Hochsauerlandkreis – DEA57

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More on wikipedia wikidata Q5946 on OpenStreetMap Hochsauerlandkreis slovensky: DEA57

Demographics

From Wikipedia: Hochsauerlandkreis (meaning “High Sauerland District” in German) is a Kreis (district) in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Soest, Paderborn, Höxter, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Olpe, Märkischer Kreis.

The district is named “High Sauerland” because two of the highest mountains of the Sauerland mountainous landscape, Langenberg and Kahler Asten are in its territory. With 2,766 ft / 843 m (Langenberg) and 2,762 ft / 842 m (Kahler Asten) these are also the highest mountains of North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

The district was established in 1975 in the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia by merging the previous districts Arnsberg, Brilon and Meschede.

Geography

Geographically the district covers a big part of the Sauerland mountains, including the highest and third highest elevation – the Langenberg near Olsberg with 2,766 ft / 843 m, and the better known Kahler Asten with 2,762 ft / 842 m near Winterberg. These are also the two highest mountains of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Other: Arnsberg Government Region, Herne, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Märkischer Kreis, Hochsauerlandkreis, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hagen, Soest, Dortmund, Unna, Kreis Olpe, Hamm, Bochum

Neighbours: Soest, Kreis Olpe, Märkischer Kreis, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Paderborn, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Höxter

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Hochsauerlandkreis – DEA57, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEA57, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164