Hof district
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Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ' N , 11 ° 48' E |
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Basic data | |
State : | Bavaria |
Administrative region : | Upper Franconia |
Administrative headquarters : | court |
Area : | 892.52 km 2 |
Residents: | 94,801 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 106 inhabitants per km 2 |
License plate : | HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN |
Circle key : | 09 4 75 |
NUTS : | DE249 |
Circle structure: | 27 municipalities |
Address of the district administration: |
Schaumbergstrasse 14 95032 Hof |
Website : | |
District Administrator : | Oliver Baer ( CSU ) |
Location of the district of Hof in Bavaria | |
The district of Hof is located in the north-east of the administrative district of Upper Franconia in Bavaria . The seat of the district is the city of Hof , which itself does not belong to the district, but is not a district. The district is a member of the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region .
geography
Geographical location
The area of the district has an extension of about 35 km in north-south and west-east directions. The independent city of Hof is completely surrounded by the district of Hof, but does not itself belong to the district area. The border with the Czech Republic is about 25 km long. The only border between the Free State of Bavaria and the Free State of Saxony is in the district of Hof.
Geographically, the area of the district is divided into four landscapes: In the north-west are the foothills of the Franconian Forest with its highest elevation, the Döbraberg ( 794.6 m above sea level ), and the Selbitztal. The Selbitz rises in the southern district, flows north through the towns of Selbitz and Naila, among other places, and flows into the Saale at the district boundary , which also rises in the south of the district and east of the Selbitz flows through the district town of Hof. In the east of the district is the Bavarian Vogtland . The foothills of the Fichtelgebirge with the Großer Waldstein (878 m) stretch to the south . Between the Franconian Forest and the Fichtel Mountains lies the Münchberg gneiss slab , which is mainly used for agriculture.
Neighboring districts and cities
Adjacent circles are:
In addition, there is the completely enclosed city of Hof in the east of the district.
Communities
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
Other communities
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Unregulated areas (37.60 km²)
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history
Until the 16th century, the area of the district of Hof belonged mainly to the margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth . After Margrave Karl Alexander von Brandenburg-Ansbach had sold his two Franconian principalities of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth for an annual pension of 300,000 florins to Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia in 1792 , the latter placed the Hof area under the administration of Karl August von Hardenberg . This introduced the so-called Hardenberg organization.
From October 9, 1806, the Principality of Bayreuth was under French military administration. The Kingdom of Prussia was forced to renounce its Frankish principalities once and for all in the Peace of Tilsit . On February 28, 1810, the former Prussian province of Bayreuth was politically, economically and financially incorporated into Bavaria on July 1, 1810 by a state treaty between France and the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1812 the court district court was formed. The city of Hof became an immediate city . The administrative and judicial districts belonged to the Mainkreis , which was referred to as Obermainkreis from 1817 and as Upper Franconia from 1838. In 1852 the district parish Hof was formed.
District Offices
The district office in 1862, court followed the same area district court yard. On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the district office of Hof received municipalities from the district office of Rehau on January 1, 1880. On January 1, 1906, the municipalities Hofeck and Moschendorf of the district office were incorporated into the city of Hof.
Hof district
On January 1, 1939, the term district was introduced in the German Reich . The district office of Hof became the district of Hof. As part of the administrative reform in Bavaria , the district court was 1 July 1972 to the district Naila , the district Münchberg (without Gefrees and Streitau ), the northern part of the district Rehau and the community Dürrenwaid ( County Kronach ) that the municipality Geroldsgruen affiliated was enlarged. The southern part of the district of Rehau was incorporated into the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge with the independent town of Selb . The town of Gefrees (district of Münchberg) with Streitau fell to the enlarged district of Bayreuth . The municipality of Unterkotzau was incorporated into the city of Hof.
On January 1, 1977, the municipality of Leimitz was incorporated into the city of Hof. At the same time, the communities of Gösmes and Enchenreuth came from the district of Kulmbach (until 1972 district of Stadtsteinach ) to the district of Hof. They were incorporated into the city of Helmbrechts . On May 1, 1978, the district of Hof gave the communities of Haidt and Wölbattendorf, as in 1972 the districts of Eppenreuth , Lausenhof, Pirk and Stein of the dissolved community of Martinsreuth , to the independent city of Hof.
Municipalities until the territorial reform 1971/78
Before the regional reform, the then smaller district of Hof had 40 communities. The communities that are still independent today are highlighted in bold :
Population development
In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 104,487 to 95,311 by 9,176 or 8.8%. On December 31, 1995, the district had 110,625 inhabitants. From 1995 to 2012 the district lost over 12,000 or 11.5% of its inhabitants. Of the 27 municipalities, only six municipalities (all in the vicinity of Hof) had more inhabitants than 30 years earlier in 2018.
The following figures refer to the territorial status on May 25, 1987.
Population development | ||||||||||||||
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year | 1840 | 1900 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |
Residents | 71,618 | 83,833 | 94.272 | 128,803 | 120,656 | 120,158 | 105,628 | 108,812 | 110,625 | 109.026 | 105.715 | 100.234 | 96,429 |
politics
coat of arms
Blazon : “Split; in front, in black, a golden lion turned to the left, crowned in red and armored in red; in the back in gold with a border decorated with red and silver, a red armored black lion. " | |
List of district administrators
End of the Second World War up to the regional reform in 1972 :
Period | District Administrator | Deputy District Administrator |
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May 1945–30.06.1946 | Anselm Otto Joel - independent | |
July 1, 1946– May 31, 1948 | Paul Weppler - SPD | Franz Gutschke |
June 1, 1948– April 30, 1972 | Heinz Schulze - SPD | Franz Gutschke (until April 30, 1952) Otto Popp, Schwarzenbach adSaale - SPD (from May 1, 1952) Max Frank, Selbitz (until 1972) Walter Baumann, Schwarzenbach adSaale (until 1972) |
After the territorial reform in 1972:
Period | District Administrator | Deputy District Administrator | Another deputy of the district administrator |
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May 1, 1972 to April 30, 1978 | Heinz Schulze, Hof - SPD | Ewald Zuber, Münchberg - SPD | Edgar Pöpel, Rehau - CSU (until March 8, 1973), Walter Baumann, Schwarzenbach adSaale - CSU (from April 14, 1975) |
May 1, 1978– April 30, 1984 | Ewald Zuber, Münchberg - SPD | Walter Baumann, Schwarzenbach adSaale - CSU | Adolf Thumser, Selbitz - ÜWG / FDP |
May 1, 1984 to April 30, 1990 | Ewald Zuber, Münchberg - SPD | Peter Schneider, Schwarzenbach adSaale - SPD | Willi Kaiser, Naila - SPD |
May 1, 1990 to April 30, 1996 | Ewald Zuber, Münchberg - SPD | Klaus Gruber, Feilitzsch - SPD | Klaus Wolfrum, Helmbrechts - SPD |
May 1, 1996 to April 30, 2002 | Bernd Hering , Jägersruh - SPD | Klaus Wolfrum, Helmbrechts - SPD (until March 13, 1999), Klaus Adelt, Selbitz - SPD (from March 13, 1999) | Erhard Hick, Feilitzsch - ÜWG-FW |
May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2008 | Bernd Hering, Jägersruh - SPD | Klaus Adelt, Selbitz - SPD | Hansjürgen Lommer, Naila - FW |
May 1, 2008– April 30, 2014 | Bernd Hering, Jägersruh - SPD | Hansjürgen Lommer, Naila - FW | Alexander Eberl, Schwarzenbach adSaale - SPD |
May 1, 2014– April 30, 2020 | Oliver Bär , Berg - CSU | Frank Stumpf, Naila - FW | Hans-Peter Baumann, Schwarzenbach adSaale - CSU |
since May 1st, 2020 | Oliver Bär, Berg - CSU | Frank Stumpf, Naila - FW | Annika Popp, Leupoldsgrün - CSU |
District council
The Hof district council consists of 60 district councilors and the district administrator. The local elections since the territorial reform in 1972 led to the following allocation of seats for the district councils
Parties and groups of voters | 1972 | 1978 | 1984 | 1990 | 1996 | 2002 | 2008 | 2014 | 2020 |
CSU | 21st | 26th | 25th | 22nd | 24 | 26th | 27 | 26th | 24 |
Green | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
AfD | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th |
SPD | 30th | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26th | 23 | 19th | 18th | 12 |
FDP | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Free voters (FW) / ÜWG | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 5 | 6th | 8th | 9 | 8th |
Active district citizens (ALB) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
JU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th |
Voter union | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
republican | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Federation of Expellees / All-German Party | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Free community of voters | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
The ALB entered into a list connection with the SPD for the local elections in 2002, 2008 and 2014. List connections were banned by the Bavarian State Parliament for the 2020 local elections.
Sponsorship
In 1954, the district took on the sponsorship of the expelled Sudeten Germans from the Asch district .
Economy and Infrastructure
In the future atlas 2016 , the district of Hof was ranked 199th out of 402 districts, municipal associations and urban districts in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix” for the future.
Companies
The district of Hof has an industrial density that is far above average (number of employees per 1000 inhabitants). The most important industries are the textile industry, the manufacture of plastic goods, healthcare and the construction industry. Many of the employees work in the automotive supply industry. The Pole-Position automotive supplier park in Hof , which was set up together with the municipality of Gattendorf , is intended to expand competencies in this area. 34% of the industrial employees work in the textile industry, 10% in mechanical engineering, 14% in the clothing industry and 12% in the food industry. The Hof area with the neighboring districts of Kulmbach and Bayreuth is one of the most important textile regions in Germany.
traffic
railroad
The Kingdom of Bavaria built the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn via Bamberg and Kulmbach to Hof as early as 1848 and carried it on to the Saxon border. The connection to the south was initially established in 1865 by the Hof-Egerer Railway , until the Bavarian State Railway opened the direct route via Marktredwitz in 1877. In 1887 two local railways started operating: the Hof – Naila – Marxgrün line , extended to Bad Steben from 1898, and the Münchberg – Helmbrechts line , which was continued in 1924 to Selbitz. After the turn of the century, the Münchberg – Zell route followed in 1902 and Naila – Schwarzenbach in 1910 . In 1901, the Prussian State Railways connected Marxgrün with the Thuringian Blankenstein via the Höllentalbahn .
In the district of Hof, 37 of a total of 129 kilometers of passenger traffic routes have now been closed:
- 1945: Blankenstein – Lichtenberg – Marxgrün (6 km)
- 1971: Münchberg – Zell (10 km)
- 1973: Naila – Schwarzenbach am Wald (10 km)
- 1976: Helmbrechts – Selbitz (11 km)
Streets
District extending highways A 9 , A 72 , A 93 , as well as the federal roads B 2 , B 15 , B 173 and B 289 .
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign HO when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued today. Since August 4, 2014, the distinctive signs MÜB (Münchberg), NAI (Naila), REH (Rehau) and SAN (Stadtsteinach) have been available.
air traffic
The district and the city of Hof can be reached from the air via the Hof-Plauen airfield in Hof-Pirk, but there has been no scheduled flight connection since 2012.
Public facilities
police
In the district of Hof there is a police inspection in Münchberg and Naila as well as a guard in Rehau, which is attached to the inspection in Hof.
fire Department
The municipal fire brigades in the district (Kreisbrandinspektion) are divided into three inspection areas, which include 152 volunteer fire brigades and two plant fire brigades. The district of Hof is responsible for setting up and operating the UG-ÖEL . In addition, three fire engines (water pumping, water transport and fire) are operated at the district level, which were put together from individual vehicles from various fire departments. The District Fire Brigade Association Hof e. V. represents the interests of the fire brigades in the Hof district, in which almost all fire brigades are organized as members. The district fire brigade association is divided into 13 departments.
technical aid organization
There is a local branch of the THW in Naila , consisting of a technical train with platoon troops, rescue group, specialist group emergency supply and emergency repair and the specialist group water damage / pumps (A).
education
There is a branch of the Hof University of Applied Sciences in Münchberg. In the district there are two high schools, three secondary schools, 24 elementary and middle schools, 14 technical and vocational schools, a community college and other educational institutions.
health
Hospitals of the Hochfranken clinics with care level I exist in Münchberg and Naila. Specializations are orthopedics and spinal surgery, internal medicine, general, visceral and trauma surgery, anesthesia and intensive care medicine, acute geriatrics and early rehabilitation, gynecology and obstetrics, radiology, nursing, physiotherapy, and ear, nose and throat medicine. The tasks of the health department are incumbent on the Hof district office, department 303, health system.
Protected areas
There are seven nature reserves , 13 landscape protection areas , nine FFH areas and 60 designated geotopes in the district of Hof . (As of August 2016)
See also:
- List of nature reserves in the district of Hof
- List of landscape protection areas in the district of Hof
- List of FFH areas in the district of Hof
- List of geotopes in the district of Hof
Others
From a linguistic point of view, the language border between the East Franconian and North Bavarian dialect and within East Franconian between Upper Franconian and Vogtland is relevant to the southeast of the district of Hof .
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : District of Münchberg (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 13 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1961, DNB 450619397 .
- Reinhard Feldrapp , Godehard Schramm: The district of Hof in Bavaria . Hoermann Verlag im Medienhaus Mintzel-Münch, Hof 2003, ISBN 3-88267-065-7
- August Gebeßler : City and district of Hof (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 7 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1960, DNB 451450965 .
- Arnd Kluge , Beatrix Münzer-Glas: City and District of Hof . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-192-9
- Karl-Ludwig Lippert : District of Naila (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 27 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1963, DNB 453135234 .
See also
Web links
- Literature from and about the district of Hof in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on the coat of arms of the district of Hof in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- Link catalog on the subject of farm (district) at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
- District of Hof: Official statistics of the LfStat
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 485 .
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
- ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. City and district of Hof a. d. Saale. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of the district of Hof in the database of the House of Bavarian History , accessed on September 5, 2017 .
- ↑ List connections prohibited - Landtag brings new local electoral law on the way
- ↑ Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bavarian Police - Hof Police Station with Rehau Police Station. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Bavarian Police - Police Inspection Naila. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Bavarian Police - Münchberg Police Station. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
- ^ Philipp Börner: Inspection areas. In: KFV-Hof. Accessed June 24, 2020 (German).
- ^ THW-LV-BY Local Association Naila. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Schools. Accessed June 24, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Departments: High Franconia Clinics | Münchberg and Naila. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .