Westerwaldkreis
Sign in to saveThe Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free city Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz and Neuwied.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Westerwaldkreis
- District DE.image_flag
- Flagge Westerwaldkreis.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- DEU Westerwaldkreis COA.svg
- District DE.state
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- District DE.capital
- Montabaur
- District DE.area
- 988.73
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 07143
- District DE.district_admin
- Achim Schwickert
- District DE.admin_party
- CDU
- District DE.carsign
- WW
- District DE.url
- westerwald-kreis.de
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The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free city Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz and Neuwied.
==History== When the area became part of Prussia in 1866 two districts covering the area were created. The northern part was covered by the Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Marienberg, the Unterwesterwaldkreis with capital in Montabaur covering the southern part. In 1886 a third district was added with the Westerburg district with area from both of the other two districts. In 1932 the districts structure was reformed again, the Oberwesterwaldkreis and the Westerburg district were merged to a new Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Westerburg. In 1974 in another reform the districts Oberwesterwaldkreis and Unterwesterwaldkreis were merged to form the Westerwaldkreis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westerwaldkreis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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