What is Sömmerda (district)?
{{Foreignchar|ö|Soemmerda Rural District}} {{Infobox German district | name=Landkreis Sömmerda| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Soemmerda.png| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Sömmerda]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16068| area=804 |population=79,592| population_as_of=2002| density=99| carsign=SÖM| url=http://www.landkreis-soemmerda.de| map=thuringia_soem.png |coordinates = {{Coord|51.17|11.17|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Sömmerda''' is a ''Landkreis'' ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the north of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district Sömmerda was created in [[1952]]. In [[1994]] the districts of Thuringia were reorganized, and the district Sömmerda was made a lot bigger by adding municipalities from the old districts Artern and Erfurt-Land. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Soemmerda.png|130px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows the three historic states which Sömmerda belonged to in the past. In the left is the [[Saxony|Saxon]] symbol, to the right is the lion as symbol of Thuringia, and in the bottom is the wheel as the symbol of [[Mainz]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Rastenberg]] # [[Sömmerda]] # [[Weißensee, Thuringia|Weißensee]] || # [[Elxleben]] # [[Witterda]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaft]]en |- valign=top || '''1. [[An der Marke]]''' # [[Eckstedt]] # [[Markvippach]] # [[Schloßvippach]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Sprötau]] # [[Vogelsberg]] '''2. [[Buttstädt (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)|Buttstädt]]''' # [[Buttstädt]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Ellersleben]] # [[Eßleben-Teutleben]] # [[Großbrembach]] # [[Guthmannshausen]] # [[Hardisleben]] # [[Kleinbrembach]] # [[Mannstedt]] # [[Olbersleben]] # [[Rudersdorf, Germany|Rudersdorf]] '''3. [[Gera-Aue]]''' # [[Andisleben]] # [[Gebesee]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Ringleben, Sömmerda|Ringleben]] # [[Walschleben]] || '''4. [[Gramme-Aue]]''' # [[Alperstedt]] # [[Großmölsen]] # [[Großrudestedt]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Kleinmölsen]] # [[Nöda