452. Which of the following is a rural district (Landkreis) in Thuringia?

Answer options

1. Ammerland
2. Altötting
3. Nordfriesland
4. Wartburgkreis

Explanation

Local self-government is guaranteed by Article 28(2) of the Basic Law; counties (Landkreise) are public-law corporations with their own tasks in providing essential services (Daseinsvorsorge) and elected bodies (county council/Kreistag and district chief executive/Landrat). Wartburgkreis was created by Thuringia’s 1994 territorial reform and is named after the Wartburg near Eisenach, a key site of the Reformation and the early German national movement (Luther; Wartburg Festival of 1817). Ammerland (Lower Saxony), Altötting (Bavaria), and Nordfriesland (Schleswig-Holstein) belong to other Länder; since 2021 the formerly independent city of Eisenach has again been assigned to Wartburgkreis.