Vogelsbergkreis
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| State: | Hesse |
| Adm. Region: | Gießen |
| Capital: | Lauterbach |
| Area: | 1,458.97 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 118,067 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 81 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | VB |
| Homepage: | http://www.vogelsberg.de | Map |
The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen, Marburg-Biedenkopf.
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2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links |
The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.
History
Geography
The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago.
Coat of arms
| The lion in the bottom half is the lion of Hesse. The lilies in the upper part show the flowers of the martagon lily (german Türkenbund, Lilium martagon), a rare plant which grows in some protected areas of the district. The flowers were taken from the coat of arms of the Lauterbach district. |
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