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Lörrach (district)

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State:Baden-Württemberg
Adm. Region:Freiburg
Region:Hochrhein-Bodensee
Capital:Lörrach
Area:806.81 km²
Inhabitants:219,149 (2001)
pop. density:272 inh./km²
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Lörrach is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Waldshut. To the west it borders the French département Haut-Rhin; to the south the Swiss cantons Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Aargau.

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

History

In 1973 part of the district Müllheim and small parts of the district Säckingen were added to the district, which enlarged the district by about 25% to the current size.

Geography

The north-east of the district is part of the Hochschwarzwald, the highest part of the Black Forest. In the west is the Markgräfler Hügelland, in the south the Dinkelberg, both lower hilly areas. The Rhine river, which forms most of the districts southern and western border, is in a narrow valley until it spreads north of Basel in the much more wide Oberrheinebene.

Coat of arms

The lion in the top part of the coat of arms represents the Lords of Rötteln, who had their most important castle in Wiesental. The bottom-left shows the coat of Baden, as big part of the district belonged to the counts of Baden historically. The waves in the bottom-right represent the small river Wiese, which flows throught the district.

Towns and municipalities

  1. Kandern
  2. Lörrach
  3. Rheinfelden (Baden)
  4. Schönau (Schwarzwald)
  5. Schopfheim
  6. Todtnau
  7. Weil (Rhein)
  8. Zell (Wiesental)
    Municipalities
  1. Aitern
  2. Bad Bellingen
  3. Binzen
  4. Böllen
  5. Bürchau
  6. Efringen-Kirchen
  7. Eimeldingen
  8. Elbenschwand
  9. Fischingen
  10. Fröhnd
  11. Grenzach-Wyhlen
  12. Häg-Ehrsberg

  13. Hasel
  14. Hausen (Wiesental)
  15. Inzlingen
  16. Malsburg-Marzell
  17. Maulburg

  1. Neuenweg
  2. Raich
  3. Rümmingen
  4. Sallneck
  5. Schallbach
  6. Schliengen
  7. Schönenberg
  8. Schwörstadt
  9. Steinen
  10. Tegernau
  11. Tunau
  12. Utzenfeld
  13. Wembach
  14. Wieden
  15. Wies
  16. Wieslet
  17. Wittlingen

External links

Official Website