What is Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis?
{{Infobox German District |name=Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis |image_coa=Wappen Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis.png| |state=Saxony |capital=[[Niesky]] |regierungsbezirk=[[Regierungsbezirk Dresden|Dresden]] |area=1,340.24 |population=94,750 |population_as_of=2006 |density=77 |carsign=NOL |url=http://www.nol-kreis.de |map=saxony_nol_1999.png |dissolved = 2008 |coordinates = {{Coord|51.34|N|14.74|E|type:adm2nd_region:DE-BY|display=title}} }} The '''Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis''' ({{lang-en|district of Lower [[Silesia]]n Upper [[Lusatia]]}}) was the easternmost ''Kreis'' ([[district]]) of the [[Free State of Saxony]] and [[Germany]]. It ended in 2008. The urban district [[Görlitz]] is in the east, at the boundary to [[Poland]]. In July 2008 Görlitz stopped being an independent city, and became part of the districts of Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis and [[Löbau-Zittau]]. == History == The district was not part of [[Saxony]] before [[World War II]]. It was a part of German [[Silesia]]. When most of Silesia was given to [[Poland]] after the war, the part of Silesia on the west bank of the Rive Neisse was made part of Saxony. The Niederschlesischer Oberlausitz district was formed in [[1994]] by joining the previous districts Niesky and Weißwasser, and most part of the district Görlitz. == Twin towns == The district is [[twin town|twinned]] with * {{flag|Germany}}, [[Neustadt (Waldnaab) (district)|Neustadt (Waldnaab)]] * {{flag|Germany}}, [[Schwandorf (district)|Schwandorf]] * {{flag|Poland}}, [[Zarski]] * {{flag|Czech Republic}}, [[Semily]] == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Wappen Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The stone wall in the bottom of the coat of arms is the symbol of the Oberlausitz region, with its three tops symbolizing the three districts which were merged together. The linden leaves symbolize the [[Sorbs]] slavic minority. The shield above the wall is the old coat of arms of the [[Prussia (state)|Prussia]]n province Lower Silesia (Nieder