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State: | Hesse |
Adm. Region: | Gießen |
Capital: | Wetzlar |
Area: | 1,066.51 km² |
Inhabitants: | 263,054 (2002) |
pop. density: | 247 inh./km² |
Car identification: | LDK (before 1991 L) |
Homepage: | http://www.lahn-dill-kreis.de | Map |
Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunus[?], Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.
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In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district wasn't popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.
The coat of arms show the imperial eagle in the top part, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part - taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis - show the lion of Nassau and the horn of the princes of Orange-Nassau, which later became the dutch royal family. Dillenburg[?] was the capital of the county of Nassau and later of Nassau-Orange. |
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