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Saxony
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Torgau
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Leipzig
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1,16752
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100,485
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2001
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is a district (''Kreis'') in the
Free State Of Saxony ,
Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the district
Wittenberg in
Saxony-Anhalt , the district
Elbe-Elster in
Brandenburg , and the districts
Riesa-Großenhain ,
Döbeln ,
Muldentalkreis and
Delitzsch .
The district was created in
1994 by merging the two previous districts Oschatz and Torgau, and 6 municipalities from the former district Eilenburg.
The main river in the district is the
Elbe , which
Meander s through
Water Meadow s. The landscape is dominated by three
Heath areas, the ''Dahlener Heide'' (150 km&
2) in the south, the ''Dübener Heide'' (110 km&
2) in the northwest, and partially the ''Annaburger Heide'' in the east.
