Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.
 History 
In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district was not popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.

 Geography 
The main rivers of the district are the Lahn and the Dill, which also gave it the name.

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in the top, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part - taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis - shows the lion of Nassau and the horn of the princes of Orange-Nassau, which later became the Dutch royal family. Dillenburg was the capital of the county of Nassau and later of Nassau-Orange.

 Towns and municipalities 
TownsMunicipalities Aßlar
 Braunfels
 Dillenburg
 Haiger
 Herborn
 Leun
 Solms
 Wetzlar Bischoffen
 Breitscheid
 Dietzhölztal
 Driedorf
 Ehringshausen
 Eschenburg
 Greifenstein
 Hohenahr<li>Hüttenberg
<li>Lahnau
<li>Mittenaar
<li>Schöffengrund
<li>Siegbach
<li>Sinn
<li>Waldsolms

 References 

 Other websites 
 Official website (German)
 Official Online-Community  (German)