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State: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Adm. Region: | Koblenz |
Capital: | Montabaur[?] |
Area: | 988.75 km² |
Inhabitants: | 204,920 (2002) |
pop. density: | 207 inh./km² |
Car identification: | WW |
Homepage: | http://www.westerwaldkreis.rlp.de | Map |
Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free city Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz and Neuwied.
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Together with the neighboring Rhein-Lahn district a partnership with the english county Northamptonshire was started in 1981. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with Rwanda the district had a partnership with the municipality Mugesera since 1983. As in 2001 this municipality was included in the district Mirenge the partner changed.
The bottom part of the coat of arms show basalt pillars, as the Westerwald is of vulcanic origin. There are seven pillars representing the seven Verwaltungsgemeinden of the district which have basalt or quarzit in their area. The green band in the middle represent the forests, the jug in the upper part the traditional pottery industry in the district. |
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