Königshofen district in Grabfeld

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '  N , 10 ° 28'  E
Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period:	1862-1972
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
Administrative headquarters :	Königshofen i.Grabfeld
Area :	300.96 km 2
Residents:	17,800 (Dec. 31, 1971)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	CAN
Circle key :	09 6 44
Circle structure:	33 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	8742 Königshofen i.Grabfeld
Location of the district of Königshofen i.Grabfeld in Bavaria

The district of Königshofen im Grabfeld , officially the district of Königshofen i.Grabfeld , belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia . Before the beginning of the regional reform in the early 1970s, the district comprised 33 municipalities.

geography

Important places

The communities with the largest population were Königshofen im Grabfeld , Saal an der Saale and Wülfershausen .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered in a clockwise direction in the northeast with the Meiningen and Hildburghausen districts in the Suhl district of the German Democratic Republic as well as the Hofheim districts in Lower Franconia , Bad Kissingen , Bad Neustadt an der Saale and Mellrichstadt (all in Bavaria).

history

District Office

The district office of Königshofen was formed in 1862 through the merger of the district courts of the older order Hofheim and Königshofen.

On October 3, 1866, the communities of Bramberg and Hofstetten were separated from the Königshofen district office and added to the Ebern district office.

In 1900, communities were separated from the Königshofen district office and the new Hofheim district office was formed from them.

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform designation Landkreis was introduced in the German Reich . So the district office became the Königshofen district in Grabfeld.

On July 1, 1972, the district of Königshofen im Grabfeld was incorporated into the district of Bad Neustadt an der Saale as part of the regional reform in Bavaria with the district of Mellrichstadt, which was also dissolved . On May 1, 1973, the new district was given its current designation as the district of Rhön-Grabfeld .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1864	29,756
1885	29,831
1900	14,746
1910	14,798
1925	15,222
1939	14,771
1950	20,544
1960	17,500
1971	17,800

Communities

33 municipalities belonged to the district:

Alsleben Althausen Aub Aubstadt Breitensee Eyershausen Gabolshausen Gollmuthhausen Grossbardorf Großeibstadt Autumn city

Hoechheim Ipthausen Irmelshausen Kleinbardorf Kleineibstadt Königshofen im Grabfeld , city Leinach Merkershausen Obereßfeld Ottelmannshausen Rothausen

Hall on the Saale Schwanhausen Serrfeld Sternberg in the grave field Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke Sulzfeld Trappstadt Untereßfeld , market Waltershausen Wülfershausen on the Saale Zimmerau

District officials and district administrators

• 1879–1884 Johann Nepomuk Streibl

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign KÖN 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 Rhön-Grabfeld district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

• Hans Sponholz (Ed.): Königshofen district in the grave field. Hoeppner, Munich / Assling 1972.

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. 498 .
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 486 .
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
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. 748 .
6. ^ 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. 740 .
7. ^ 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 ).
8. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
9. ↑ ^{a b} www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: Lower Franconia
10. ↑ for the Free State of Bavaria, according to the census of June 16, 1925
11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
12. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
13. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
14. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973