Sömmerda (district)

Sömmerda is a Landkreis (rural district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. 

 History 
The district Sömmerda was created in 1952. In 1994 the districts of Thuringia were reorganized, and the district Sömmerda was made a lot bigger by adding municipalities from the old districts Artern and Erfurt-Land.

 Coat of arms 
130px|Coat of armsThe coat of arms shows the three historic states which Sömmerda belonged to in the past. In the left is the Saxon symbol, to the right is the lion as symbol of Thuringia, and in the bottom is the wheel as the symbol of Mainz.

Towns and municipalities
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free townsand municipalities Rastenberg
 Sömmerda
 Weißensee Elxleben
 Witterda
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften1. An der Marke
 Eckstedt
 Markvippach
 Schloßvippach1
 Sprötau
 Vogelsberg

2. Buttstädt
 Buttstädt1, 2
 Ellersleben
 Eßleben-Teutleben
 Großbrembach
 Guthmannshausen
 Hardisleben
 Kleinbrembach
 Mannstedt
 Olbersleben
 Rudersdorf

3. Gera-Aue
 Andisleben
 Gebesee1, 2
 Ringleben
 Walschleben4. Gramme-Aue
 Alperstedt
 Großmölsen
 Großrudestedt1
 Kleinmölsen
 Nöda
 Ollendorf
 Udestedt

5. Kindelbrück
 Bilzingsleben
 Büchel
 Frömmstedt
 Griefstedt
 Günstedt
 Herrnschwende
 Kannawurf
 Kindelbrück1, 2
 Riethgen6. Kölleda
 Beichlingen
 Großmonra
 Großneuhausen
 Kleinneuhausen
 Kölleda1, 2
 Ostramondra
 Schillingstedt

7. Straußfurt
 Gangloffsömmern
 Haßleben
 Henschleben
 Riethnordhausen
 Schwerstedt
 Straußfurt1
 Werningshausen
 Wundersleben1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

References

Other websites
 Official website (German)

Category:Rural Districts of Thuringia