Hohenlohe (district)

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Hohenlohe
District

Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Capital	Künzelsau
Area
• Total	776.68 km² (299.88 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)^[1]
• Total	107,498
• Density	140/km² (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	KÜN
Website	http://www.hohenlohekreis.de

The Hohenlohekreis is a district (Landkreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Main-Tauber, Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn.

Künzelsau is the administration centre of the district.

Industry and companies

Würth
Bürkert
Rosenberg
Sigloch
Stahl

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Öhringen and Künzelsau. It was named after the family of Hohenlohe, who once had ruled most of the area, until 1806 when they lost their independence as this area became part of the kingdom of Württemberg.

Geography

The two main rivers of the districts are the Kocher and Jagst, both affluents to the Neckar. The highest elevation of the district with 523 m is the Mühlberg near Waldenburg.

Partnerships

Since 1990 the district has a partnership with the County Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. In the same year it also started a friendship with the district Großenhain (now Riesa-Großenhain) in the Free State of Saxony, helping to build the administration according to West German standards.

Dialect

The dialect spoken locally is Hohenlohisch, an East Franconian dialect.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms in its top part shows two lions, which is the symbol of the family of Hohenlohe, who once had ruled most of the area. The Wheel of Mainz in bottom is the symbol of the clerical state of Mainz, which also had some possessions around Krautheim.

Cities and municipalities

Cities	Administrative districts	Municipalities
Forchtenberg Ingelfingen Krautheim Künzelsau Neuenstein Niedernhall Öhringen Waldenburg	Hohenloher Ebene Krautheim Künzelsau Kochertal Öhringen	Bretzfeld Dörzbach Kupferzell Mulfingen Pfedelbach Schöntal Weißbach Zweiflingen

References

↑ [Statistisches Bundesamt – Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012 (XLS-Datei; 4,0 MB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012"]. Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 November 2013.

External links

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v t e Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Regions	Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tübingen

Urban districts	Baden-Baden Freiburg Heidelberg Heilbronn Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm

Rural districts	Alb-Donau Biberach Bodensee Böblingen Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Calw Emmendingen Enz Esslingen Freudenstadt Göppingen Heidenheim Heilbronn Hohenlohe Karlsruhe Konstanz Lörrach Ludwigsburg Main-Tauber Neckar-Odenwald Ortenau Ostalbkreis Rastatt Ravensburg Rems-Murr Reutlingen Rhein-Neckar Rottweil Schwarzwald-Baar Schwäbisch Hall Sigmaringen Tübingen Tuttlingen Waldshut Zollernalb

Coordinates: 49°16′N 9°37′E / 49.27°N 9.62°E / 49.27; 9.62

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