Kyffhäuserkreis

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Kyffhäuserkreis

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State:	Thuringia
Capital:	Sondershausen |- | Area:||1,035 km² |- | Inhabitants:||91,940 (2002) |- | pop. density:||89 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||KYF |- | Homepage:||http://www.kyffhaeuser.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} The Kyffhäuserkreis is a Kreis (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise) the districts Sangerhausen, Merseburg-Querfurt and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich and Eichsfeld. Contents 1 History 2 Partnerships 3 Geography 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6 External links History In the 12th century there was a castle on the Kyffhäuser mountains, which was built during the reign of emperor Frederick I. According to the local legend, the emperor did not die, but instead went to sleep in this castle. From 1579 on the region belonged to Saxony, and after 1815 it became a part of Prussia (until 1945). In 1952 the two districts of Artern and Sondershausen were established. These districts were merged in 1994, with only a few municipalities joining other districts. Partnerships The district has a partnership with the district Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, which was actually established with the district Artern in 1990. Geography The district is named after the Kyffhäuser mountains. The main river is the Unstrut, which flows through the east of the district. Coat of arms The main symbol of the coat of arms is the lion of the counts of Schwarzburg, who historically ruled most of the district. The lion holds a shield which contains the coat of arms of the Counts of Mansfeld, who owned the area around Artern in the 18th century. The three green hills in the bottom symbolize the mountainous landscape with many forest, the big wavy line stands for the river Unstrut, the small one for the Wipper river. Towns and municipalities Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Free municipalities Artern Bad Frankenhausen Clingen¹ Ebeleben Greußen¹ Großenehrich Heldrungen¹ Roßleben Sondershausen Wiehe ¹ inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft An der Schmücke Greußen Kyffhäuser Mittelzentrum Artern Helbedündorf Schernberg External links [Official website] (German) [Touristic website] (English, German) Cities and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany Cities Eisenach | Erfurt | Gera | Jena | Suhl | Weimar Rural districts Altenburger Land | Eichsfeld | Gotha | Greiz | Hildburghausen | Ilm-Kreis | Kyffhäuserkreis | Nordhausen Saale-Holzland | Saale-Orla-Kreis | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Sömmerda Sonneberg | Unstrut-Hainich | Wartburgkreis | Weimarer Land   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: