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State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Adm. Region: | Cologne |
Capital: | Euskirchen[?] |
Area: | 1,249.093 km² |
Inhabitants: | 189,360 (2001) |
pop. density: | 152 inh./km² |
Car identification: | EU |
Homepage: | http://www.kreis-euskirchen.de | Map |
The Euskirchen district is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Aachen, Düren, Erftkreis, Rhein-Sieg, Ahrweiler, Daun, Bitburg-Prüm, and the Liège province (Belgium).
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The coat of arms show the four signs of the main historical territories or rulers of the district. Top-left are the roses of the counts of Arenburg, top-right the lion of Jülich[?], bottom-right the wave-line of the counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim, and bottom-left the Cologne cross. The coat of arms was granted in 1973. |
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