Lahn-Dill-Kreis Rural District

Lahn-Dill-Kreis
—  District  —
Coordinates: 50°39′N 8°22′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Adm. region	Gießen
Capital	Wetzlar
Area
• Total	1,066.51 km2 (411.78 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	254,878
• Density	238.9832/km2 (618.964/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	LDK (before 1991 L)
Website	http://www.lahn-dill-kreis.de

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.

History

In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district was not popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.

Geography

The main rivers of the district are the Lahn and the Dill, which also gave it the name.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in the top, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part - taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis - shows 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.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Aßlar Braunfels Dillenburg Haiger Herborn Leun Solms Wetzlar	Bischoffen Breitscheid Dietzhölztal Driedorf Ehringshausen Eschenburg Greifenstein Hohenahr	Hüttenberg Lahnau Mittenaar Schöffengrund Siegbach Sinn Waldsolms

Other websites

• Official website (German)
• Official Online-Community (German)