Wetteraukreis

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Wetteraukreis
Map of Hesse highlighting the district Wetteraukreis
State	Hesse
County seat	Friedberg
Adm. region	Darmstadt
Area	1,100.69 km²
Population	298,124 (2004)
pop. density	271 inh./km²
Car identification	FB
Web page	http://www.wetteraukreis.de

The Wetteraukreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Landkreis Gießen, Vogelsbergkreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, district-free Stadt Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis, Lahn-Dill-Kreis.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External link

[edit] History

The district was created in 1972 when the two districts Friedberg and Büdingen were pooled together.

[edit] Geography

The district is located between the Taunus mountains and the Vogelsberg volcanic mountain. The main river of the district is the Nidda River.

[edit] Coat of arms

The imperial eagle in the top of the coat of arms was chosen because the Wetterau was imperial possession in the past. The bars in the bottom derive from the lords of Isenburg-Büdingen, who owned most of the area. The wavy line depicts the river Wetter which flows through the capital Friedberg.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Nauheim Bad Vilbel Büdingen Butzbach Friedberg Gedern Karben Münzenberg Nidda Niddatal Ortenberg Reichelsheim Rosbach vor der Höhe	Altenstadt Echzell Florstadt Glauburg Hirzenhain Kefenrod Limeshain Ober-Mörlen Ranstadt Rockenberg Wölfersheim Wöllstadt

[edit] External link

Official website (German)

Image:Flag of Hesse (state).svg	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Hesse in Germany	Image:Flag of Germany.svg
Urban districts	Darmstadt \| Frankfurt (Main) \| Kassel \| Offenbach \| Wiesbaden
Rural districts	Bergstraße \| Darmstadt-Dieburg \| Fulda \| Gießen \| Groß-Gerau \| Hersfeld-Rotenburg \| Hochtaunuskreis \| Kassel \| Lahn-Dill-Kreis Limburg-Weilburg \| Main-Kinzig-Kreis \| Main-Taunus-Kreis \| Marburg-Biedenkopf \| Odenwaldkreis \| Offenbach Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis \| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis \| Vogelsbergkreis \| Waldeck-Frankenberg \| Werra-Meißner-Kreis \| Wetteraukreis