Euskirchen (district)

Euskirchen
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°30′N 6°40′E / 50.5°N 6.67°E / 50.5; 6.67
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Cologne
Capital	Euskirchen
Area
• Total	1,249.093 km2 (482.278 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	197,247
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EU
Website	http://www.kreis-euskirchen.de

Euskirchen (German: Kreis Euskirchen, Kölsch: Kriis Öskerche) is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

In 1827 a small district around the city of Euskirchen was made. In 1932 the district of Rheinbach was split up. Euskirchen district got the southern part of Rheinbach. In 1972 the Euskirchen district grew again because the district of Schleiden wa sput into Euskirchen rural district.

The coat of arms shows the four signs of the main historical territories or rulers of the district. Top-left are the roses of the counts of Arenburg, top-right the lion of Jülich, bottom-right the wavy-line of the counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim, and bottom-left the Cologne cross. The coat of arms was granted in 1973.

• Official Website (German)

1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.