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The Ostalbkreis () is a Landkreis (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-Murr.

Key facts

German district.name
Ostalbkreis
German district.state
Baden-Württemberg
German district.image_flag
Flagge Ostalbkreis.svg
German district.image_coa
DEU Ostalbkreis COA.svg
German district.capital
Aalen
German district.regierungsbezirk
Stuttgart
German district.area
1,511.5
German district.Kreisschlüssel
08136
German district.district_admin
Joachim Bläse
German district.admin_party
CDU
German district.carsign
AA, GD
German district.url
http://www.ostalbkreis.de

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The Ostalbkreis () is a Landkreis (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-Murr.

==History== The district was created in 1973, when the District of Aalen merged with most of the former District of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

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

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