Lörrach (destrict)

Lörrach is a Kreis (destrict) in the sooth-wast o Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neebourin destricts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald an Waldshut. Tae the wast it borders the French département Haut-Rhin; tae the sooth the Swiss cantons Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft an Aargau.

History
In 1973 pairt o the destrict Müllheim an sma pairts o the destrict  Säckingen wur addit tae the destrict, which enlairgit the destrict bi aboot 25% tae the current size.

Geografie
The north-east o the destrict is pairt o the Hochschwarzwald, the heichest pairt o the Black Forest. In the wast is the Markgräfler Hügelland, in the sooth the Dinkelberg, baith lawer hilly auries. The Rhine river, which forms maist o the destrict's soothren an wastren border, is in a narrae valley till it spreads north o Basel in the hintle wider Oberrheinebene.

Coat o airms
100px|Coat o airmsThe coat o airms o the Lörrach destrict can be blazoned as Per fess Argent a Demi Lion facin sinister Gules an in base per pale Or a Bend Gules an Azure a Bend Sinister wavy Argent. The lion in the top pairt o the coat o airms represents the Lairds o Rötteln, who had their primary castle in Loerrach, Wiesental. The bottom-left shows the coat o Baden, as hintle o the district belangit tae the Coonts o Baden historically. The wavy line in the bottom-richt represents the sma river Wiese, which flows through the destrict.

Touns an municipalities
TounsMunicipalitiesKandern
Lörrach
Rheinfelden
Schönau im Schwarzwald
Schopfheim
Todtnau
Weil am Rhein
Zell im WiesentalAitern
Bad Bellingen
Binzen
Böllen
Efringen-Kirchen
Eimeldingen
Fischingen
Fröhnd
Grenzach-Wyhlen
Häg-Ehrsberg
Hasel
Hausen im Wiesental
Inzlingen
Kleines Wiesental<li>Malsburg-Marzell
<li>Maulburg
<li>Rümmingen
<li>Schallbach
<li>Schliengen
<li>Schönenberg
<li>Schwörstadt
<li>Steinen
<li>Tunau
<li>Utzenfeld
<li>Wembach
<li>Wieden (Lörrach)
<li>Wittlingen

References

Freemit airtins

  Offeecial Wabsteid
  Lörrach: images an history  


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Category:Destricts o Baden-Württemberg