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The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and Eichsfeld.

Key facts

District DE.name
Kyffhäuserkreis
District DE.image_flag
Hissflagge Kyffhäuserkreis.svg
District DE.image_coa
Wappen Kyffhäuserkreis.svg
District DE.state
Thuringia
District DE.capital
Sondershausen
District DE.area
1037.91
District DE.Kreisschlüssel
16065
District DE.district_admin
Antje Hochwind
District DE.admin_party
SPD
District DE.carsign
KYF, ART, SDH
District DE.url
www.kyffhaeuser.de

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Historical Population
  • Partnerships
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Towns and municipalities
  • References
  • External links

The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and Eichsfeld.

==History== In the 12th century there was a castle, the Kyffhausen Castle, on the Kyffhäuser mountains, which was built during the reign of emperor Frederick I. According to the local legend, the emperor did not die, but instead went to sleep in this castle.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyffhäuserkreis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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