Waldeck-Frankenberg

Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.

 History 
The district was created in 1972 by merging the two districts Frankenberg and Waldeck. Most of the area of the district was previously part of the old principality of Waldeck.

 Coat of arms 
100px|Coat of armsThe coat of arms show the lion of Hesse in the top part. The eightfold star in the bottom part is taken from the coat of arms of the counts and princes of Waldeck, and was also the coat of arms of the former district Waldeck.

Towns and municipalities
TownsMunicipalitiesBad Arolsen
Bad Wildungen
Battenberg (Eder)
Diemelstadt
Frankenau
Frankenberg (Eder)
Gemünden (Wohra)
Hatzfeld (Eder)
Korbach
Lichtenfels
Rosenthal
Volkmarsen
WaldeckAllendorf (Eder)
Bromskirchen
Burgwald
Diemelsee
Edertal
Haina (Kloster)
Twistetal
Vöhl
Willingen (Upland)

References

Other websites
Official website