Waldshut

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Waldshut

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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Capital:	Waldshut-Tiengen } } |- | Area:||1,131.18 km² |- | Inhabitants:||166,521 (2002) |- | pop. density:||147 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||WT |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-waldshut.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Waldshut is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Lörrach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Schwarzwald-Baar. To the south it borders the Swiss cantons Thurgau, Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aargau. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The district dates back to the Oberamt Waldshut, which was created when the area became part of the state of Baden in the beginning of the 19th century. After some changes it was converted to a district in 1938. In 1973 the districts Säckingen and Hochschwarzwald were dissolved and were partially added to the district Waldshut, which then grew to its current size. Geography The district covers the southern part of the Black Forest. The river Rhine forms most of the boundary to Switzerland. Coat of arms The present coat of arms was granted on December 11, 1973, superseding an older one. The bend wavy represents the river Rhine as the main river of the district. The wheel on a blue ground symbolizes the district's hydro-electric power industry (there was also a wheel in the old coat of arms). The abbot's staff was taken from the arms of the district of Säckingen, to symbolize its monasteries. Green is used to signify the Black Forest. Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Bad Säckingen Bonndorf (Schwarzwald) Laufenburg (Baden) St. Blasien Stühlingen Waldshut-Tiengen Wehr (Baden) Albbruck Bernau (Schwarzwald) Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald) Dettighofen Dogern Eggingen Görwihl Grafenhausen Häusern Herrischried Höchenschwand Hohentengen (Hochrhein) Ibach Jestetten Klettgau Küssaberg Lauchringen Lottstetten Murg Rickenbach Todtmoos Ühlingen-Birkendorf Weilheim (Waldshut) Wutach Wutöschingen Verwaltungsgemeinschaften Bonndorf Jestetten Küssaberg Oberes Schlüchttal Bad Säckingen St. Blasien Waldshut-Tiengen Wutöschingen External links () [Official website] () [Information about the Waldshut region] () [Waldshut district regional portal] () [Waldshut district directory] at the Open Directory Project Cities and districts in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany Cities Baden-Baden · Freiburg · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Karlsruhe · Mannheim · Pforzheim · Stuttgart · Ulm Rural districts Alb-Donau · Biberach · Bodensee · Böblingen · Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald · Calw · Konstanz (Constance) · Emmendingen · Enz · Esslingen · Freudenstadt · Göppingen · Heidenheim · Heilbronn (district) · Hohenlohe · Karlsruhe (district) · Lörrach · Ludwigsburg · Main-Tauber · Neckar-Odenwald · Ortenau · Ostalbkreis · Rastatt · Ravensburg · Rems-Murr · Reutlingen · Rhein-Neckar · Rottweil · Schwarzwald-Baar · Schwäbisch Hall · Sigmaringen · Tuttlingen · Tübingen · Waldshut · Zollernalb   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: