District information

The Altenburger Land district is located in the easternmost part of Thuringia. The district of Greiz is the only Thuringian district bordering Altenburger Land in the west. To the northwest is the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, and clockwise from north to south are the Saxon districts of Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau.

General
Geography
Population
Employees

County	Altenburger Land
Federal state	Thuringia
Address of the District Administration	Landratsamt Altenburger Land Lindenaustr. 9 04600 Altenburg
Phone	03447 586-0
Fax	03447 586-100
E-mail	landratsamt@altenburgerland.de
Founding	On 1 July 1994 as a result of the district reform of the former Altenburg and Schmölln districts.
District Administrator	Uwe Melzer (CDU)
District capital	Altenburg
Number of municipalities (towns included)	30
Cities	5 (Altenburg, Gößnitz, Lucka, Meuselwitz, Schmölln)
Administrative communities	3 (VG Pleißenaue, VG Rositz, VG Oberes Sprottental)

Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, July 2018

Floor space	56.939 ha
Settlement and traffic area	8.163 ha
Floor areas according to types of use	Settlement area	6.223 ha
	of which residential area	1.621 ha
	of which industrial and commercial space	1.365 ha
	of which sports, leisure and recreation area	2.137 ha
	Traffic area	2.353 ha
	Agricultural area	40.083 ha
	Forest area	6.388 ha
	Water area	809 ha
Neighbouring counties	to the North East	Landkreis Leipzig
	to the East	Landkreis Mittelsachsen
	to the South	Landkreis Zwickau
	to the South West	Landkreis Greiz
	to the North West	Burgenlandkreis
Central location in Central Germany (Distance from Altenburg)	Leipzig	50 km
	Chemnitz	50 km
	Dresden	115 km
	Jena	80 km
	Erfurt	120 km
	Zwickau	35 km
	Hof	135 km
	Gera	35 km

Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, 31.12.2020

Population on 31.12.2020 (total)	88.356 Inhabitants (inhab.)
	thereof male	43.215 inhab.
	thereof female	45.141 inhab.
	thereof migrants	3.217 inhab.
Population development (each as of 31.12.)	1995	120.655 inhab.
	1996	119.359 inhab.
	1997	118.487 inhab.
	1998	117.143 inhab.
	1999	115.689 inhab.
	2000	114.200 inhab.
	2001	112.421 inhab.
	2002	110.887 inhab.
	2003	109.304 inhab.
	2004	107.893 inhab.
	2005	106.365 inhab.
	2006	104.721 inhab.
	2007	103.313 inhab.
	2008	101.705 inhab.
	2009	100.215 inhab.
	2010	98.810 inhab.
	2011	95.829 inhab.
	2012	94.749 inhab.
	2013	93.605 inhab.
	2014	92.705 inhab.
	2015	92.344 inhab.
	2016	91.607 inhab.
	2017	90.650 inhab.
	2018	90.118 inhab.
	2019	89.393 inhab.
	2020	88.356 inhab.
Population structure according to age groups (as of 31.12.2020)	under 6	3.827 inhab.
	6-15	6.303 inhab.
	15-18	2.105 inhab.
	18-25	4.002 inhab.
	25-30	2.322 inhab.
	30-40	9.435 inhab.
	40-50	9.891 inhab.
	50-65	22.660 inhab.
	65-75	13.237 inhab.
	75-85	10.774 inhab.
	85 and older	3.800 inhab.

Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics, 31.12.2020

Average number of persons employed at the place of work during the year by economic sector
total	34.900
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	800
Manufacturing industry	11.900
of which manufacturing without construction	9.000
of which construction	2.900
Service areas	22.200
of which trade, transport and storage, hotels and restaurants, information and communication	8.000
of which financial, insurance and business service providers, real estate and housing industry	3.800
Public and other service providers, Education and health, Private households	10.400

Source: Thuringian State Office for Statistic: August 2021