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| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Adm. Region: | Detmold |
| Capital: | Höxter |
| Area: | 1,199.764 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 155,416 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 130 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | HX |
| Homepage: | http://www.kreis-hoexter.de | Map |
Höxter is a Kreis ( district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Holzminden, Northeim, Kassel, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hochsauerland, Paderborn, Lippe.
In 1816Events March 25 Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck dies and is succeeded by the later Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, his son and founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. the new PrussiaThe word Prussia ( German: Preussen (Preussen Polish: Prusy Lithuanian: Prusai Latin: Borussia has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russian government created three districts in the area, Höxter, Brakel and Warburg. In 1832Events February 12 Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands February 12 serious cholera epidemic begins in London from the East London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. At least 3000 victims March 24 In Hiram, Ohio a group of Höxter and Brakel were merged.
The present district was created in 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i when the former districts Warburg and Höxter were merged. At the same time the municipalities in the district were merged to form the today's ten cities.
Geographically the district covers the hills east of the Teutoburg ForestThe Teutoburg Forest (German: Teutoburger Wald is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, which is believed to be the environ of a decisive battle in AD 9. Geography The Teutoburger Wald is a nor, especially the Eggegebirge, and parts of the WeserberglandThe Weserbergland is a hilly region (thus the name, Weser hilly region in Germany ( Lower Saxony, Hessen und Nordrhein-Westfalen), between Hannoversch Munden and Porta Westfalica. Important cities of this region include Bad Karlshafen, Holzminden, Hoxter,. The highest elevation is the Köterberg (Elevation 496 m). The main river is the Weser in the east of the district.