Ludwigsburg (district)

Ludwigsburg
District
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Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Stuttgart
Capital	Ludwigsburg
Area
• Total	687.17 km2 (265.32 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	521,633
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	LB and VAI
Website	http://www.landkreis-ludwigsburg.de

Landkreis Ludwigsburg is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Rems-Murr-Kreis, the district-free city Stuttgart, and the districts Böblingen and Enz-Kreis.

History

The district dates back to the Oberamt Ludwigsburg, which was created by the dukedom Württemberg in the beginning of the 19th century. After several small changes during the century, it was converted into a district in 1938. Several municipalities of the dissolved Oberämter Besigheim, Marbach and Waiblingen were added to the newly formed district.

As a result of the communal reform of 1973, the district gained about half of the dissolved district Vaihingen, and some few municipalities from the districts Backnang and Leonberg.

Geography

The main river in the districts is the Neckar, which divides the district into a big western part and a smaller eastern part.

Partnerships

Starting in 1990 the district has a partnership with the district Chemnitzer Land in the Free State of Saxony. Even older is the partnership with the region Upper Galilee in Israel. Since 1992 the district has a partnershop with the Hungarian Komitat Pest, however the official signing of the partnership contract did take place in 2002. A friendship exists with the city Yichang in the province Hubei, China.

Coat of arms

The imperial eagle in the coat of arms is taken from the arms of the city Markgröningen, which was an imperial city. It was later adopted by the city Ludwigsburg as well. The deer antler above the eagle is the symbol of Württemberg.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipal federations	Municipalities
Asperg Besigheim Bietigheim-Bissingen Bönnigheim Ditzingen Freiberg am Neckar Gerlingen Großbottwar Korntal-Münchingen Kornwestheim Ludwigsburg Marbach am Neckar Markgröningen Oberriexingen Remseck Sachsenheim Steinheim an der Murr Vaihingen (Enz)	Besigheim Bietigheim-Bissingen Bönnigheim Freiberg Marbach am Neckar Steinheim-Murr Vaihingen	Affalterbach Benningen Eberdingen Erdmannhausen Erligheim Freudental Gemmrigheim Hemmingen Hessigheim Ingersheim Kirchheim am Neckar Löchgau Möglingen Mundelsheim Murr Oberstenfeld Pleidelsheim Schwieberdingen Sersheim Tamm Walheim

External links

• Official website (German)