Soest (district)

Soest
Soest
District
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 51°35′N 8°15′E / 51.58°N 8.25°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Arnsberg
Capital	Soest
Area
• Total	1,327.47 km2 (512.54 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	306,068
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	http://www.kreis-soest.de

Soest (IPA: [ˈzoːst]) is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms show two symbols from the bishops Cologne, who owned the Soest until 1449. In left half is the key of Saint Peter, the patron of Cologne, in the right the black cross of Cologne. After the district was merged with Lippstadt the rose as symbol of the Lippe area was added on top of the cross. This new version of the coat of arms was granted in 1976.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Erwitte Geseke Lippstadt Rüthen Soest Warstein Werl	Anröchte Bad Sassendorf Ense Lippetal Möhnesee Welver Wickede

References

↑ "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.

Other websites

Official website Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine (German, English)

[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.

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Soest
District
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 51°35′N 8°15′E / 51.58°N 8.25°E / 51.58; 8.25
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Arnsberg
Capital	Soest
Area
• Total	1,327.47 km² (512.54 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)^[1]
• Total	306,068
• Density	230/km² (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SO
Website	http://www.kreis-soest.de