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Esslingen (district)

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Esslingen
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Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district Esslingen
State Baden-Württemberg
County seat Esslingen am Neckar
Adm. region Stuttgart
Region Stuttgart
Area 641.57 km²
Population 507,606 (2002)
pop. density 791 inh./km²
Car identification ES
Web page http://www.landkreis-esslingen.de

Esslingen is a district (Kreis) in the centre of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rems-Murr, Göppingen, Reutlingen, Böblingen and the district-free city Stuttgart.

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[edit] History

The district dates back to the Oberamt Esslingen, which was created when the previously free imperial city Esslingen became part of Württemberg in 1803. After several changes over the next century it was converted into a district in 1938, and was enlarged by adding several municipalities from the neighboring Amtsoberamt Stuttgart, and the Oberamt Schorndorf, Kirchheim unter Teck and Göppingen.

In 1973 the district was merged with the district Nürtingen (without Grafenberg (Baden-Württemberg)), in 1975 two municipalities from the district Böblingen were added to give the district today's borders.

[edit] Geography

The district is cut into two halves by the river Neckar. The west part is part of the Filder plain, while the east is part of the mountains of the Swabian Alb (Schwäbische Alb).

[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms show the imperial eagle taken from the coat of arms of the city Esslingen. The checkered diamonds in the bottom are the symbol of the Dukes of Teck, and the horn on the breast of the eagle is the symbol of the Counts of Urach. Both symbols were taken from the coat of arms of the district Nürtingen, as the two families played a mayor role in the history of the area.

[edit] Cities and towns

Cities Administrative districts Towns
  1. Aichtal
  2. Esslingen am Neckar
  3. Filderstadt
  4. Kirchheim (Teck)
  5. Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  6. Neuffen
  7. Nürtingen
  8. Ostfildern
  9. Owen (Baden-Württemberg)
  10. Plochingen
  11. Weilheim an der Teck
  12. Wendlingen (Neckar)
  13. Wernau
  1. Kirchheim
  2. Lenningen
  3. Neckartenzlingen
  4. Neuffen
  5. Nürtingen
  6. Plochingen
  7. Reichenbach (Fils)
  8. Weilheim (Teck)
  9. Wendlingen (Neckar)
  1. Aichwald
  2. Altbach
  3. Altdorf (Nürtingen)
  4. Altenriet
  5. Baltmannsweiler
  6. Bempflingen
  7. Beuren
  8. Bissingen (Teck)
  9. Deizisau
  10. Denkendorf
  11. Dettingen (Teck)
  12. Erkenbrechtsweiler
  13. Frickenhausen
  14. Großbettlingen
  15. Hochdorf (Plochingen)
  16. Holzmaden
  1. Kohlberg
  2. Köngen
  3. Lenningen
  4. Lichtenwald
  5. Neckartailfingen
  6. Neckartenzlingen
  7. Neidlingen
  8. Neuhausen auf den Fildern
  9. Notzingen
  10. Oberboihingen
  11. Ohmden
  12. Reichenbach (Fils)
  13. Schlaitdorf
  14. Unterensingen
  15. Wolfschlugen

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Urban districts and districts in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Urban
districts

Baden-Baden · Freiburg · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Karlsruhe · Mannheim · Pforzheim · Stuttgart · Ulm

Rural
districts

Alb-Donau · Biberach · Bodensee · Böblingen · Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald · Calw · Konstanz (Constance) · Emmendingen · Enz · Esslingen · Freudenstadt · Göppingen · Heidenheim · Heilbronn (district) · Hohenlohe · Karlsruhe (district) · Lörrach · Ludwigsburg · Main-Tauber · Neckar-Odenwald · Ortenau · Ostalbkreis · Rastatt · Ravensburg · Rems-Murr · Reutlingen · Rhein-Neckar · Rottweil · Schwarzwald-Baar · Schwäbisch Hall · Sigmaringen · Tuttlingen · Tübingen · Waldshut · Zollernalb

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