Wartburgkreis Rural District

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Wartburgkreis
Map of Thuringia highlighting the district of Wartburgkreis
State	Thuringia
District seat	Bad Salzungen
Area	1,305 km²
Population	142,595 (2002)
Pop. density	109 /km²
Licence plate code	WAK
Web page	http://www.wartburgkreis.de

Wartburgkreis is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. The city of Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis.

1 History
2 Coat of arms
3 Towns and municipalities
4 Other websites

[change] History

The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city of Eisenach left the district in 1998 and became a district-free city.

The district is named after the Wartburg, a castle near Eisenach most famous as Martin Luther's refuge in 1521.

[change] Coat of arms

The coat of arms combines the symbols of the historic states which existed on the territory. In the topleft and the bottomright is the lion of the dukes of Thuringia, the chicken in the topright refers to the county of Henneberg, and the black cross in the bottom left is the symbol of the imperial abbey and state of Fulda.

[change] Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Bad Salzungen Bad Liebenstein Geisa Ruhla Stadtlengsfeld Treffurt	Buttlar Dorndorf Ettenhausen an der Suhl Frauensee Gerstengrund Gerstungen Hörselberg-Hainich Leimbach Marksuhl Merkers-Kieselbach	Moorgrund Rockenstuhl Schleid Schweina Seebach Steinbach Tiefenort Unterbreizbach Wolfsburg-Unkeroda Wutha-Farnroda

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Barchfeld Barchfeld¹ Immelborn 2. Berka/Werra Berka/Werra^{1, 2} Dankmarshausen Dippach Großensee 3. Creuzburg Creuzburg^{1, 2} Ifta Krauthausen	4. Dermbach Brunnhartshausen Dermbach¹ Neidhartshausen Oechsen Urnshausen Weilar Wiesenthal Zella/Rhön 5. Mihla Berka vor dem Hainich Bischofroda Ebenshausen Frankenroda Hallungen Lauterbach Mihla¹ Nazza	6. Oberes Feldatal Andenhausen Diedorf Empfertshausen Fischbach/Rhön Kaltenlengsfeld Kaltennordheim¹ Klings 7. Vacha Martinroda Vacha^{1, 2} Völkershausen Wölferbütt
¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; ²town

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Barchfeld

Barchfeld¹
Immelborn

2. Berka/Werra

Berka/Werra^{1, 2}
Dankmarshausen
Dippach
Großensee

3. Creuzburg

Creuzburg^{1, 2}
Ifta
Krauthausen

4. Dermbach

Brunnhartshausen
Dermbach¹
Neidhartshausen
Oechsen
Urnshausen
Weilar
Wiesenthal
Zella/Rhön

5. Mihla

Berka vor dem Hainich
Bischofroda
Ebenshausen
Frankenroda
Hallungen
Lauterbach
Mihla¹
Nazza

6. Oberes Feldatal

Andenhausen
Diedorf
Empfertshausen
Fischbach/Rhön
Kaltenlengsfeld
Kaltennordheim¹
Klings

7. Vacha

Martinroda
Vacha^{1, 2}
Völkershausen
Wölferbütt

¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; ²town

[change] Other websites

Official website (German)

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany
Urban districts	Eisenach · Erfurt · Gera · Jena · Suhl · Weimar
Rural districts	Altenburger Land · Eichsfeld · Gotha · Greiz · Hildburghausen · Ilm-Kreis · Kyffhäuserkreis · Nordhausen · Saale-Holzland · Saale-Orla-Kreis · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt · Schmalkalden-Meiningen · Sömmerda · Sonneberg · Unstrut-Hainich · Wartburgkreis · Weimarer Land