District of Obernburg am Main

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District of Obernburg am Main
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Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 8'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
Administrative headquarters : Obernburg am Main
Area : 314.41 km 2
Residents: 67,506 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 215 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : OBB
Circle key : 09 6 49
Circle structure: 35 municipalities
Location of the district of Obernburg a.Main in Bavaria
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The district of Obernburg am Main , officially the district of Obernburg a.Main , belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia . Before the Bavarian regional reform began in the early 1970s, the district comprised 35 municipalities.

geography

Important places

The most populous municipalities were Erlenbach , Obernburg , Klingenberg and Wörth am Main .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the district and the independent city of Aschaffenburg , the district Marktheidenfeld (all in Bavaria), the district Tauberbischofsheim (in Baden-Württemberg ), the district Miltenberg (again in Bavaria) and on the districts of Erbach and Dieburg (both in Hesse ).

history

District Office

Administrative area of ​​the Obernburg district office around 1875

The district office of Obernburg was formed in 1862 through the merger of the regional courts of the older order Klingenberg and Obernburg .

On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the Obernburg am Main district office ceded the Wildensee community to the Marktheidenfeld district office and the Großheubach community to the Miltenberg district office on January 1, 1880 .

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform imperial designation Landkreis was introduced. Thus the district office became the district of Obernburg am Main.

On July 1, 1972, the district of Obernburg am Main was dissolved as part of the regional reform in Bavaria . Almost all communities were added to the Miltenberg district, only Pflaumheim and Wenigumstadt (both now districts of Großostheim ) came to the Aschaffenburg district .

Population development

year Residents source
1864 26,773
1885 25,666
1900 26,538
1910 28,971
1925 31,467
1939 36,202
1950 50,088
1960 55,000
1971 68,900

Communities

The district of Obernburg comprised 35 communities, including three cities.

Cities

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Other communities

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the OBB distinctive sign when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until August 3, 1974. It has been available again in the Miltenberg district since January 15, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria 1964
  2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 543 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
  4. ^ 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. 751 .
  5. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population of the district offices 1864, p. 106 ( digitized version ).
  6. Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
  7. a b www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: Lower Franconia
  8. for the Free State of Bavaria, according to the census of June 16, 1925
  9. Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
  10. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
  11. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
  12. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973

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