What is Olpe (district)?
{{nosources|date=September 2009}} {{Infobox German district| name=Olpe| image_coa=DEU Kreis Olpe COA.svg| state=North Rhine-Westphalia| capital=[[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]]| regierungsbezirk=[[Arnsberg Government Region|Arnsberg]]| Kreisschlüssel = 05966| area=710.7| population=141,705| population_as_of=2001| density=199| carsign=OE| url=http://www.kreis-olpe.de| map=North_rhine_w_ol.png |coordinates = {{coord|51.08|8.0|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Olpe''' is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district was created in [[1817]] as ''Bilsteiner Kreis'', in [[1819]] the capital was moved to [[Olpe]]. During the reorganization of the districts in [[1969]] several of the municipalities in the district were joined together to become cities, but the district itself was only changed a little bit. Even in the second reorganization [[1974]] it stayed nearly in the same borders as in [[1817]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Kreis Olpe COA.svg|thumb|130px|Coat of arms]] ||The left half of the coat of arms show the cologne cross, as the Olpe area belonged to the bishops of [[Cologne]]. The right side show the sign of the Lords of Fürstenberg, who were governors for the bishops in this area. |} == Towns and municipalities == {| !align=left width=50%|Towns !align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Attendorn]] # [[Drolshagen]] # [[Lennestadt]] # [[Olpe, Germany|Olpe]] || # [[Finnentrop]] # [[Kirchhundem]] # [[Wenden (Sauerland)|Wenden]] |} ==References== <references/> == Other websites == * [http://www.kreis-olpe.de Official Webpage] * [http://hamiltongreatwar.org/olpe/b_i.html Der Vokalismus der Mundarten im Kreise Olpe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170112/http://hamiltongreatwar.org/olpe/b_i.html |date=2016-03-03 }} {{north rhine-westphalia}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Olpe (district)| ]]