SCHWARZWALD-BAAR-KREIS

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'Schwarzwald-Baar' is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Constance, the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, and the districts Waldshut, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen.

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History

Geography

Coat of arms

Cities and towns

External links

History

The district was created in 1973, when the two districts Donaueschingen and Villingen were merged.

Geography

The district got its name from the two predominant landscapes in the district. The Black Forest (''Schwarzwald''), and the ''Baar'', the foothills between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. The river Danube as well as the Neckar have their spring in the district.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is modeled after the two coat of arms of the cities Villingen and Schwenningen. Villingen had a horizontally divided blue-and-white arms, while Schwenningen had a vertically divided blue-and-white arms. Combining both divisions give the four fields. The eagle in the top-left quarter is taken from the coat of arms of the city Villingen, and derives from the Zähringen family who ruled that city in the 13th century.

Cities and towns

Cities	Administrative districts	Towns
#Bad Dürrheim#Blumberg#Bräunlingen#Donaueschingen#Furtwangen im Schwarzwald#Hüfingen#Sankt Georgen (Black Forest)#Triberg im Schwarzwald#Villingen-Schwenningen#Vöhrenbach	#Donaueschingen#Furtwangen#Raumschaft Triberg#Villingen-Schwenningen	#Brigachtal#Dauchingen#Gütenbach#Königsfeld im Schwarzwald#Mönchweiler#Niedereschach#Schonach im Schwarzwald#Schönwald im Schwarzwald#Tuningen#Unterkirnach

External links

★ Official website (German)