Rems-Murr-Kreis

Rems-Murr-Kreis
—  District  —
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Capital	Waiblingen
Area
– Total	858.03 km2 (331.3 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
– Total	415,448
– Density	484.2/km2 (1,254/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	http://www.rems-murr-kreis.de

Rems-Murr is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg.

History

The district was created in 1973, when the district Waiblingen was merged with most of the district Backnang and few municipalities from the district Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Geography

The biggest part of the district is located in the Swabian-Franconian mountains (Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald). The two rivers Rems and Murr gave the district its name.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a deer antler in the middle, the symbol of the former state of Württemberg. The two wavy blue lines above and below symbolize the two rivers Murr (in the north) and Rems (in the south) after which the district was named.

Twinning

Rems-Murr-Kreis is twinned with:

• Southampton, United Kingdom, (since 1991)

Cities and towns

Cities	Administrative districts	Towns
Backnang Fellbach Murrhardt Schorndorf Waiblingen Weinstadt Welzheim Winnenden	Backnang Plüderhausen-Urbach Schorndorf Sulzbach Welzheim Winnenden	Alfdorf Allmersbach im Tal Althütte Aspach Auenwald Berglen Burgstetten Großerlach Kaisersbach Kernen Kirchberg an der Murr Korb	Leutenbach Oppenweiler Plüderhausen Remshalden Rudersberg Schwaikheim Spiegelberg Sulzbach an der Murr Urbach Weissach im Tal Winterbach

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 31 December 2009. http://www.statistik-bw.de/Veroeffentl/Statistische_Berichte/3126_10001.pdf. 

External links

• Official website (German)

Coordinates: 48°55′N 9°32′E / 48.917°N 9.533°E / 48.917; 9.533