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{{Infobox German district|
name=Riesa-Großenhain|
state=Saxony|
dissolved = 2008-08-01|
capital=[[Großenhain]]|
regierungsbezirk=[[Dresden (region)|Dresden]]|
area=820.51|
population=120,539|
population_as_of=2001|
carsign=RG|
url={{URL|www.riesa-grossenhain.de}}|
map=saxony_rg.png
}}
'''Riesa-Großenhain''' was a district in [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of 
[[Elbe-Elster]] and [[Oberspreewald-Lausitz]] in [[Brandenburg]], [[Kamenz (district)|Kamenz]], [[Meißen (district)|Meißen]], [[Döbeln (district)|Döbeln]] and [[Torgau-Oschatz]].

== History ==
The district was created in 1994 by merging the two previous districts Riesa and Großenhain. In August 2008, it was incorporated into the district of Meißen.

== Geography ==
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.

== Coat of arms ==
{|
|- valign=top
||[[image:Wappen Landkreis Riesa-Grossenhain.png|130px|Coat of arms]]
||The [[Tilia|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.
|}

== Towns and municipalities ==
{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|Municipalities
! align=left width=33%|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Gröditz]]
#[[Großenhain]]
#[[Riesa]]
#[[Strehla]]
||
#[[Ebersbach, Riesa-Großenhain|Ebersbach]]
#[[Glaubitz]]
#[[Hirschstein]]
#[[Lampertswalde]]
#[[Nauwalde]]
#[[Nünchritz]]
#[[Priestewitz]]
#[[Röderaue]]
#[[Schönfeld, Saxony|Schönfeld]]
||
<ol start=10>
<li>[[Stauchitz]]
<li>[[Tauscha]]
<li>[[Thiendorf]]
<li>[[Weißig am Raschütz]]
<li>[[Wildenhain]]
<li>[[Wülknitz]]
<li>[[Zabeltitz]]
<li>[[Zeithain]]
</ol>
|}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|www.riesa-grossenhain.de}} {{in lang|de}}

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{{Cities and towns in Riesa-Großenhain (district)}}
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