Meissen (district)

The district of Meißen is a district in the Free State of Saxony. It comprises the core area of the former Margraviate of Meissen and operational since 1 August 2008.

4.1 Economics
4.2 Healthcare
4.3 traffic
4.4 Education
4.5 Tourism

Geography

The district of Meißen is a district in the northern center of the Free State of Saxony, by the same flows. Neighboring districts are the Brandenburg counties Oberspreewald -Lausitz and the Elbe -Elster, in the eastern part of the district of Bautzen, in the southeast of the district-free city Dresden, Saxony in the southern district of Switzerland & Eastern Ore Mountains, in the southwestern district of Central Saxony, and in the northwest of the district of North Saxony in the north.

History

The county was formed in the wake of the Saxon district local government reform in 2008 from the union of the "old " district Meißen with the district Riesa -Großenhain. The two predecessor groups were 1994 and 1996 respectively formed in the first Saxon district reform after the turn.

Policy

District

On 8 June 2008, the district election took place in the district of Meißen. Arndt Steinbach (CDU ) prevailed with 56.7% of the vote against five competitors in the first ballot. He is therefore the first District Administrator of the newly formed.

Council

The council of the district of Meissen was also elected on 8 June 2008. The 92 seats on the council are distributed as follows among the individual parties:

Fraction chairman of the council:

Margot Fehrmanns - CDU
Bärbel Heym - The Left
Udo Schmidt - SPD
Dr. Andreas Timmler - FDP
Mirko Beier - NPD
Walfriede Hartmann - Alliance 90/The Greens

The fractions CDU and FDP have decided together with the three county councils of the Free Voters cooperation for the term, the SPD and the Greens form a Zählgemeinschaft.

Coat of arms

The county coat of arms depicts a on golden background inside a red interior Bordes upright, turned-over to the right, rotbewehrten, black lion with red rash forming tongue dar. It attacks the coat of arms of the former Margrave of Meissen and complements it around the inner board. The choice of this coat of arms expresses that the county Meissen covers an area that is synonymous with the historic center of the former Margraviate of Meissen. The modified version was adopted on 19 March 2009 by the county because were violated by the previous version of the heraldic rights society "Black Lion".

Logo

The blue wave symbolizing the river Elbe, which runs through the county, the green check mark the picturesque banks of the Elbe, where already for 800 years, thrives estimated by connoisseurs Meissner wine.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The region was completely changed with the loss of the existing economic structure after the turn. Thus, although many companies have emerged since the mid-90s of the previous century, but this could not compensate includes omitted jobs. The proximity to Dresden, but also in the course of large economic policy efforts of the last few years, the county has a leading position among the Saxon counties. The economic structure is characterized in roughly equal parts from the manufacturing and processing industries, agriculture and wine growing and tourism. Anballungen of trade and industry exist mainly to the five major district towns of Meißen, Riesa, Great grove, Coswig and Radebeul, but there are also numerous, well-utilized industrial areas emerged. Agriculture is dominated by the cultivation of fruit and vegetables, while the estimated among connoisseurs and well-known wine of the region thrives on the northern river slopes.

The following companies have national significance:

Arevipharma in Radebeul
Eickhoff Wind Power GmbH in Klipphausen
Elbbinnenhafen Riesa
ESF Elbe- steel works Feralpi Riesa
Fischbach Plastics Technology
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH (formerly Pneumant Riesa )
Kappus soaps Riesa
Kronospan GmbH Lampertswalde
Polartherm flat glass Großenhain
RIBE Electrical Fittings Radebeul in Radebeul
SALZGITTER Mannesmannrohr Sachsen GmbH in time grove near Riesa
Wrought Gröditz GmbH
STEMA Metalleichtbau Großenhain
Tea house in Radebeul
Pasta Riesa
Vadossi in Radebeul
Vodafone D2 in Radebeul
WACKER -Chemie plant in Nuenchritz
Rolling Coswig

Health service

Meissen for its 1863 "Work and Tend house" built. For the present there infirmary for acutely ill inmates to the hospital in the Hospital Street, which was replaced in 1998 by the new building in Meissen Bohnitzsch arose. Since 1992, the Meissner hospital includes a medical training college.

In Radebeul it was a club for healing nature and natural history, of the so-called Stone House in Niederlößnitz opened the first hospital in the area of Dresden in 1849. The building is still part of today's Elbe Hospital. It was extensively renovated a few years ago.

The hospital Riesaer roots go back to 1861, in which a poor and was hospitalized. 1880 St. John's hospital was built in today's main street, which was closed in 1902. This is then followed by the Municipal Hospital at its present location, the only hospital of specialized medical services in the county. It is currently being modernized for nearly 70 million euros and expanded.

1868 with a hospital not far from the present-day clinic in Great grove lay the foundation for medical care. The present house was built in 1962.

While in 2002 the houses Meissen and Radebeul merged to the Elbe clinics, Riesa and Großenhain 2007 were merged to a plan hospital. Since April 2008 all form four houses together with the Elbe rehabilitation and prevention clinic Meissen today Elbe Kliniken Group with over 1300 beds. Shareholder is the county.

The former acute care hospital in Großenhain a rehab clinic in cooperation with the Recura Kliniken GmbH Radeburg and a medical center was built.

The Recura clinics also operate the Hospital for Pneumology, Allergology, Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic and Vascular Surgery in Coswig with about 200 beds, and the Geriatric Rehabilitation Clinic Radeburg.

The clinic Weinbohla is a device for weaning treatment of alcohol and / or drug- dependent patients. Carrier is the Lutheran. Deacon House Moritzburg e.V.

Traffic

A 4, Aachen - Görlitz, Nossen
A 13, Berlin - Dresden, AS Radeburg
A 14, Magdeburg - Nossen (AS Nossen -Nord, AS Nossen East, Nossen )

B 6, Cuxhaven - Görlitz (formerly National Highway 6)
B 98, time Hain - Laußnitz
B 101, Berlin - Aue ( based in the area of Saxony on the former " Silver Street " from the 12th century, led by the Margraviate of Meissen to the Ore Mountains )
B 169, Neuensalz - Cottbus
B 175, Pollnitz - Nossen
B 182, Wittenberg - Riesa

Elbe

Regional bus transport company Meissen
Train Available: Dresden - Riesa - Leipzig
Train Available: Dresden - chub - Leipzig
S -Bahn S1: Meissen - Coswig - Dresden - Pirna - Schoena
Tram 4 tram Dresden: Dresden- Laubegast - Radebeul - Coswig - Weinbohla

Dresden -Klotzsche

Education

The district of Meißen carries a number of schools:

Music school of the district of Meißen
Professional education center Radebeul with Technical School of Business and Administration

Tourism

Tourism and tourism are the lifeblood of the county. The district enjoys a good reputation for tourism. Every year stay more than 1/2 million people in the county. In 2000, a bed occupancy rate of nearly 40 percent was achieved. Thus, this region ranks fourth in Saxony. The proportion of the district in the total volume of the " Saxon Elbe " region is approximately 37-40 percent. Some of the most famous buildings in the district of Meißen, for example Albrecht castle, Schloss Moritzburg Castle Schönfeld, castle and palace Zabeltitz, castle ( donjon ) Great grove Wackerbarth, Hoflößnitz, Nossen Castle, monastery or castle Altzella Heynitz.

Cities and Towns

The county consists of 31 municipalities, ten of which have a town charter. The cities Coswig Großenhain, Meißen, Riesa Radebeul and carry the special name of a large district town. Among the cities are 21 municipalities without municipal law, who among themselves and partly also partnered with cities to manage communities. Currently, there are five administrative communities in the district of Meißen.

Largest city was on December 31, 2011 Radebeul with about 33,800 inhabitants, followed by Riesa with about 33,500 inhabitants and the county town of Meissen with about 27,600 inhabitants. The most populous city is non- Klipphausen with about 10,500 inhabitants, with around 10,300 inhabitants before Weinbohla and Moritzburg, with about 8,300 inhabitants. The Einwohnerschwächste community is Leuben - Schleinitz, the city with the fewest inhabitants Strehla.

Of area, the largest municipality is the district capital of the Grand Grove, followed by Klipphausen and the community Ebersbach.

( Population figures from December 31, 2012)

Cities

Management Communities

Administration Community Nuenchritz with the member communities Glaubitz and Nuenchritz
Administration Community Röderaue - Wülknitz with the member communities Röderaue (VG - seat) and Wülknitz
Administration Community Schönfeld with the member communities Lampertswalde and Schönfeld
Administration Community Thien village with the member communities Tauscha and Thien village

Communities

The cultural monuments in the towns and villages of the district are accessed via the list of cultural monuments in the district of Meißen.

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