What is Höxter (district)?
{{Infobox German district |name=Höxter |image_coa=DEU Kreis Höxter COA.svg |state=North Rhine-Westphalia |capital=[[Höxter]] |regierungsbezirk=[[Detmold (region)|Detmold]] |area=1,201.42 |Kreisschlüssel = 05762 |population=142,788 |population_as_of=2013-12-31 |density=133 |carsign=HX, WAR |url=http://www.kreis-hoexter.de |map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1198}} }} '''Höxter''' ({{IPA2|ˈhœkstɐ}}) is a Kreis ([[district]]) in the east of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. == History == In [[1816]] the new [[Prussia]]n government created three districts in the area, Höxter, Brakel and Warburg. In [[1832]] Höxter and Brakel were joined as Höxter. The present district was created in [[1975]] when the former districts Warburg and Höxter were merged. At the same time the municipalities in the district were joined to form the ten cities that exist today.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kreis Höxter {{!}} 2019 |url=https://www.kreis-hoexter.de/service-kontakt/pressestelle/pressemitteilungen/3962.Kreistag-entscheidet-ueber-Wiedereinfuehrung-des-Alt-Kennzeichens-WAR.html |work=www.kreis-hoexter.de |access-date=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2019-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002021354/https://www.kreis-hoexter.de/service-kontakt/pressestelle/pressemitteilungen/3962.Kreistag-entscheidet-ueber-Wiedereinfuehrung-des-Alt-Kennzeichens-WAR.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:DEU Kreis Höxter COA.svg|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The lily in the bottom comes from the old coat of arms of the Warburg district, and is also found in the coat of arms of the city [[Warburg]]. The blue wave line stands for the river [[Weser]], and the cross in the top derives from the coat of arms of the state of Paderborn, which was controlled by the [[bishop]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |- valign=top || # [[Bad Driburg]] # [[Beverungen]] # [[Borgentreich]] # [[Brakel, Germany|Brakel]] # [[Höxter]] || <ol start=6> <li>[[Marienmünster]] <li>[[Nieheim]] <li>[[Steinheim, Wes