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State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital: Cologne
Area:7,364.71 km²
Inhabitants:4,318,758 (2002)
pop. density:586 inh./km²
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Cologne is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. It covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.

It was created in 1815 when Prussia reorganized its internal administration. In 1972 the Regirungsbezirk Aachen was incorporated.

Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Aachen
  2. Düren
  3. Euskirchen
  4. HeinsbergHeinsberg is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Viersen, district-free city Monchengladbach, Neuss, Duren and Aachen, and also the dutch province Limburg. History The area did fall to Prussia in 18
  5. Oberbergischer KreisThe Oberbergische Kreis is a Kreis ( district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ennepe-Ruhr, Markischer Kreis, Olpe, Altenkirchen, Rhein-Sieg, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, and the district-free cities Remscheid an
  6. Rhein-Erft-KreisThe Rhein-Erft-Kreis is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen, Duren. History The district in its current borders was created in 1975, when the previous di
  7. Rhein-SiegThe Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, district-free Cologne,
  8. Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisThe Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis is a Kreis ( district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring are the districts Oberbergischer Kreis and Rhein-Sieg, and the district-free cities Cologne, Leverkusen, Solingen and Remscheid. History The
  1. AachenAachen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46' N, 6°6' E. Population: 255,000 (2001). The RWTH Aachen University of Technolo
  2. BonnBonn is a city in Germany (Population (2002 est): 310 930), in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, located ca. 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine. It was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990. The history of the city dates bac
  3. Cologne
  4. Leverkusen

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