The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen, Marburg-Biedenkopf.
History
The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.
Geography
The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago.
Coat of arms
| The lion in the bottom half is the lion of Hesse. The lilies in the upper part show the flowers of the martagon lily (German Türkenbund, Lilium martagon ), a rare plant which grows in some protected areas of the district. The flowers were taken from the coat of arms of the Lauterbach district.
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Towns and municipalities
| Towns
| Municipalities
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- Alsfeld
- Grebenau
- Herbstein
- Homberg (Ohm)
- Kirtorf
- Lauterbach
- Romrod
- Schlitz
- Schotten
- Ulrichstein
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- Antrifttal
- Feldatal
- Freiensteinau
- Gemünden/Felda
- Grebenhain
- Lautertal
- Mücke
- Schwalmtal
- Wartenberg
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