Vogtlandkreis

The Vogtlandkreis (German pronunciation: [ˈfoːktlantˌkʁaɪs]) is a Landkreis (rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders of Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic.

His children inherited not only the land, but also crippling debts, so to pay these 1563 the area was bought by Saxony from Henry VI, and when in 1569 Henry VI finally ceased to claim ownership the new leadership created the first Vogtland district (Voigtländischen Creiß).

In 1835 the new constitutional monarchy changed the administration and abolished the old district, and instead the Amtshauptmannschaft Plauen was created, and in 1867 those of Auerbach and Oelsnitz.

The 86 seats in the district council are distributed among the individual parties as follows: The first German cosmonaut, Sigmund Jähn was born in the Vogtland.

The lion on the left side of the coat of arms is traditional symbol of the Vögte of Weida, Gera and Plauen, which was confirmed in 1294.

The Göltzsch Viaduct between Reichenbach im Vogtland and Netzschkau , the world's largest bridge made of bricks and landmark of the Vogtland
Czech Republic Bavaria Thuringia Erzgebirgskreis Zwickau (district) Adorf Auerbach Bad Brambach Bad Elster Bergen Bösenbrunn Eichigt Ellefeld Elsterberg Falkenstein Grünbach Heinsdorfergrund Klingenthal Lengenfeld Limbach Markneukirchen Mühlental Muldenhammer Netzschkau Neuensalz Neumark Neustadt Oelsnitz Pausa-Mühltroff Plauen Pöhl Reichenbach im Vogtland Weischlitz Rodewisch Rosenbach Schöneck Steinberg Triebel Theuma Tirpersdorf Treuen Werda
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district