Muldentalkreis

The Muldentalkreis was a district in the north of Saxony, he existed from 1994 until the district reform in Saxony on 1 August 2008. Neighboring districts were in the north of the district Delitzsch, in the northeast and east of the district Torgau- Oschatz, in the southeastern district of chub, in south Mittweida and Leipzig in the west of the county land.

Geography

The circle was after its main river, the trough, named. The trough built in the south of the county from the confluence of the Freiberger Mulde and Mulde and flows through the former district from south to north.

See also: List of landscapes in Saxony, List of waters in Saxony, natural areas in Saxony

History

The county was created in 1994 by merging the circuits Grimsby and Wurzen. Some communities around bathroom Lausick, which had belonged to other circles, also came to the circle. On August 1, 2008, the Muldentalkreis with the previous district Leipziger Land was summarized in the new district of Leipzig.

On 23 September 2008, the region received the loaned by the federal government entitled " City of Diversity".

Coat of arms

The silver lines in the emblem symbolize the river Mulde and his two source rivers. The green color symbolizes the forests and the three flower symbols stood for the previous two circles ( Wurzen and Grimsby ) and the other communities that merged to Muldentalkreis.

Policy

District Administrator of the Mulde circle was Gerhard Gey ( CDU). Alderman was Klaus- Jürgen Linke ( CDU).

Council

The 58 seats in the last Kreistages distributed as follows among the individual parties:

Cities and Towns

( Population figures from December 31, 2006)

Cities

Management Communities

Communities

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