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Wartburgkreis
District
Thuringia wak.png
Country  Germany
State Thuringia
Capital Bad Salzungen
Area
 • Total 1,305 km2 (504 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total 142,595
 • Density 109.27/km2 (283.00/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration WAK
Website http://www.wartburgkreis.de

Wartburgkreis is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. The city of Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis.

History

The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city of Eisenach left the district in 1998 and became a district-free city.

The district is named after the Wartburg, a castle near Eisenach most famous as Martin Luther's refuge in 1521.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms combines the symbols of the historic states which existed on the territory. In the topleft and the bottomright is the lion of the dukes of Thuringia, the chicken in the topright refers to the county of Henneberg, and the black cross in the bottom left is the symbol of the imperial abbey and state of Fulda.

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns and municipalities
  1. Bad Salzungen
  2. Bad Liebenstein
  3. Geisa
  4. Ruhla
  5. Stadtlengsfeld
  6. Treffurt
  1. Buttlar
  2. Dorndorf
  3. Ettenhausen an der Suhl
  4. Frauensee
  5. Gerstengrund
  6. Gerstungen
  7. Hörselberg-Hainich
  8. Leimbach
  9. Marksuhl
  10. Merkers-Kieselbach
  1. Moorgrund
  2. Rockenstuhl
  3. Schleid
  4. Schweina
  5. Seebach
  6. Steinbach
  7. Tiefenort
  8. Unterbreizbach
  9. Wolfsburg-Unkeroda
  10. Wutha-Farnroda
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  • 1. Barchfeld
  1. Barchfeld1
  2. Immelborn
  • 2. Berka/Werra
  1. Berka/Werra1, 2
  2. Dankmarshausen
  3. Dippach
  4. Großensee
  • 3. Creuzburg
  1. Creuzburg1, 2
  2. Ifta
  3. Krauthausen
  • 4. Dermbach
  1. Brunnhartshausen
  2. Dermbach1
  3. Neidhartshausen
  4. Oechsen
  5. Urnshausen
  6. Weilar
  7. Wiesenthal
  8. Zella/Rhön
  • 5. Mihla
  1. Berka vor dem Hainich
  2. Bischofroda
  3. Ebenshausen
  4. Frankenroda
  5. Hallungen
  6. Lauterbach
  7. Mihla1
  8. Nazza
  • 6. Oberes Feldatal
  1. Andenhausen
  2. Diedorf
  3. Empfertshausen
  4. Fischbach/Rhön
  5. Kaltenlengsfeld
  6. Kaltennordheim1
  7. Klings
  • 7. Vacha
  1. Martinroda
  2. Vacha1, 2
  3. Völkershausen
  4. Wölferbütt
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; 2town

See also

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