Ortenaukreis

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Ortenaukreis

Ortenaukreis is a district

Districts of Germany

German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
(Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt

Rastatt (district)

Rastatt is a district in the west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Karlsruhe , Calw , Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis....
, Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt (district)

Freudenstadt is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rastatt , Calw , T?bingen , Zollernalbkreis, Rottweil and the Ortenaukreis....
, Rottweil

Rottweil (district)

Rottweil is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Freudenstadt , Zollernalbkreis, Tuttlingen , Schwarzwald-Baar and Ortenaukreis....
, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen

Emmendingen (district)

Emmendingen is a district in the west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ortenaukreis, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and the district-free city Freiburg....
. To the west it borders the French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
département.

district was created in 1973 by merging the districts of Kehl, Lahr, Offenburg, Wolfach and the southern part of the district of Bühl.

western part of the district is located in the Upper Rhine

Upper Rhine

The Upper Rhine is the part of the Rhine that flows northbound after Basel, Switzerland, along the Rhine rift, and then westward to Bingen am Rhein, Germany....
Valley, the eastern part belongs to the northern Black Forest

Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
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Ortenaukreis is a district

Districts of Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Germany

Rastatt (district)

Rastatt is a district in the west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Karlsruhe , Calw , Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis....
, Freudenstadt

Freudenstadt (district)

Freudenstadt is a district in the middle of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rastatt , Calw , T?bingen , Zollernalbkreis, Rottweil and the Ortenaukreis....
, Rottweil

Rottweil (district)

Emmendingen (district)

France

Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
département.

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the districts of Kehl, Lahr, Offenburg, Wolfach and the southern part of the district of Bühl.

Geography

The western part of the district is located in the Upper Rhine

Upper Rhine

Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
. The highest elevation of the district, the Hornisgrinde

Hornisgrinde

The Hornisgrinde, 1164 m , is the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. The Hornisgrinde is in the North of the Ortenaukreis....
(1164 m), is located in the north-east of the district. The lowest elevation (124.3 m) is in the Rhine valley to the north. The district is named after the historical territory of the Ortenau

Ortenau

The Ortenau is a historical territory in Baden-W?rttemberg, located on the right bank of the River Rhine. It covers approximately the same area as the Ortenaukreis, a present-day district....
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Partnerships

The district has a friendship with the Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Greiz , the Burgenlandkreis , and the districts Leipziger Land, Mittweida , Chemnitzer Land, Zwickauer Land in Saxony....
district in Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
. Offenburg district already had a city partnership with Altenburg

Altenburg

Altenburg is a town in the States of Germany of Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district....
so, after German reunification

German reunification

German reunification took place twice after 1945: first in 1957, the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany, and again on 3 October 1990, when the five re-established states of the German Democratic Republic joined the Germany , and Berlin was united into a single city-state....
in 1990, Ortenaukreis chose to help modernize the Altenburger Land administration to the West German standard.

France

France

Germany

Strasbourg-Ortenau

Strasbourg-Ortenau is a France-Germany eurodistrict, a cross border administrative project with some common institutions, established on 17 October 2005....
eurodistrict

Eurodistrict

A eurodistrict is a European administrative entity that contains Agglomeration which lie across the border between two or more states. A eurodistrict offers a program for cooperation and integration of the towns or Commune in France which it comprises: for example, improving transport links for people who live and work on different sides of...
straddling the Rhine and combining Ortenaukreis and Greater Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
, with an overall population of 860,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is identical with that of the former Offenburg, and is based on the coat of arms of the Ortenau canton of the League of Imperial Knight

Imperial Knight

The Free Imperial Knights, or the Knights of the Empire was an Organisation of free nobles of the Holy Roman Empire, whose direct overlord was the Emperor, remnants of the medieval free nobility and the ministeriales....
s. It shows an imperial eagle

Reichsadler

The Reichsadler was a historic Eagle national insignia deriving from the Aquila during various times of Germany's history, including the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany....
with two heads, which also stands for the free imperial cities

Free Imperial City

In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city was a city formally ruled by the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a List of states in the Holy Roman Empire and so were governed by one of the many princes of the Empire, such as dukes or prince-bishops....
of Offenburg

Offenburg

Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. With over 50,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city, and also the capital of the Ortenaukreis....
, Gengenbach

Gengenbach

Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants....
and Zell

Zell am Harmersbach

Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine....
. In an escutcheon on the breast of the eagle is the patron Saint George

Saint George

Saint George of Lydda was according to tradition, a Roman soldier in the Guard of Emperor Diocletian, venerated as a Christian martyr.In Hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and the Eastern Catholic Churches....
, depicted killing the dragon.

Cities and towns

Cities	Administrative districts	Towns
Achern Achern Achern is a city in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg.... Ettenheim Ettenheim Ettenheim is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.... Gengenbach Gengenbach Gengenbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and a famous tourist destination on the western edge of the Black Forest with about 11,000 inhabitants.... Haslach Haslach Haslach is a small city in south-west Germany, in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg. As of 2002 it had a population of 6,862.... (Kinzigtal) Hausach Hausach Hausach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, on the river Kinzig , 25 km southeast of Offenburg.... Hornberg Hornberg Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.... Kehl Kehl Kehl is a town in southwestern Germany in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-W?rttemberg. It is located on the river Rhine, directly opposite Strasbourg.... Lahr Lahr Lahr is a city in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, approximately 38 km north of Freiburg and 100 km south of Karlsruhe. It is the second largest city in Ortenaukreis after Offenburg, and serves as an intermediate economic center to the cities and towns of Ettenheim, Friesenheim , Kappel-Grafenhausen, Kippenheim, Mahlberg, Mei?enheim, Rings... (Schwarzwald) Mahlberg Mahlberg Mahlberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated 8 km southwest of Lahr.... Oberkirch Oberkirch (Baden) Oberkirch is a town in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.Oberkirch is twinned with Haverfordwest in South-west Wales.... Offenburg Offenburg Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. With over 50,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city, and also the capital of the Ortenaukreis.... Oppenau Oppenau Oppenau is a town located in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It has a population of 5,200 inhabitants.... Renchen Renchen Renchen is a small city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, part of the Ortenaukreis.... Rheinau (Baden) Rheinau (Baden) Rheinau is a town in southwestern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and is part of the Ortenaukreis.... Wolfach Wolfach Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-W?rttemberg .... Zell am Harmersbach Zell am Harmersbach Zell am Harmersbach is a small historic city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It lies in the Ortenaukreis, between the Black Forest and the Rhine....	Achern Ettenheim Gengenbach Haslach Hausach Kappelrodeck Lahr Oberes Renchtal Oberkirch Offenburg Seelbach Schwanau Wolfach Zell	Appenweier Appenweier Appenweier is a Municipalities of Germany in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany in the district of Ortenau.... Bad Peterstal-Griesbach Bad Peterstal-Griesbach Bad Peterstal-Griesbach is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.File:Bad Griesbach Kirche.jpg... Berghaupten Berghaupten Berghaupten is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Biberach Biberach, Baden Biberach is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... (Lahr) Durbach Durbach Durbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Fischerbach Fischerbach Fischerbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Friesenheim Friesenheim Friesenheim is a municipality in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated 3 km north of Lahr, and 12 km southwest of Offenburg.... Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn) Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn) Gutach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Hofstetten Hofstetten, Baden-Württemberg Hofstetten is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Hohberg Hohberg Hohberg is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Kappel-Grafenhausen Kappel-Grafenhausen Kappel-Grafenhausen is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Kappelrodeck Kappelrodeck Kappelrodeck is a town in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and belongs to the Ortenaukreis.External links... Kippenheim Kippenheim Kippenheim is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.Kippenheim has restored its pre-war synagogue.... Lauf (Baden) Lauf (Baden) Lauf is a community in the Ortenaukreis in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.Lauf is situated on the western edge of the Black Forest , located in a valley that slopes roughly east-west.... Lautenbach Lautenbach Lautenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Meißenheim Meißenheim Mei?enheim is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Mühlenbach Mühlenbach, Baden-Württemberg M?hlenbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Neuried Neuried Neuried is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....	Nordrach Nordrach Nordrach is a Municipalities of Germany in the Districts of Germany of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Oberharmersbach Oberharmersbach Oberharmersbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Oberwolfach Oberwolfach Oberwolfach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany. It is known as the site of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, a leading mathematics research institute.... Ohlsbach Ohlsbach Ohlsbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Ortenberg Ortenberg, Baden-Württemberg Ortenberg is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Ottenhöfen Ringsheim Ringsheim Ringsheim is a village in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Rust Rust, Germany Rust is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.It is the home of the famous theme park Europa Park.... (Baden) Sasbach Sasbach (Ortenau) Sasbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany.Information Obersasbach belongs to Sasbach... Sasbachwalden Sasbachwalden Sasbachwalden is a touristic Black Forest town in Western Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the western slopes of mountain Hornisgrinde in the Black Forest and belongs to the Ortenaukreis.... Schuttertal Schuttertal Schuttertal is a municipality in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany and belongs to the Ortenaukreis. It is located in the Schutter Valley in Black Forest.... Schutterwald Schutterwald Schutterwald is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Schwanau Schwanau Schwanau is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Seebach Seebach, Baden-Württemberg Seebach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Seelbach Seelbach, Baden-Württemberg Seelbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Steinach Steinach, Baden-Württemberg Steinach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.... Willstätt Willstätt Willst?tt is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....

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