Mettmann Rural District

Mettmann is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

In the district is the valley of the small river Düssel, the Neanderthal, where the fossils of the human species Neanderthals were first found.

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe red lion with the blue tongue is the sign of the earldom Berg. In the black border it has the symbols for the two most important industries of the district - lockmaking and agriculture. The coat of arms was designed in 1936 by the painter and herald Pagenstecher from Düsseldorf.

Towns and municipalities
 Erkrath
 Haan
 Heiligenhaus
 Hilden
 Langenfeld<li> Mettmann
<li> Monheim am Rhein
<li> Ratingen
<li> Velbert
<li> Wülfrath

References

Other websites
 Official website (German)