Rems-Murr is a
''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
Germany
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. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise)
Heilbronn,
Schwäbisch Hall
Schwäbisch Hall (; "Swabian Hall"; from 1802 until 1934 and colloquially: ''Hall'' ) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg located in the valley of the Kocher river, the longest tributary (together with its headwater Lein) of the ...
,
Ostalbkreis
The Ostalbkreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-M ...
,
Göppingen
Göppingen (Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the bi ...
,
Esslingen, the district-free city
Stuttgart and the district
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is s ...
.
History
The district was created in 1973 when Waiblingen was merged with most of the district Backnang and a few municipalities from the district Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Geography
The largest part of the district is located in the
Swabian-Franconian Forest (''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald''), of which the
Mainhardt Forest
The Mainhardt Forest is a hill range up to {{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten in the counties of Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn, Hohenlohekreis and Rems-Murr-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is named after the municipality of Mainha ...
forms a part. 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
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Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
. 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
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,
United Kingdom
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, (since 1991)
Cities and towns
References
External links
Official website(German)
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Stuttgart (region)
Districts of Baden-Württemberg