Wartburgkreis – DEG0P

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Wartburgkreis slovensky: DEG0P

Demographics

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

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

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Wartburgkreis – DEG0P, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEG0P, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164