Weilheim-Schongau

Weilheim-Schongau
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberbayern
Capital	Weilheim
Area
• Total	966.22 km² (373.06 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)^[1]
• Total	130,387
• Density	130/km² (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	WM
Website	http://www.weilheim-schongau.de

Weilheim-Schongau is a Kreis (district) in the south of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Landsberg, Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ostallgäu.

Geography

The district is located in the northern foothills of the Alps. The main rivers of the district are the Lech and the Ammer. The Ammersee and the Starnberger See are at the northern boundary of the district.

History

The district was formed in 1972 by merging the former districts Weilheim and Schongau, and one municipality from the former district Marktoberdorf.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms combines the symbols of the two precursor districts. The lion in top as the symbol of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was taken from the coat of arms of the district Weilheim. The crosier and the mining tools in the bottom are derived from the coat of arms of the district Schongau, symbolizing both the important monasteries as well as the coal mining in the district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Penzberg Schongau Weilheim i.OB Markt Peißenberg Peiting Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Altenstadt Bernbeuren Habach Huglfing Rottenbuch Seeshaupt Steingaden	Altenstadt Antdorf Bernbeuren Bernried Böbing Burggen Eberfing Eglfing Habach Hohenfurch Hohenpeißenberg Huglfing Iffeldorf Ingenried Oberhausen	Obersöchering Pähl Polling Prem Raisting Rottenbuch Schwabbruck Schwabsoien Seeshaupt Sindelsdorf Steingaden Wessobrunn Wielenbach Wildsteig

Towns

Municipalities

Markt

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

Altenstadt
Bernbeuren
Habach
Huglfing
Rottenbuch
Seeshaupt
Steingaden

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau.

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 47°50′N 11°00′E / 47.83°N 11.0°E / 47.83; 11.0

Authority control	VIAF: 242125822 GND: 4107882-2

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