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Ortenau
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Ortenaukreis (; ) is a Landkreis (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen. To the west it borders the French Bas-Rhin département.
Key facts
- German district.name
- Ortenaukreis
- German district.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German district.image_flag
- Flagge Ortenaukreis.svg
- German district.image_coa
- DEU Ortenaukreis COA.svg
- German district.capital
- Offenburg
- German district.regierungsbezirk
- Freiburg
- German district.area
- 1,860.74
- German district.Kreisschlüssel
- 08317
- German district.district_admin
- Frank Scherer
- German district.carsign
- OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
- German district.url
- www.ortenaukreis.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 439516
- Area
- 1850.74
- Elevation
- 168
- Official website
- www.ortenaukreis.de
- Licence plate code
- WOL
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- start time
- 1973-01-01
- Commons category
- Ortenaukreis
- male population
- 218874
- female population
- 220642
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Ortenaukreis (; ) is a Landkreis (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen. To the west it borders the French Bas-Rhin département.
==History== The district was created in 1973 by merging the districts of Kehl, Lahr, Offenburg, Wolfach and the southern part of the district of Bühl.
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