Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.

Lahn-Dill-Kreis
District
Flag
Coat of arms
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Adm. regionGießen
Founded1977
CapitalWetzlar
Area
 • Total1,066.51 km2 (411.78 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total253,777
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationLDK, DIL, WZ (Wetzlar only), before 1991: L
Websitehttp://www.lahn-dill-kreis.de

History

In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district wasn't 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. It is mountain landscape with the Westerwald in the west, the Taunus in the south, the Lahn-Dill-Bergland in the east and the Rothaargebirge of the Sauerland in the north. The highest elevation with 671 m is near Rittershausen (part of Dietzhölztal), the lowest with 135 is in the Lahn valley in Biskirchen (part of the town of Leun).

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
  1. Aßlar
  2. Braunfels
  3. Dillenburg
  4. Haiger
  5. Herborn
  6. Leun
  7. Solms
  8. Wetzlar
  1. Bischoffen
  2. Breitscheid
  3. Dietzhölztal
  4. Driedorf
  5. Ehringshausen
  6. Eschenburg
  7. Greifenstein
  8. Hohenahr
  1. Hüttenberg
  2. Lahnau
  3. Mittenaar
  4. Schöffengrund
  5. Siegbach
  6. Sinn
  7. Waldsolms

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2018". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2019.

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