Olpe (district)

Olpe is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

 History 
The district was created in 1817 as Bilsteiner Kreis, in 1819 the capital was moved to Olpe. During the reorganization of the districts in 1969 several of the municipalities in the district were joined together to become cities, but the district itself was only changed a little bit. Even in the second reorganization 1974 it stayed nearly in the same borders as in 1817.

 Coat of arms 

 Towns and municipalities 
TownsMunicipalities Attendorn
 Drolshagen
 Lennestadt
 Olpe Finnentrop
 Kirchhundem
 Wenden

References

 Other websites 
 Official Webpage
 Der Vokalismus der Mundarten im Kreise Olpe