Fürth (district)
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Fürth is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in
Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the cities of Fürth and
Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...
, and by the districts of Roth, Ansbach, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim and Erlangen-Höchstadt.


History

In the 13th and most of the 14th century the region was a regional centre of the Hohenzollern state. The Cadolzburg (a castle west of Nuremberg) was the seat of the local rulers. The present district was established in 1972. In 2003 the administrative seat was moved from Fürth to Zirndorf. (Nonetheless, Fürth remains the official capital of the district.)


Geography

The district is occupied by the western Nuremberg metropolitan area.


Politics

The district is part of the Fürth constituency for elections to the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...
, currently represented by Christian Schmidt.


Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: * The eagle which is the heraldic bird of Brandenburg (in medieval times the region was a part of Brandenburg- Ansbach) * The red and white bars are from the arms of Nuremberg * The ear and cogwheel are symbols for agriculture and industry


Towns and municipalities


References


External links


Official Website

Official district Website
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