Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Hesse Adm. Region: Darmstadt Capital: Friedberg Area: 1,100.69 km² Inhabitants: 294,260 (2000) pop. density: 265 inh./km² Car identification: FB Homepage: http://www.wetteraukreis.de Map The Wetteraukreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Gießen, Vogelsbergkreis, Main-Kinzig, district-free Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis, Lahn-Dill. 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 when the two districts Friedberg and Büdingen. Geography The district is located between the Taunus mountains and the Vogelsberg vulcanic mountain. The main river of the district is the Nidda. Coat of arms The imperial eagle in the top of the coat of arms was chosen because the Wetterau was imperial possesion in the past. The bars in the bottom derive from the lords of Isenburg-Büdingen, who owned most of the area. The wavy line depicts the river Wetter which flows through the capital Friedberg. Towns and municipalities Bad Nauheim Bad Vilbel Büdingen Butzbach Friedberg Gedern Karben Münzenberg Nidda Niddatal Ortenberg Reichelsheim Rosbach Municipalities Altenstadt Echzell Florstadt Glauburg Hirzenhain Kefenrod Limeshain Ober-Mörlen Ranstadt Rockenberg Wölfersheim Wöllstadt External links Official website (German) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.