What is Wartburgkreis?
{{Infobox German district | name=Wartburgkreis| image_coa=Wappen Wartburgkreis.svg| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Bad Salzungen]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16063| area=1,305| population=142,595| population_as_of=2002| density=109| carsign=WAK| url=http://www.wartburgkreis.de| map=thuringia_wak.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.92|10.25|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Wartburgkreis''' is a ''Landkreis'' ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the west of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. The city of [[Eisenach]] is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis. == History == The district was set up in [[1994]] by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city of [[Eisenach]] left the district in [[1998]] and became a district-free city. The district is named after the [[Wartburg castle|Wartburg]], a castle near Eisenach most famous as [[Martin Luther]]'s [[refuge]] in [[1521]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Wartburgkreis.svg|130px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms combines the symbols of the historic states which existed on the territory. In the topleft and the bottomright is the lion of the dukes of Thuringia, the chicken in the topright refers to the county of [[Henneberg]], and the black cross in the bottom left is the symbol of the imperial abbey and state of Fulda. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!colspan=2|and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Bad Salzungen]] # [[Bad Liebenstein]] # [[Geisa]] # [[Ruhla]] # [[Stadtlengsfeld]] # [[Treffurt]] |valign=top| # [[Buttlar]] # [[Dorndorf]] # [[Ettenhausen an der Suhl]] # [[Frauensee]] # [[Gerstengrund]] # [[Gerstungen]] # [[Hörselberg-Hainich]] # [[Leimbach, Thuringia|Leimbach]] # [[Marksuhl]] # [[Merkers-Kieselbach]] |valign=top| <ol start=11> <li>[[Moorgrund]] <li>[[Rockenstuhl]] <li>[[Schleid]] <li>[[Schweina]] <li>[[Seebach, Thuringia|Seebach]] <li>[[Steinbach, Wartburgkreis|Steinbach]] <li>[[Tiefenort]] <li>[[Unterb