Riesa-Großenhain
Riesa-Großenhain is a district in
Saxony,
Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of
Elbe-Elster and
Oberspreewald-Lausitz in
Brandenburg,
Kamenz,
Meißen,
Döbeln and
Torgau-Oschatz.
The district was created in
1994 by merging the two previous districts Riesa and Großenhain.
The district is situated in the plain countryside north of the virtual line connecting
Leipzig and
Dresden. The main river is the
Elbe which runs through the district from south to northwest.
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Coat of arms |
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linden branch in the left of the coat of arms symbolizes the nature in the district, and is also a symbol for Riesa as it was present in the coat of arms of Riesa since
1623. The black lion on yellow ground stands for Großenhain, as it is also present in then coat of arms of the city Großenhain. The
cogwheel in the bottom symbolizes the industrial tradition of the district, mostly iron and steel production, engineering and textile production.
