What is Delitzsch (district)?
{{Infobox German District| name=Landkreis Delitzsch| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Delitzsch.png| state=Saxony| capital=[[Delitzsch]]| regierungsbezirk=[[Leipzig Government Region|Leipzig]]| area=852|Kreisschlüssel = 14374| population=129,100| population_as_of=2000| density=154| carsign=DZ| url=[http://www.lradelitzsch.de lradelitzsch.de]| map=saxony_dz.png|coordinates = {{coord|51|31|48|N|12|20|24|E|display=title}} |dissolved = 2008 }} '''Delitzsch''' is a former rural district in the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. == History == After the [[Congress of Vienna]] in [[1815]] Saxony had to give a lot of its land to [[Prussia]], including the region of Delitzsch. The Prussian government made the district of Delitzsch. Prussia was dissolved after the end of the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi era]]. Delitzsch was made a part of the new state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]]. In [[1953]] the [[East Germany|East German]] government dissolved the states. After the [[German reunification]] in [[1990]], the states were made again, but now Delitzsch and Eilenburg (two districts made of the former Delitzsch district) were given to Saxony instead of Saxony-Anhalt. The two districts were joined in [[1994]] and gave the district in its present borders. In 2008 Delitzsch Rural district was merged with [[Torgau-Oschatz Rural District]] to [[Nordsachsen Rural District]]. == Geography == The district is in the triangle between the big cities of [[Leipzig]], [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]] and [[Bitterfeld]]. It is mostly countryside, and used for [[farming]]. The [[Mulde]] River runs through the east part of the district. On the eastern banks there is the '''Düben Heath''' (''Dübener Heide'') nature park. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Delitzsch.png|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows: * the [[heraldic]] lion of [[Saxony]] * the stripes are from the arms of [[Landsberg]] (now belonging to the [[Saalkreis]] district) * the stars are taken from the arms of [[Eilenburg]] |} == Towns and municipalities == {| !