District of Dinkelsbühl

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′  N , 10 ° 19 ′  E
Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period:	1862-1972
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
Administrative headquarters :	Dinkelsbühl
Area :	391.94 km 2
Residents:	35,000 (Dec. 31, 1971)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	DKB
Circle key :	09 5 32
Circle structure:	64 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	8804 Dinkelsbühl
Location of the district of Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria

Location of the Dinkelsbühl district in today's Ansbach district

The district of Dinkelsbühl belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia . Before the start of the regional reform in the early 1970s, the district comprised 64 communities.

geography

Important places

The most populous communities were Dinkelsbühl , Wassertrüdingen , Schopfloch , Dürrwangen and Wilburgstetten .

Obermögersheim on the eastern border of the old district of Dinkelsbühl

Neighboring areas

Starting in 1972, the district bordered clockwise in the north on the districts Feuchtwangen , Gunzenhausen and Nördlingen (all in Bavaria) and Aalen and Crailsheim (both in Baden-Württemberg ).

history

District Office

The Dinkelsbühl district office was formed in 1862 through the merger of the Dinkelsbühl and Wassertrüdingen regional courts .

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform designation Landkreis was introduced in the German Reich . The district office became the Dinkelsbühl district.

On April 1, 1940, the immediate district town of Dinkelsbühl was incorporated into the district.

On July 1, 1971, the communities Heinersdorf and Königshofen adHeide came from the Dinkelsbühl district to the Feuchtwangen district and were incorporated into the Bechhofen market .

On July 1, 1972, the district of Dinkelsbühl was incorporated into the district of Ansbach together with the districts of Feuchtwangen and Rothenburg ob der Tauber and the previously independent city ​​of Rothenburg ob der Tauber as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1864	25,481
1885	25,563
1900	24,086
1910	24,767
1925	24,513
1939	27,651
1950	39.283
1960	33,600
1971	35,000

Communities

Places in italics are still independent communities today. In the places that are no longer independent today, it is noted which municipality the place belongs to today. All the communities in the former district now belong to the Ansbach district.

• Cities

1. Dinkelsbühl
2. Wassertrüdingen

• Markets

1. Aufkirchen (municipality of Gerolfingen)
2. Dürrwangen
3. Schopfloch
4. Weiltingen

• Other communities

1. Altentrüdingen (City of Wassertrüdingen)
2. Ammelbruch (municipality of Langfurth)
3. Beyerberg (municipality of Ehingen)
4. Burk
5. Dambach (municipality of Ehingen)
6. Dennenlohe (community of Unterschwaningen)
7. Dickersbronn (Schopfloch Market)
8. Diederstetten (Mönchsroth municipality)
9. Dorfkemmathen (municipality of Langfurth)
10. Ehingen
11. Esbach (City of Dinkelsbühl)
12. Frankenhofen (Market Weiltingen)
13. Fürnheim (City of Wassertrüdingen)
14. Geilsheim (City of Wassertrüdingen)
15. Gerolfingen
16. Greiselbach (municipality of Wilburgstetten)
17. Großlellenfeld (Arberg Market)
18. Grüb (municipality of Wittelshofen)
19. Halsbach (market Dürrwangen)
20. Haslach (Dürrwangen Market)
21. Heinersdorf (Market Bechhofen)
22. Hellenbach (City of Dinkelsbühl)
23. Illenschwang (Wittelshofen municipality)
24. Irsingen (Gerolfingen municipality)
25. Kleinlellenfeld (Market Arberg)
26. Knittelsbach (municipality of Wilburgstetten)
27. Königshofen adHeide (Market Bechhofen)
28. Kröttenbach (community of Unterschwaningen)
29. Langensteinbach (City of Dinkelsbühl)
30. Lehengütingen (Schopfloch Market)
31. Lentersheim (municipality of Ehingen)
32. Mönchsroth
33. Neuses (Dürrwangen Market)
34. Oberkemmathen (municipality of Langfurth)
35. Obermichelbach (Wittelshofen municipality)
36. Obermögersheim (City of Wassertrüdingen)
37. Oberradach (City of Dinkelsbühl)
38. Oberschwaningen (community of Unterschwaningen)
39. Reichenbach (City of Wassertrüdingen)
40. Röckingen
41. Rühlingstetten (municipality of Wilburgstetten)
42. Schobdach (City of Wassertrüdingen)
43. Segringen (City of Dinkelsbühl)
44. Seidelsdorf (City of Dinkelsbühl)
45. Sinbronn (City of Dinkelsbühl)
46. Sulzach (market Dürrwangen)
47. Untermichelbach (Wittelshofen municipality)
48. Unterschwaningen
49. Veitsweiler (Market Weiltingen)
50. Waldeck (city of Dinkelsbühl)
51. Waldhäuslein (market Schopfloch)
52. Weidelbach (City of Dinkelsbühl)
53. Wilburgstetten
54. Wittelshofen
55. Wittenbach (municipality of Wilburgstetten)
56. Wörnitzhofen (Market Weiltingen)
57. Wolfertsbronn (City of Dinkelsbühl)
58. Zwernberg (Schopfloch Market)

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the DKB distinctive sign when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until April 28, 1973. Since July 10, 2013, it has been available again in the Ansbach district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

• August Gebeßler : City and district of Dinkelsbühl (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 15 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1962, DNB  451450930 .
• Teresa Neumeyer: Dinkelsbühl: the former district (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 40). Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2018, ISBN 978-3-7696-6562-8 .

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. 447 .
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. ^ Ordinance on the integration of the communities Heinersdorf and Königshofen ad Heide
5. ^ 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. 708 .
6. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population figures of the district offices 1864 ( digitized version ).
7. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
8. ↑ ^{a b} www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: Middle Franconia
9. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
12. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
13. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973