District of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 50'  E
Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period:	1862-1972
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
Administrative headquarters :	Eschenbach idOPf.
Area :	496.4 km 2
Residents:	35,500 (Dec. 31, 1971)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	ESB
Circle key :	09 3 35
Circle structure:	36 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	8489 Eschenbach idOPf.
Location of the district of Eschenbach idOPf. in Bavaria

The district of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate , officially the district of Eschenbach idOPf. , belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Palatinate . It was dissolved in 1972 and its area was mainly assigned to the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab.

geography

In 1972 the district bordered in a clockwise direction in the north on the districts of Kemnath , Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Amberg , Sulzbach-Rosenberg , Hersbruck and Pegnitz . The largest towns were Auerbach , Grafenwöhr , Pressath , Neustadt am Kulm and Eschenbach .

history

District Office

The Eschenbach district office was formed in 1862 through the merger of the older district courts of Auerbach and Eschenbach .

On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the district office of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate ceded municipalities to the district office of Hersbruck on January 1, 1880.

In 1938, the Advanced National Socialist Reich relocation company Ruge the Grafenwoehr Training Area , the inhabitants of the communities Ebersberg, Hague, Höhenberg, Hopfenohe , Kaundorf, Leuzenhof, Nunkas, Oberfrankenohe and cardboard mountain were resettled within the Upper Palatinate and extinguished the communities.

district

On January 1, 1939, the designation district was introduced as everywhere else in the German Reich . The district office became the Eschenbach district in the Upper Palatinate.

On July 1, 1972, the district of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate was dissolved as part of the regional reform in Bavaria :

• The city of Auerbach and the communities Degelsdorf, Gunzendorf, Michelfeld, Nasnitz , Nitzlbuch, Ranna and Ranzenthal were added to the district of Amberg, now Amberg-Sulzbach .
• The communities of Penzenreuth and Troschenreuth came to the district of Bayreuth in the administrative district of Upper Franconia .
• The communities Neuhaus an der Pegnitz , Krottensee and Rothenbruck came to the district of Lauf an der Pegnitz, now Nürnberger Land in the administrative district of Middle Franconia .
• All other municipalities were assigned to the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district together with the Vohenstrauß district, which was also dissolved .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1864	23,750
1885	23,366
1900	22,058
1910	24,611
1925	24,725
1939	26,126
1950	35,478
1960	34,200
1971	35,500

Communities

Before the beginning of the Bavarian regional reform, the district comprised 36 municipalities in the 1960s:

Cities Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate Grafenwohr Neustadt am Kulm Pressath Markets Kirchenthumbach Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

Other communities Degelsdorf Dießfurt Feilersdorf Filchendorf Gmuend Gunzendorf Heinersreuth Krottensee Michelfeld Nasnitz Neukreisendorf Nitzlbuch Oberbibrach Penzenreuth Pichlberg Preissach Ranna Ranzenthal Riggau Rothenbruck Sassenreuth Mud village Seitenthal Super tough Thurndorf Tremmersdorf Troschenreuth Vorbach Weihersberg

The following communities were dissolved or amalgamated during the existence of the district:

• Ebersberg , on November 1, 1949 at Nitzlbuch
• Haag , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Höhenberg , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Hopfenohe , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Kaundorf , after 1938 to the non-parish training area Grafenwöhr
• Leuzenhof , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Metzenhof , on January 1, 1946 in Kirchenthumbach
• Moos , on January 1, 1946 in Schlammersdorf
• Nunkas , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Oberfrankenohe , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Pappenberg , after 1938 to the community-free military training area Grafenwöhr
• Stegenthumbach , on January 1, 1946 in Eschenbach
• Steinamwasser , on January 1st, 1946 in Gunzendorf
• Thomasreuth , on January 1, 1946 in Eschenbach
• Treinreuth , on January 1, 1946 in Kirchenthumbach
• Troschelhammer , on April 1st, 1949 in Dießfurt
• Zogenreuth , to Degelsdorf on January 1, 1946

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign ESB when the license plates that are still valid today were introduced . It was issued until August 3, 1974. Since July 10, 2013 it has been available again in connection with the license plate liberalization in the districts of Bayreuth and Neustadt an der Waldnaab, since July 12, 2013 also in the Amberg-Sulzbach district and finally in the Nürnberger Land district since July 15, 2013 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 459 .
2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 645 f .
4. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population figures of the district offices 1864 ( digitized version ).
5. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
7. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
8. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
9. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973
12. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria 1964