What is Lahn-Dill-Kreis?
{{Infobox District DE |name = Lahn-Dill-Kreis |map = Locator map LDK in Hesse.svg |image_coa = DEU Lahn-Dill-Kreis COA.svg |image_flag = Hissflagge des Lahn-Dill-Kreises.svg |state = Hesse |regierungsbezirk = [[Gießen Government Region|Gießen]] |region = |capital = [[Wetzlar]] |area = 1066.51 |Kreisschlüssel = 06532 |population = 252106 |population_as_of = 2012 |district_admin= |admin_party= |carsign = LDK (before 1991 L) |founded = 1977 <!--|dissolved = (only for disbanded districts)--> |url = http://www.lahn-dill-kreis.de |latd=50|latm=39|longd=8|longm=22 }} '''Lahn-Dill''' is a ''Kreis'' ([[district]]) in the west of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. == History == In [[1977]] the district [[Gießen Rural District|Gießen]] was merged with the districts [[Wetzlar Rural District|Wetzlar]] and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district was not popular, so in [[1979]] Giessen was split from it. == Geography == The main rivers of the district are the [[Lahn]] and the [[Dill (river)|Dill]], which also gave it the name. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Lahn-Dill-Kreis COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows the [[imperial eagle]] in the top, a sign for the imperial city Wetzlar. The bottom part - taken from the arms of the previous Dillkreis - shows the lion of [[Nassau (duchy)|Nassau]] and the horn of the princes of [[House of Orange-Nassau|Orange-Nassau]], which later became the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] royal family. [[Dillenburg]] was the capital of the county of Nassau and later of Nassau-Orange. |} == Towns and municipalities == [[File:Lahn-Dill-Kreis.png|thumb|right|330px]] {| ! align=left width=33%|Towns ! align=left width=33%|Municipalities ! align=left width=33%| |- valign=top || # [[Aßlar]] # [[Braunfels]] # [[Dillenburg]] # [[Haiger]] # [[Herborn]] # [[Leun]] # [[Solms]] # [[Wetzlar]] || # [[Bischoffen]] # [[Breitscheid, Hesse|Breitscheid]] # [[Dietzhölztal]] # [[Driedorf]] # [[Ehringshausen]] # [[Eschenburg]] # [[Greifenstein]] # [[Hohenahr]] || <ol start=9> <li>[[