Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen is a Landkreis (district) in the west of Bavaria , Germany with a population of 95,000. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ansbach , Roth , Eichstätt and Donau-Ries . It is located in the south of Middle Franconia , 50 kilometres south of Nuremberg . Largest city and the administrative center is Weißenburg in Bayern .
3-883: The district is located on the Hahnenkamm and on the Franconian Alb in the North of the Altmühltal . In the north there are several lakes of the Franconian Lake District . The highest point of the district is the Dürrenberg . The Altmühl flows through the district. From here comes the Solnhofen limestone. Among its nature reserves is the Brombachmoor . The district was formed in 1972 by
6-473: A merger of the districts of Gunzenhausen , Weißenburg , and the previously independent urban district of Weißenburg. The coat of arms of the district is divided into three fields: left, right and bottom. The bottom of the coat of arms (silver kettle hats on blue) derives from the Counts of Pappenheim , and was taken from the coat of arms of the former district Weißenburg. The half eagle (black on yellow) in
9-410: The right stands for the city of Weißenburg, and the red-yellow horizontal bars in the left are taken from the coat of arms of the former district Gunzenhausen. ¹ administered inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Märkte 49°05′N 10°50′E / 49.08°N 10.83°E / 49.08; 10.83 Hahnenkamm (Altm%C3%BChl valley) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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