What is Gütersloh (district)?
{{Foreignchar|ü|Guetersloh Rural District}} {{Infobox German district |name=Gütersloh |image_coa=DEU Kreis Gütersloh COA.svg |image_flag=Flagge des Kreises Gütersloh.svg |state=North Rhine-Westphalia |capital=[[Gütersloh]] |regierungsbezirk=[[Detmold Government Region|Detmold]] |Kreisschlüssel = 05754 |area=967.18 |population=354,057 |population_as_of=31/12/2006 |density=366 |carsign=GT |url=http://www.kreis-guetersloh.de |map=North_rhine_w_gt.png |coordinates = {{Coord|51|55|N|8|20|E|region:DE-NW_type:adm3rd|display=title}} }} '''Gütersloh''' ({{IPA2|ˈgyːtɐsloː}}) is a [[Kreis]] ([[district]]) in the north-east of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. == History == ''Kreis Gütersloh'' was made in [[1973]] when all of the districts in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], where changed. The old districts of Halle and Wiedenbrück were joined, and parts of the districts of Bielefeld, [[Paderborn (district)|Paderborn]], Beckum and Warendorf were added to the new district. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:DEU Kreis Gütersloh COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The [[coat of arms]] was adopted with the creation of the district in [[1973]] by joining [[symbol]]s from the arms of the old districts Halle and Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The three elements are from the [[medieval]] counties in the area now covered by the district. The golden eagle in the bottom of the coat comes from the duchy of [[Rietberg]]. The wheel in the middle comes from the sign of the city of [[Osnabrück]], which owned the [[Amt (political division)|Amt]] Reckenberg. The chevrons in the top part are the symbol of the duchy of Ravensberg. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| !align=left width=50%|Towns !align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Borgholzhausen]] # [[Gütersloh]] # [[Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia|Halle(Westf.)]] # [[Harsewinkel]] # [[Rheda-Wiedenbrück]] # [[Rietberg]] # [[Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock]] # [[Versmold]] # [[Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia|Werther (Westf.)]] || # [[Herzebrock-Clarholz]] # [[Langenberg, Westphalia|L