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Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Flag of Lahn-Dill-Kreis
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Coat of arms of Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Coat of arms
Locator map LDK in Hesse.svg
Country  Germany
State Hesse
Adm. region Gießen
Founded 1977
Capital Wetzlar
Area
 • Total 1,066.51 km2 (411.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total 252,106
 • Density 236.3841/km2 (612.232/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration LDK (before 1991 L)
Website http://www.lahn-dill-kreis.de

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.

History

In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district was not popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.

Geography

The main rivers of the district are the Lahn and the Dill, which also gave it the name.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in the top, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part - taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis - shows the lion of Nassau and the horn of the princes of Orange-Nassau, which later became the Dutch royal family. Dillenburg was the capital of the county of Nassau and later of Nassau-Orange.

Towns and municipalities

Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Towns Municipalities
  1. Aßlar
  2. Braunfels
  3. Dillenburg
  4. Haiger
  5. Herborn
  6. Leun
  7. Solms
  8. Wetzlar
  1. Bischoffen
  2. Breitscheid
  3. Dietzhölztal
  4. Driedorf
  5. Ehringshausen
  6. Eschenburg
  7. Greifenstein
  8. Hohenahr
  1. Hüttenberg
  2. Lahnau
  3. Mittenaar
  4. Schöffengrund
  5. Siegbach
  6. Sinn
  7. Waldsolms
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