What is Ostprignitz-Ruppin?
{{Infobox German district| name=Ostprignitz-Ruppin| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin.png| image_flag=Flagge des Landkreises Ostprignitz-Ruppin.svg| state=Brandenburg| capital=[[Neuruppin]]| Kreisschlüssel = 12068| area=2,508.7| population=111,219| population_as_of=2002| density=44| carsign=OPR| url=[http://www.ostprignitz-ruppin.de ostprignitz-ruppin.de]| map=brandenburg_opr.png |coordinates = {{Coord|52|58|N|12|40|E |region:DE-BB_scale:300000_type:adm2nd |display=title}} }} '''Ostprignitz-Ruppin''' is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. The modern district was made in 1993 by joining the old districts [[Kyritz]], [[Neuruppin]] and [[Wittstock]]. The district roughly covers the same territory as the two historic districts [[Ostprignitz]] and [[Ruppin]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[Image:Wappen Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The eagle in the top of the coat of arms is for the Counts of Arnstein, who ruled Ruppin in the [[13th century]]. To the left is a [[fleur-de-lis]] for the Counts [[von Plotho]], a [[Wendish]] family. The [[mitre]] to the right is for Wittstock. Bishop Heinrich I made Wittstock the capital of the Havelberg [[diocese]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| ! width=33% align=left|Amt-free towns ! width=33% align=left|[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]] ! width=33% align=left| |- valign=top || #[[Kyritz]] #[[Neuruppin]] #[[Rheinsberg]] #[[Wittstock]] <br> '''Amt-free municipalities''' #[[Fehrbellin]] #[[Heiligengrabe]] #[[Wusterhausen]] || '''1.''' [[Lindow (Amt)|Lindow (Mark)]] #[[Herzberg, Ostprignitz-Ruppin|Herzberg]] #[[Lindow]]<sup>1, 2</sup> #[[Rüthnick]] #[[Vielitzsee]] '''2.''' [[Neustadt (Amt)|Neustadt (Dosse)]] #[[Breddin]] #[[Dreetz]] #[[Neustadt an der Dosse]]<sup>1, 2</sup> #[[Sieversdorf-Hohenofen]] #[[Stüdenitz-Schönermark]] #[[Zernitz-Lohm]] || '''3.''' [[Temnitz]] #[[Dabergotz]] #[[Märkisch Linden]] #[[Storbeck-Frankendorf]] #[[Temnitzquell]] #[[Temnitztal]] #[[Walsleben]]<sup>1</