Erzgebirgskreis

Erzgebirgskreis
District
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Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Founded	2008
Capital	Annaberg-Buchholz
Government
• District admin.	Rico Anton (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,828.35 km2 (705.93 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	328,850
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ERZ, ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB, ZP
Website	www.erzgebirgskreis.de

Erzgebirgskreis is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Vogtlandkreis and Zwickau, the urban district Chemnitz, the district Mittelsachsen and the Czech Republic.