Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Rhein-Erft-Kreis | |
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State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
Adm. region | Cologne |
Caipital | Bergheim |
Area | |
• Total | 704.5 km2 (272.0 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 471,891 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | BM |
Website | http://www.rhein-erft-kreis.de |
The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a destrict in the wast o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. Neebourin destricts are Rhein-Kreis Neuss, destrict-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
![](http://chped.net/https/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Aachener_Tor.jpg/220px-Aachener_Tor.jpg)
![](http://chped.net/https/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Schloss_Augustusburg_Bruehl.jpg/220px-Schloss_Augustusburg_Bruehl.jpg)
The destrict in its current borders wis creatit in 1975, when the previous destricts Bergheim an Cologne wur mergit. Becomin effective on 1 November 2003 the destrict wis renamit frae Erftkreis tae Rhein-Erft-Kreis.
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
The main river in the destrict is the Erft, which gave it the name an aw. The Erft flows through the fuiothills o the Eifel, on the left side o the Rhine river.
Touns[eedit | eedit soorce]
Coat o airms[eedit | eedit soorce]
![Coat o airms](http://chped.net/https/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DEU_Rhein-Erft-Kreis_COA.svg/100px-DEU_Rhein-Erft-Kreis_COA.svg.png)
The coat o airms shows the lion o Jülich in the left hauf, as maist o the aurie belangit tae the duchy o Jülich. The richt side shows the Cologne cross, which staunds for the umwhile Cologne destrict. On top the Erft river is depictit; the Proushie Rhine Province haed the same seembol in its coat o airms.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Rhein-Erft-Kreis at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid (German)