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Düren (district)

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Statistics
State:North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. Region:Cologne
Capital:Düren
Area:941.15 km²
Inhabitants:266,457 (2000)
pop. density:283 inh./km²
Car identification:DN
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Düren is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Neuss, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Euskirchen and Aachen.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts of Jülich and Düren. Both districts date back to 1816 when the new prussian province Rhineland was created. Before the Napoleonic Wars all of the area belonged to the dukedom Jülich.

Geography

Geographically it covers both the lowlands of the Niederrheinische Bucht as well as the hills of the Eifel. The district has rich Lignite (brown coal) deposits, which is used in open pit mining. Another big industry is paper production, which dates back to the second part of the 16th century. The main river in the district is the Rur.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show the lion from the city of Jülich in the upper part. In the bottom it has a paper roll with the capital letter D for Düren, because the paper industry has long history. The coat of arms were granted in 1942.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Düren
  2. Heimbach
  3. Jülich
  4. Linnich
  5. Nideggen
    Municipalities
  1. Aldenhoven
  2. Hürtgenwald
  3. Inden
  4. Kreuzau
  5. Langerwehe
  1. Merzenich
  2. Niederzier
  3. Nörvenich
  4. Titz
  5. Vettweiß

External links

Official website (German)