Wartburgkreis

Wartburgkreis is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. The city of Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis.

 History 
The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city of Eisenach left the district in 1998 and became a district-free city.

The district is named after the Wartburg, a castle near Eisenach most famous as Martin Luther's refuge in 1521.

 Coat of arms 
130px|Coat of armsThe coat of arms combines the symbols of the historic states which existed on the territory. In the topleft and the bottomright is the lion of the dukes of Thuringia, the chicken in the topright refers to the county of Henneberg, and the black cross in the bottom left is the symbol of the imperial abbey and state of Fulda.

Towns and municipalities
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free townsand municipalities Bad Salzungen
 Bad Liebenstein
 Geisa
 Ruhla
 Stadtlengsfeld
 Treffurt Buttlar
 Dorndorf
 Ettenhausen an der Suhl
 Frauensee
 Gerstengrund
 Gerstungen
 Hörselberg-Hainich
 Leimbach
 Marksuhl
 Merkers-Kieselbach<li>Moorgrund
<li>Rockenstuhl
<li>Schleid
<li>Schweina
<li>Seebach
<li>Steinbach
<li>Tiefenort
<li>Unterbreizbach
<li>Wolfsburg-Unkeroda
<li>Wutha-Farnroda
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften 1. Barchfeld
 Barchfeld1
 Immelborn
 2. Berka/Werra
 Berka/Werra1, 2
 Dankmarshausen
 Dippach
 Großensee
 3. Creuzburg
 Creuzburg1, 2
 Ifta
 Krauthausen 4. Dermbach
 Brunnhartshausen
 Dermbach1
 Neidhartshausen
 Oechsen
 Urnshausen
 Weilar
 Wiesenthal
 Zella/Rhön
 5. Mihla
 Berka vor dem Hainich
 Bischofroda
 Ebenshausen
 Frankenroda
 Hallungen
 Lauterbach
 Mihla1
 Nazza 6. Oberes Feldatal
 Andenhausen
 Diedorf
 Empfertshausen
 Fischbach/Rhön
 Kaltenlengsfeld
 Kaltennordheim1
 Klings
 7. Vacha
 Martinroda
 Vacha1, 2
 Völkershausen
 Wölferbütt1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; 2town

References

Other websites
 Official website (German)

Category:Rural Districts of Thuringia