Rossau, Saxony|Rossau]] <li>[[Seelitz]] <li>[[Striegistal]] <li>[[Taura]] <li>[[Tiefenbach, Saxony|Tiefenbach]] <li>[[Wechselburg]] <li>[[Zettlitz]] </ol> |} == Other websites == * [http://www.landkreis-mittweida.de Official website] (German) {{Districts of Saxony}} [[Category:Old Rural District of Saxony| ]] [[Category:1994 establishments in Germany]] [[Category:2008 disestablishments in Germany]]