Hochsauerland (original) (raw)
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| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Adm. Region: | Arnsberg |
| Capital: | Meschede |
| Area: | 19,587.08 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 281,188 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 144 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | HSK |
| Website: | [](http://www.hochsauerlandkreis.de</td rel=) |
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Hochsauerland is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, H�xter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, M�rkischer Kreis.
History
The district was established in 1975 in the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia by merging the previous districts Arnsberg, Brilon and Meschede.
Geography
Geographically the district covers a big part of the Sauerland mountains, including the two highest elevations - the Langenberg near Olsberg with 843m, and the better known Kahler Asten with 842m near Winterberg.
Coat of arms
| The coat of arms was inherited from the former district Arnsberg. It shows the eagle as the symbol of the earls of Arnsberg. When their county lost independence in |
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1368 it fell to the bishops of Cologne, thus the sign on the breast of the eagle shows the Cologne cross.
Towns and municipalities
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- Brilon
- Hallenberg
- Marsberg
- Medebach
- Meschede
- Olsberg
- Schmallenberg
- Sundern
- Winterberg
Municipalities
- Bestwig
- Eslohe
External links
Official Webpage (German)
Touristic Website (German)