Rhein-Erft District
The Rhein-Erft-Kreis () is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.
Key facts
- German district.name
- Rhein-Erft-Kreis
- German district.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- German district.capital
- Bergheim
- German district.regierungsbezirk
- Cologne
- German district.area
- 704.5
- German district.Kreisschlüssel
- 05362
- German district.district_admin
- Frank Rock
- German district.admin_party
- CDU
- German district.carsign
- BM
- German district.url
- http://www.rhein-erft-kreis.de
- German district.image_flag
- Flagge Rhein-Erft-Kreis.svg
- German district.image_coa
- DEU Rhein-Erft-Kreis COA.svg
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The Rhein-Erft-Kreis () is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Düren.
==History== thumb|left|"Aachener Tor" Landmark of Bergheim and Rhein-Erft-Kreis The district in its current borders was created in 1975, when the previous districts Bergheim and Cologne were merged. On 1 November 2003 the district was renamed from Erftkreis to Rhein-Erft-Kreis.