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1 History

The district was created in 1938 by merging the two Oberämter Geislingen and Göppingen. During the communal reform of 1973 the district was not changed much, only a few municipalities from the districts Schwäbisch Gmünd and Ulm were added.

The district is sometimes called Stauferkreis, because the Staufen family had their roots in this area. However when that family had no heir anymore the land became part of Württemberg in the 14th century13th century 14th century 15th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. Events The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age Beginning of th.

2 Partnerships

In 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo a partnership with the district Löbau in SaxonyState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Dresden Area:18,338 km² Inhabitants:4,600,000 2000 pop. density:251 inh. km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-SN Politics Minister-President: Georg Milbradt ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU/ SPD Map With an area of 18,400 (now merged into Löbau-ZittauLobau-Zittau is a Kreis ( district) in the east of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts are the district Bautzen in the north-west and the Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis in the north. To the east is Poland, and to the south the Czech Republic.) was started, to help to built the administration according to wester german standard. The municipality Boll already had a partnership with Herrnhut in Löbau before, after the districts started their partnership several other municipalities of the two districts started partnership as well.