Hildesheim (district)

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Hildesheim

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Hildesheim } } |- | Area:||1206 km² |- | Inhabitants:||292,900 (2002) |- | pop. density:||243 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||HI |- | Homepage:||[landkreishildesheim.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Hildesheim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hanover, Peine, Wolfenbüttel, Goslar, Northeim, Holzminden and Hamelin-Pyrmont. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History In 1885 the Prussian government established districts within the province of Hanover. The present territory of the district was occupied by four districts: Hildesheim, Alfeld, Gronau and Marienburg. In 1932 the district of Gronau joined Alfeld, the number of districts was reduced to three. When the state of Lower Saxony was founded in 1946, the districts were reorganised: Hildesheim became a district-free city, the remaining district of Hildesheim and Marienburg were merged to the new district of Hildesheim-Marienburg. The district of Alfeld remained in its former borders. In 1974 the city of Hildesheim lost its status as a district-free city and became part of the surrounding district, which was renamed Hildesheim. The districts of Hildesheim and Alfeld were merged in 1977. Geography The district is located southeast of Hanover, and the northernmost parts border the Hanover metropolitan area. The northern half of the district is highly urbanised, while the south is covered with forests. The Leine river enters the district in the south, runs through the towns of Alfeld and Gronau and leaves in the northwest towards Hanover; a small affluent, the Innerste, joins the Leine from the east after flowing through the city of Hildesheim. Between Leine and Innerste there are the forested hill chains of the Hildesheimer Wald ("Hildesheim Forest") and the Sieben Berge ("Seven Mountains", see Alfeld for more details). Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: the eagle from the arms of the city of Hildesheim the deer antler represents the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci (cherut="deer") the rose stands for the nature in the southern half of the district Towns and municipalities Towns Samtgemeinden Free municipalities Alfeld Bad Salzdetfurth Bockenem Elze Hildesheim Sarstedt Duingen Freden Gronau¹ Lamspringe Sibbesse ¹includes town of the same name Algermissen Diekholzen Giesen Harsum Holle Nordstemmen Schellerten Söhlde External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: