Euskirchen District

Euskirchen District
Euskirchen District
	District
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Cologne
Capital	Euskirchen
Area
• Total	1,249.093 km2 (482.278 sq mi)

Euskirchen District is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Aachen, Düren, Rhein-Erft, Rhein-Sieg, Ahrweiler, Vulkaneifel, Bitburg-Prüm, and the Liège province (Belgium).

History[]

In 1827 a first district around the city of Euskirchen was created, however much smaller than today. In 1932 the district of Rheinbach was dissolved, whereby the Euskirchen district gained its southern part. In 1972 the Euskirchen district grew again by the inclusion of the Schleiden district.

Geography[]

Geographically the district is inside the Eifel hill chain. This land is hardly suitable for agriculture, and therefore in historical times the region was rather poor. The only wealth was the iron ore, but today the many forests there make the area interesting for tourists.

Coat of arms[]

The coat of arms shows the four signs of the main historical territories or rulers of the district. Top-left are the roses of the counts of Arenberg, top-right the lion of Jülich, bottom-right the wave-line of the counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim, and bottom-left the Cologne cross.

The coat of arms was granted in 1973.

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Münstereifel Euskirchen Mechernich Schleiden Zülpich	Blankenheim Dahlem Hellenthal Kall Nettersheim Weilerswist

References[]

^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.

External links[]

Media related to Kreis Euskirchen at Wikimedia Commons
Official Website (German)

Coordinates: 50°30′N 6°40′E / 50.5, 6.67

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[1] "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.