Wesel (district)

District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wesel

District

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Country| Germany
State| North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region| Düsseldorf
Founded| 1975
Capital| Wesel
Government

• District admin.| Ingo Brohl (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 1,042.4 km2 (402.5 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2023)[1]

• Total

| 457,545
• Density| 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| WES,DIN,MO
Website| www.kreis-wesel.de

Wesel (German pronunciation: [ˈveːzl̩]) is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Borken, Recklinghausen, district-free cities Bottrop, Oberhausen, Duisburg and Krefeld, districts Viersen, Cleves.

## History

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The district was created in 1975 by merging former districts Dinslaken, Moers and Rees, which were all created in 1816 when the area became part of Prussia. Its capital is Wesel, its most populated city is Moers.

## Geography

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The main river through the district is the Rhine.

## Coat of arms

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The coat of arms show a willow tree with 13 branches representing the 13 municipalities and cities in the district. The green color as well as the tree was chosen to show that the city is surrounded by a green belt. The coat of arms was granted in 1978.

## Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Towns  | Municipalities

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1. Dinslaken
2. Hamminkeln
3. Kamp-Lintfort
4. Moers
5. Neukirchen-Vluyn
6. Rheinberg
7. Voerde
8. Wesel
9. Xanten

1. Alpen
2. Hünxe
3. Schermbeck
4. Sonsbeck

## References

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1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.

## External links

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Media related to Kreis Wesel at Wikimedia Commons

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Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany

Urban districts|

* Aachen
* Bielefeld
* Bochum
* Bonn
* Bottrop
* Dortmund
* Duisburg
* Düsseldorf
* Essen
* Gelsenkirchen
* Hagen
* Hamm
* Herne
* Köln (Cologne)
* Krefeld
* Leverkusen
* Mönchengladbach
* Mülheim
* Münster
* Oberhausen
* Remscheid
* Solingen
* Wuppertal

Rural districts|

* Aachen
* Borken
* Coesfeld
* Düren
* Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
* Euskirchen
* Gütersloh
* Heinsberg
* Herford
* Hochsauerlandkreis
* Höxter
* Kleve (Cleves)
* Lippe
* Märkischer Kreis
* Mettmann
* Minden-Lübbecke
* Oberbergischer Kreis
* Olpe
* Paderborn
* Recklinghausen
* Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
* Rhein-Erft-Kreis
* Rhein-Kreis Neuss
* Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
* Siegen-Wittgenstein
* Soest
* Steinfurt
* Unna
* Viersen
* Warendorf
* Wesel

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

51°40′N 6°40′E﻿ / ﻿51.67°N 6.67°E﻿ / 51.67; 6.67

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