History The district in its present borders was created in NUMBER@1 when the former district of LOCATION@1 and PERSON@1 was merged with the LOCATION@2 towns of PERSON@2 and PERSON@3 and the LOCATION@3 municipality of LOCATION@4 .

The district was created in NUMBER@1 when the former districts of LOCATION@1 and Geldern were joined with the towns of PERSON@2 and PERSON@3 from LOCATION@2 and the municipality of LOCATION@4 from LOCATION@3 .
