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The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.

Key facts

German district.name
Vogelsbergkreis
German district.image_flag
Flagge Vogelsbergkreis.svg
German district.image_coa
DEU Vogelsbergkreis COA.svg
German district.state
Hesse
German district.capital
Lauterbach
German district.regierungsbezirk
Gießen
German district.area
1,458.96
German district.Kreisschlüssel
06535
German district.district_admin
Manfred Görig
German district.admin_party
SPD
German district.carsign
VB

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Contains
Mücke
Capital
Lauterbach
Area
1458.96
Elevation
371
Shares border with
Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Official website
www.vogelsbergkreis.de
Licence plate code
VB
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male population
52992
topic's main category
Category:Vogelsbergkreis
Commons category
Vogelsbergkreis
inception
1972-00-00
female population
52886
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geography
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  • Towns and municipalities
  • References
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The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.

==History== The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.

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

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