Lörrach (destrict)

Lörrach
Destrict
Kintra	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Freiburg
Caipital	Lörrach
Area
• Total	806.81 km2 (311.51 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	229,445
• Density	280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	LÖ
Website	http://www.landkreis-loerrach.de

Lörrach is a Kreis (destrict) in the sooth-wast o Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neebourin destricts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald an Waldshut. Tae the wast it borders the French département Haut-Rhin; tae the sooth the Swiss cantons Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft an Aargau.

History

In 1973 pairt o the destrict Müllheim an sma pairts o the destrict Säckingen wur addit tae the destrict, which enlairgit the destrict bi aboot 25% tae the current size.

Geografie

The north-east o the destrict is pairt o the Hochschwarzwald, the heichest pairt o the Black Forest. In the wast is the Markgräfler Hügelland, in the sooth the Dinkelberg, baith lawer hilly auries. The Rhine river, which forms maist o the destrict's soothren an wastren border, is in a narrae valley till it spreads north o Basel in the hintle wider Oberrheinebene.

Coat o airms

The coat o airms o the Lörrach destrict can be blazoned as Per fess Argent a Demi Lion facin sinister Gules an in base per pale Or a Bend Gules an Azure a Bend Sinister wavy Argent. The lion in the top pairt o the coat o airms represents the Lairds o Rötteln, who had their primary castle in Loerrach, Wiesental. The bottom-left shows the coat o Baden, as hintle o the district belangit tae the Coonts o Baden historically. The wavy line in the bottom-richt represents the sma river Wiese, which flows through the destrict.

Touns an municipalities

Touns	Municipalities
Kandern Lörrach Rheinfelden Schönau im Schwarzwald Schopfheim Todtnau Weil am Rhein Zell im Wiesental	Aitern Bad Bellingen Binzen Böllen Efringen-Kirchen Eimeldingen Fischingen Fröhnd Grenzach-Wyhlen Häg-Ehrsberg Hasel Hausen im Wiesental Inzlingen Kleines Wiesental	Malsburg-Marzell Maulburg Rümmingen Schallbach Schliengen Schönenberg Schwörstadt Steinen Tunau Utzenfeld Wembach Wieden (Lörrach) Wittlingen

Freemit airtins

• (in German) Offeecial Wabsteid
• (in German) Lörrach: images an history Archived 2012-12-11 at Archive.today