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1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links
Rhein-Erft-Kreis
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State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital:Bergheim
Adm. Region:Cologne
Area:704.5 km²
Inhabitants:455,487 (2001)
pop. density:647 inh./km²
Car identification:BM
Homepage:http://www.erftkreis.de
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The Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.

1 History

The district in its current borders was created in 1975, when the previous districts Bergheim and Cologne were merged. Becoming effective on November 1, 2003 the district was renamed from Erftkreis to Rhein-Erft-Kreis.

2 Geography

The main river in the district is the Erft, which also gave it the name. The Erft flows through the foothills of the Eifel, on the left side of the Rhine river.

3 Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the lion of Jülich in the left half, as most of the area belonged to the dukes of Jülich. The right side shows the Cologne cross, which stands for the former Cologne district. On top the Erft river is depicted; the Prussian Rhineland province had the same symbol in its coat of arms.

4 Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. BedburgMap of Germany showing Bedburg Bedburg is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis of Germany. The town is documented as existing in 893 and has a population of about 25,000. External link http://www. de/language/engl/historen.
  2. Bergheim
  3. Brühl
  4. ErftstadtMap of Germany showing Erftstadt Erftstadt is a city comprised of several small villages in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Germany, near Cologne. It was created in 1969 when the city Lechenich was merged with several surrounding municipalities. The name of the cit

  1. Frechen
  2. HürthHurth is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Hurth is situated to the southwest of Cologne, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville. Coat of arms Hurth's coat of arms show the eagle from t
  3. KerpenKerpen is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia. It has a population of 63,992 (2002), and is located at 50° 52' North, 6° 40' East, about 30km southwest from Cologne. The city of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independen
  4. PulheimPulheim is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has 53,692 citizens ( 2002), and is located at 51° 0' North, 6° 48' East, northwest from Cologne. In the communal reform of 1975 several previously independent municipalities w
  1. Elsdorf


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