Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Hesse Adm. Region: Gießen Capital: Lauterbach Area: 1,458.97 km² Inhabitants: 118,067 (2002) pop. density: 81 inh./km² Car identification: VB Homepage: http://www.vogelsberg.de Map The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen, Marburg-Biedenkopf. Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach. Geography The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago. Coat of arms The lion in the bottom half is the lion of Hesse. The lilies in the upper part show the flowers of the martagon lily (german Türkenbund, Lilium martagon), a rare plant which grows in some protected areas of the district. The flowers were taken from the coat of arms of the Lauterbach district. Towns and municipalities Alsfeld Grebenau Herbstein Homberg (Ohm) Kirtorf Lauterbach Romrod Schlitz Schotten Ulrichstein Municipalities Antrifttal Feldatal Freiensteinau Gemünden/Felda Grebenhain Lautertal Mücke Schwalmtal Wartenberg External links Official website (German) Website of the district administration (German) Touristic website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.