Rems-Murr-Kreis

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Rems-Murr-Kreis
District

Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Capital	Waiblingen
Area
• Total	858.03 km² (331.29 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)^[1]
• Total	408,827
• Density	480/km² (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	http://www.rems-murr-kreis.de

Rems-Murr is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg.

History

The district was created in 1973, when the district Waiblingen was merged with most of the district Backnang and few municipalities from the district Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Geography

The biggest part of the district is located in the Swabian-Franconian mountains (Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald). The two rivers Rems and Murr gave the district its name.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a deer antler in the middle, the symbol of the former state of Württemberg. The two wavy blue lines above and below symbolize the two rivers Murr (in the north) and Rems (in the south) after which the district was named.

Twinning

Rems-Murr-Kreis is twinned with:

Southampton, United Kingdom, (since 1991)

Cities and towns

Cities	Administrative districts	Towns
Backnang Fellbach Murrhardt Schorndorf Waiblingen Weinstadt Welzheim Winnenden	Backnang Plüderhausen-Urbach Schorndorf Sulzbach Welzheim Winnenden	Alfdorf Allmersbach im Tal Althütte Aspach Auenwald Berglen Burgstetten Großerlach Kaisersbach Kernen Kirchberg an der Murr Korb	Leutenbach Oppenweiler Plüderhausen Remshalden Rudersberg Schwaikheim Spiegelberg Sulzbach an der Murr Urbach Weissach im Tal Winterbach

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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Official website (German)

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: 48°55′N 9°32′E / 48.917°N 9.533°E / 48.917; 9.533

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