Ravensburg (district) (original) (raw)

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Ravensburg is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south-west clockwise) Bodenseekreis, Sigmaringen and Biberach, the bavarian district-free city Memmingen and the districts Unterallg�u, Oberallg�u and Lindau.

History

The district dates back to the Oberamt Ravensburg, which was created in 1810 when the previously free imperial city Ravensburg and the sorrounding area became part of W�rttemberg. In 1938 the Oberamt was converted into a district, most of the Oberamt Waldsee was merged into the new district. In 1973 the district Wangen was merged into the district, together with a few municipalities from the district Saulgau, �berlingen and Biberach.

Geography

The landscape in the district are the hills of the Oberschw�bischen H�gelland and the Westallg�uer H�gelland.

Coat of arms

Welfen family. This family had their center in Ravensburg, before the area went to the Hohenstaufen family.

Towns and municipalities

| AulendorfBad WaldseeBad WurzachIsny (Allg�u)Leutkirch (Allg�u)RavensburgWangen (Allg�u)Weingarten | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

• Altshausen
• Bad Waldsee
• Gullen
• Leutkirch
• Mittleres Schussental
• Vogt
• Wangen
• Wilhelmsdorf
• Fronreute-Wolpertswende

Municipalities

1. Achberg

2. Aichstetten

3. Aitrach

4. Altshausen

5. Amtzell

6. Argenb�hl

7. Baienfurt

8. Baindt

9. Berg (Ravensburg)

10. Bergatreute

11. Bodnegg

12. Boms

13. Ebenweiler

14. Ebersbach-Musbach

15. Eichstegen

16. Fleischwangen

17. Fronreute

18. Gr�nkraut

19. Guggenhausen

20. Horgenzell

21. Ho�kirch

22. Ki�legg

23. K�nigseggwald

24. Riedhausen

25. Schlier

26. Unterwaldhausen

27. Vogt

28. Waldburg

29. Wilhelmsdorf

30. Wolfegg

31. Wolpertswende

External links

• Official website (German)