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Waldshut
District
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region	Freiburg
Capital	Waldshut-Tiengen
Government
• District admin.	Martin Kistler
Area
• Total	1,131.18 km (436.75 sq mi)
Population
• Total	173,460
• Density	150/km (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	WT, SÄK
Website	www.landkreis-waldshut.de

Waldshut (German pronunciation: [ˌvalt͡sˈhuːt]) is a Landkreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the west) Lörrach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Schwarzwald-Baar; followed in the south by the Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen, Zürich and Aargau.

History

The district dates to the Oberamt Waldshut, which was created when the area became part of the state of Baden in the beginning of the 19th century. After some changes it was converted to a district in 1938. In 1973 the districts Säckingen and Hochschwarzwald were dissolved and were partially added to the district Waldshut, which then grew to its current size.

Geography

The district covers the southern part of the Black Forest. The river Rhine forms most of the boundary to Switzerland.

Coat of arms

The present coat of arms was granted on December 11, 1973, superseding an older one. The bend wavy represents the river Rhine as the main river of the district. The wheel on a blue ground symbolizes the district's hydro-electric power industry (there was also a wheel in the old coat of arms). The abbot's staff was taken from the arms of the district of Säckingen, to symbolize its monasteries. Green is used to signify the Black Forest.

Towns and municipalities

References

1. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.

External links

• (in German) Official website
• (in German) Information about the Waldshut region
• (in German) Waldshut district regional portal

v t e Regions, and urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Regions	Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tübingen
Urban districts	Baden-Baden Freiburg Heidelberg Heilbronn Karlsruhe Mannheim Pforzheim Stuttgart Ulm
Rural districts	Alb-Donau Biberach Bodensee Böblingen Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Calw Emmendingen Enz Esslingen Freudenstadt Göppingen Heidenheim Heilbronn Hohenlohe Karlsruhe Konstanz Lörrach Ludwigsburg Main-Tauber Neckar-Odenwald Ortenau Ostalbkreis Rastatt Ravensburg Rems-Murr Reutlingen Rhein-Neckar Rottweil Schwäbisch Hall Schwarzwald-Baar Sigmaringen Tübingen Tuttlingen Waldshut Zollernalb
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

v t e Towns and municipalities in Waldshut (district)
Albbruck Bad Säckingen Bernau im Schwarzwald Bonndorf im Schwarzwald Dachsberg Dettighofen Dogern Eggingen Görwihl Grafenhausen Häusern Herrischried Höchenschwand Hohentengen am Hochrhein Ibach Jestetten Klettgau Küssaberg Lauchringen Laufenburg Lottstetten Murg Rickenbach Sankt Blasien Stühlingen Todtmoos Ühlingen-Birkendorf Waldshut-Tiengen Wehr Weilheim Wutach Wutöschingen

47°38′N 8°12′E / 47.63°N 8.2°E / 47.63; 8.2

• Districts of Baden-Württemberg
• Waldshut (district)
• Freiburg (region)