What is Neunkirchen District?
{{Infobox German district | name=Neunkirchen| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Neunkirchen.png| image_flag=Fahne Landkreis Neunkirchen.svg| state=Saarland| capital=[[Neunkirchen, Saarland|Neunkirchen]]| Kreisschlüssel = 10043| area=249.16| population=148,069| population_as_of=2001| density=594| carsign=NK| url=[http://www.landkreis-neunkirchen.de landkreis-neunkirchen.de]| map=Neunkirchen.svg |coordinates = {{Coord|49.33|7.17|display=inline, title|format=dms}} }} '''Neunkirchen''' is a Kreis ([[district]]) in the middle of the [[Saarland]], [[Germany]]. == History == In [[1974]] the districts of Saarland were reorganized. The capital of the district was moved to Neunkirchen. The name of the district was changed to Neunkirchen as well. Neunkirchen city had first tried to become cspital of the district in 1866. Some parts of the administration remained in Ottweiler. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Wappen Landkreis Neunkirchen.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The top part of the coat of arms show the lion of [[Nassau (duchy)|Nassau]], as the area was ruled by a branch of the house of Nassau (Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Nassau-Ottweiler). In the bottom part it shows the main symbols of the two biggest cities in the district, the rose of Ottweiler and the wheel of Neunkirchen. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! align=left width=50%|Towns ! align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Neunkirchen, Saarland|Neunkirchen]] # [[Ottweiler]] || # [[Eppelborn]] # [[Illingen, Saarland|Illingen]] # [[Merchweiler]] # [[Schiffweiler]] # [[Spiesen-Elversberg]] |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.landkreis-neunkirchen.de Official website] (German) {{saarland}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Districts of the Saarland]]