Main-Kinzig-Kreis

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Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Map of Hesse highlighting the district Main-Kinzig-Kreis
State	Hesse
County seat	Gelnhausen
Adm. region	Darmstadt
Area	1,397.57 km²
Population	410,061 (30 September 2005)
pop. density	293 inh./km²
Car identification	MKK
Web page	http://www.main-kinzig-kreis.de

Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg, Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach and Frankfurt.

1 History
2 Partnerships
3 Geography
4 Coat of arms
5 Towns and municipalities
6 External links

[edit] History

The district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district of Hanau.

[edit] Partnerships

The oldest partnership was inherited from the previous district Hanau, and was formed in 1972 with the Croatian municipality of Kutina - however it took till the 20th anniversary in 1992 that this partnership was officially signed. In 1986 the district parliament decided to start a developing project with the Diriamba region in Nicaragua.

Since 1990 the district has a partnership with the Thuringian district Gotha. Also in 1990 first contacts with the Russian Rayon Istra were started, which resulted in an official partnership in 1992. In 1993 the partnership with the Hungarian Komitat Komárom-Esztergom was signed, with the first contacts also dating back to 1990.

A friendship was signed in 1997 with the Russian city Troitsk, together with the partnership of the city Wächtersbach with Troitsk. In 2000 a treaty of friendship was signed with the Italian province Belluno, as well as a partnership with the Israeli city Ramat Gan.

[edit] Geography

The district got its name from the two main rivers. The Main in the south-west corner of the district. The Kinzig, a tributary of the Main, flows all through the district.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms is a combination of the coat of arms of the previous districts which were merged in 1974. The swan in top comes from the Hanau district, and is the old crest of the Counts of Hanau. The eagle in the left is taken from the city of Gelnhausen. The bars in the right are taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Hütten, who owned the area around Bad Soden and Salmünster, formerly part of the Schlüchtern district.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Orb Bad Soden-Salmünster Bruchköbel Gelnhausen Hanau Langenselbold Maintal Nidderau Schlüchtern Steinau an der Straße Wächtersbach	Biebergemünd Birstein Brachttal Erlensee Flörsbachtal Freigericht Großkrotzenburg Gründau Hammersbach	Hasselroth Jossgrund Linsengericht Neuberg Niederdorfelden Rodenbach Ronneburg Schöneck Sinntal

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Hesse in Germany
Urban districts	Darmstadt \| Frankfurt (Main) \| Kassel \| Offenbach \| Wiesbaden
Rural districts	Bergstraße \| Darmstadt-Dieburg \| Fulda \| Gießen \| Groß-Gerau \| Hersfeld-Rotenburg \| Hochtaunuskreis \| Kassel \| Lahn-Dill-Kreis Limburg-Weilburg \| Main-Kinzig-Kreis \| Main-Taunus-Kreis \| Marburg-Biedenkopf \| Odenwaldkreis \| Offenbach Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis \| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis \| Vogelsbergkreis \| Waldeck-Frankenberg \| Werra-Meißner-Kreis \| Wetteraukreis