Vogelsbergkreis

Vogelsbergkreis
Vogelsbergkreis
District
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Adm. region	Gießen
Capital	Lauterbach
Government
• District admin.	Manfred Görig (SPD)
Area
• Total	1,458.96 km2 (563.31 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	106,833
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.vogelsbergkreis.de

The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.

History[edit]

The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.

Geography[edit]

The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago.

Coat of arms[edit]

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[edit]

Towns	Municipalities
Alsfeld Grebenau Herbstein Homberg (Ohm) Kirtorf Lauterbach Romrod Schlitz Schotten Ulrichstein	Antrifttal Feldatal Freiensteinau Gemünden Grebenhain Lautertal Mücke Schwalmtal Wartenberg