Kreischa

Kreischa
Kreischa
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kreischa within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
	Kreischa Kreischa
	Coordinates: 50°57′N 13°46′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Subdivisions	14
Government
• Mayor	Frank Schöning
Area
• Total	28.97 km2 (11.19 sq mi)
Elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,532
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01731
Dialling codes	035206
Vehicle registration	PIR
Website	www.kreischa.de

Kreischa is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It directly borders the Saxon capital Dresden and consists of 14 districts.

Kreischa was first mentioned in 1282 in the name Heinricus de Kryschowe. The name could be derived from an Old Slavic word meaning "crooked" or "lame".

Sister cities

Kreischa is twinned with:

Loffenau district Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany since 1990

Municipality subdivisions

Babisnau
Bärenklause
Brösgen
Gombsen
Kautzsch
Kleba
Kleincarsdorf
Lungkwitz
Quohren
Saida
Sobrigau
Theisewitz
Kreischa-Wittgensdorf
Zscheckwitz

References

"Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2019.

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[1] "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2019.