Wartburgkreis - DEG0P

EU regions: Germany > THÜRINGEN > Thuringia > Wartburgkreis

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2019	82
number of inhabitants	2021	117 967
population density	2019	92.6
old-age dependency ratio	2021	43.7

* more on wikidata Q7866 * on OpenStreetMap * Wartburgkreis slovensky: DEG0P

Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Wartburgkreis

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Wartburgkreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Gotha, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, and the districts Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse. The district-free city Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by the district.

History

The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city Eisenach left the district in 1998 and became a district-free city. The municipality Kaltennordheim passed from the Wartburgkreis to Schmalkalden-Meiningen on 1 January 2019.

The district is named after the Wartburg, a castle near Eisenach most famous as the place of residence of Ludwig, Landgrave of Thuringia and his wife, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; and, as Martin Luther's refuge in 1521.

Geography

The district is located in the Thuringian Forest, including the Hainich national park. The main river in the district is the Werra.

other: Thuringia, Landkreis Hildburghausen, Weimarer Land, Erfurt, Weimar, Eisenach, Gera, Kyffhäuserkreis, Sonneberg, Suhl, Wartburgkreis, Jena, Eichsfeld, Gotha, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Nordhausen, Ilm-Kreis, Greiz, Altenburger Land, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

neighbours: Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Eisenach, Gotha, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Wartburgkreis - DEG0P, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DEG0P

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