Hohenlohe (district)

District in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Hohenlohe

District

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Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region| Stuttgart
Capital| Künzelsau
Government

• District admin.| Matthias Neth (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 776.75 km2 (299.90 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2023)[1]

• Total

| 115,335
• Density| 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| KÜN, ÖHR
Website| www.hohenlohekreis.de

The Hohenlohe (German: Hohenlohekreis [hoːənˈloːəkʁaɪs]) is a Landkreis (district) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Main-Tauber, Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn.

Künzelsau is the administrative centre of the district.

## Industry and companies

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The Hohenlohekreis is host to many internationally active companies in the screws and ventilation industries.

* Würth
* Stahl

## History

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The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Öhringen and Künzelsau. It was named after the Hohenlohe family, who had once ruled most of the area until 1806, when they lost their independence as this area became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

## Geography

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The two main rivers of the districts are the Kocher and Jagst, both tributaries of the Neckar. The highest elevation in the district, at 523 m (1,716 ft), is the Mühlberg, near Waldenburg.

## Partnerships

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Since 1990, the district has had a partnership with the County Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. In the same year, it also started a friendship with the district of Großenhain (now part of the district of Meissen) in Saxony, helping to build the administration according to West German standards.

## Dialect

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The dialect spoken locally is Hohenlohisch, an East Franconian dialect.

## Coat of arms

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The coat of arms in its upper part shows two lions, which is the symbol of the family of Hohenlohe, who once had ruled most of the area. The Wheel of Mainz in the lower half is the symbol of the clerical state of Mainz, which also had some possessions around Krautheim.

## Cities and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Cities  | Administrative districts  | Municipalities

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1. Forchtenberg
2. Ingelfingen
3. Krautheim
4. Künzelsau
5. Neuenstein
6. Niedernhall
7. Öhringen
8. Waldenburg

1. Hohenloher Ebene
2. Krautheim
3. Künzelsau
4. Kochertal
5. Öhringen

1. Bretzfeld
2. Dörzbach
3. Kupferzell
4. Mulfingen
5. Pfedelbach
6. Schöntal
7. Weißbach
8. Zweiflingen

## References

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1. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2023 (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2022)" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2023 (updated based on the 2022 census)] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hohenlohekreis.

* Official website (German)
* Hohenlohe images (English and German)
* Map of Hohenlohe areas in the 1780s

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Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany

Regions|

* Freiburg
* Karlsruhe
* Stuttgart
* Tübingen

Urban districts|

* Baden-Baden
* Freiburg
* Heidelberg
* Heilbronn
* Karlsruhe
* Mannheim
* Pforzheim
* Stuttgart
* Ulm

Rural districts|

* Alb-Donau
* Biberach
* Bodensee
* Böblingen
* Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
* Calw
* Emmendingen
* Enz
* Esslingen
* Freudenstadt
* Göppingen
* Heidenheim
* Heilbronn
* Hohenlohe
* Karlsruhe
* Konstanz
* Lörrach
* Ludwigsburg
* Main-Tauber
* Neckar-Odenwald
* Ortenau
* Ostalbkreis
* Rastatt
* Ravensburg
* Rems-Murr
* Reutlingen
* Rhein-Neckar
* Rottweil
* Schwäbisch Hall
* Schwarzwald-Baar
* Sigmaringen
* Tübingen
* Tuttlingen
* Waldshut
* Zollernalb

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* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
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* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
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Towns and municipalities in Hohenlohe (district)

* Bretzfeld
* Dörzbach
* Forchtenberg
* Ingelfingen
* Krautheim
* Künzelsau
* Kupferzell
* Mulfingen
* Neuenstein
* Niedernhall
* Öhringen
* Pfedelbach
* Schöntal
* Waldenburg
* Weißbach
* Zweiflingen

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