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Encyclopedia > Rastatt (district)
Rastatt
Statistics
State: Baden-Württemberg
Capital: Rastatt
Adm. Region: Karlsruhe
Area: 738.77 km²
Inhabitants: 224,958 (2002)
pop. density: 305 inh./km²
Car identification: RA
Homepage: http://www.landkreis-rastatt.de
Map

Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Calw, Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis. To the west it borders the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Baden-Baden is completely surrounded by the district. Germany is a federation of 16 states commonly called Länder (singular Land, which may be translated as country) or officially Bundesländer (singular Bundesland, German federal state). ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ... Map of Germany showing Rastatt Rastatt is a city in the District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Karlsruhe is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Image File history File links Map of Baden-Wuerttemberg highlighting the Rastatt district Based on the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject German districts/Maptemplates File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ... Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freudenstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... History The département was created on March 4, 1790, during the French Revolution. ... Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

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History

The district was created in 1939 as the successor of the Oberamt Rastatt and later the Großkreis Baden. In 1973 it was merged with the majority of the neighboring district Bühl, and some small parts of the district Kehl. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...


Geography

The district is located in the Rhine valley, the south-east part however is already part of the northern Black Forest. The highest elevation is the Hornisgrinde. The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ...


Partnerships

Since 1968 the district has partnership with the Finnish city Vantaa. The partnership with the Italian Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino was started in 1996. Location within Finland Vantaa (Vanda in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


Coat of arms

Coat of arms The top-left corner of the coat of arms show a wine ladder, the symbol of the city Rastatt. The grapes in the top-right symbolize the viticulture in the area around Bühl. The red bar on yellow ground in the bottom-right is the symbol of Baden, and the rose in bottom-left is the symbol of the dukes of Eberstein.

Image File history File links Coat of arms of the Rastatt district File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A glass of red wine Wine display at the Mt Markey Winery This article is about the beverage. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ...

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Bühl
  2. Gaggenau
  3. Gernsbach
  4. Kuppenheim
  5. Lichtenau
  6. Rastatt
  1. Au (Rhine)
  2. Bietigheim (Baden)
  3. Bischweier
  4. Bühlertal
  5. Durmersheim
  6. Elchesheim-Illingen
  7. Forbach
  8. Hügelsheim
  9. Iffezheim
  10. Loffenau
  11. Muggensturm
  12. Ötigheim
  13. Ottersweier
  14. Rheinmünster
  15. Sinzheim
  16. Steinmauern
  17. Weisenbach
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  1. Bischweier-Kuppenheim
  2. Bühl
  3. Durmersheim
  4. Gernsbach
  5. Rastatt
  6. Rheinmünster-Lichtenau
  7. Sinzheim

The city of Bühl (also transcribed as Buehl in English) is part of Rastatt county in the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. ... A city in Ukraine. ... Map of Germany showing Rastatt Rastatt is a city in the District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Durmersheim is a small town in Southwest Germany and has a population of circa 13,000 people. ... Forbach is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...

External links

  • Official website (German)
  • Map of Rastatt from R24.


Cities and rural districts in the
Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Cities Flag of Baden-Württemberg. ... With an area of 35,742 km² and 10. ... {{JESUS TOOK THE FLAG}} He stole it and sold it to some asian drug dealers from the atlantic, hmm? File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Berlin Brandenburg Chelsea F.C. European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Fulham F.C. Football World...

Baden-Baden | Freiburg | Heidelberg | Heilbronn | Karlsruhe | Mannheim | Pforzheim | Stuttgart | Ulm Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freiburg city from Schlossberg Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region, on the western edge of the southern Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) with about 200,000 inhabitants. ... Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Coat of Arms of Heilbronn Map of Germany showing Heilbronn Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart. ... Map of Germany showing Karlsruhe Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe castle at night Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Baden-Württemberg Bundesland, located near the French-German border. ... Location of Mannheim in Germany The Wasserturm (water tower), Mannheims landmark Coat of Arms of Mannheim Watershed of the Neckar River university Mannheim is a city in Germany. ... Pforzheim is a town of 115,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 600,000 as of May 2005. ... Ulm is a city in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg (about 100 km south-east of Stuttgart). ...

Rural
districts

Alb-Donau | Biberach | Bodenseekreis | Böblingen | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Calw | Konstanz (Constance)
Emmendingen | Enzkreis | Esslingen | Freudenstadt | Göppingen | Heidenheim | Heilbronn | Hohenlohekreis
Karlsruhe | Lörrach | Ludwigsburg | Main-Tauber-Kreis | Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | Ortenaukreis | Ostalbkreis
Rastatt | Ravensburg | Rems-Murr-Kreis | Reutlingen | Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | Rottweil | Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Schwäbisch Hall | Sigmaringen | Tuttlingen | Tübingen | Waldshut | Zollernalbkreis Alb-Donau is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Biberach is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Böblingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Breisgau_Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Emmendingen is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Enzkreis is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Esslingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Freudenstadt is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Heidenheim is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Heilbronn is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Hohenlohekreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Lörrach is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ludwigsburg is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Main-Tauber is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Ostalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Ravensburg is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rems-Murr is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Reutlingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rhein-Neckar is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Rottweil is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Schwarzwald-Baar is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Schwäbisch-Hall is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Sigmaringen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Tübingen is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Waldshut is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Zollernalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Rastatt: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (1073 words)
First mentioned in 1247, Rastatt was destroyed (1689) by the French, but was soon rebuilt and served (1705–71) as the residence of the margraves of Baden-Baden.
...Valley between the district of Mannheim and the district of Rastatt.
...Villars on the Rhine 435 Rastatt and Baden.
Rastatt (district) (184 words)
Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Calw, Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis.
The red bar on yellow ground in the bottom-right is the symbol of Baden, and the rose in bottom-left is the symbol of the dukes of Eberstein.
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