Rheinisch-Bergische Rural District

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Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia highlighting the district of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Cologne
District seat	Bergisch Gladbach
Area	437.64 km²
Population	279,397 (2004)
Pop. density	633 /km²
Licence plate code	GL
Web page	http://www.rbk-online.de

The Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

[change] Coat of arms

The top part of the coat of arms show the location of the district near the Rhine valley - the silver band symbolized the Rhine river. This symbol comes from the coat of arms of the former Prussian province Rhineland. In the left side the double bars are thought to symbolize a castle, they were used by the earls of Berg around 1100. When in 1225 the dukes of Limburg did take over they introduce their sign, the red lion with a blue tongue, into the coat of arms of the earldom.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Towns		Municipalities
Bergisch Gladbach Burscheid Leichlingen	Overath Rösrath Wermelskirchen	Kürten Odenthal

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
Urban districts	Aachen • Bielefeld • Bochum • Bonn • Bottrop • Dortmund • Duisburg • Düsseldorf • Essen • Gelsenkirchen • Hagen • Hamm • Herne • Köln (Cologne) • Krefeld • Leverkusen • Mönchengladbach • Mülheim • Münster • Oberhausen • Remscheid • Solingen • Wuppertal
Rural Districts	Aachen • Borken • Coesfeld • Düren • Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis • Euskirchen • Gütersloh • Heinsberg • Herford • Hochsauerland • Höxter • Kleve • Lippe • Märkischer Kreis • Mettmann • Minden-Lübbecke • Oberbergischer Kreis • Olpe • Paderborn • Recklinghausen • Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis • Rhein-Erft-Kreis • Rhein-Kreis Neuss • Rhein-Sieg-Kreis • Siegen-Wittgenstein • Soest • Steinfurt • Unna • Viersen • Warendorf • Wesel