District of Lauf an der Pegnitz

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 17'  E
Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period:	1862-1972
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
Administrative headquarters :	Run adPegnitz
Area :	189.14 km 2
Residents:	57,300 (Dec. 31, 1971)
Population density :	303 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	LAU
Circle key :	09 5 40
Circle structure:	37 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	8560 Lauf adPegnitz
Location of the district of Lauf adPegnitz in Bavaria

The district of Lauf an der Pegnitz , officially the district of Lauf adPegnitz , until 1961 the district of Lauf (Pegnitz) , was a district in the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia . Before the beginning of the Bavarian regional reform in the early 1970s, the district comprised 37 communities.

geography

Most important places

The largest places were Lauf an der Pegnitz , Röthenbach , Schnaittach and Neunkirchen am Sand .

Neighboring areas

Beginning in 1972, the district bordered clockwise to the north on the districts of Forchheim , Hersbruck , Nuremberg and Erlangen .

history

District Office

The district office of Lauf (Pegnitz) was formed in 1908 by separating 39 municipalities from the district offices of Hersbruck and Pegnitz .

On January 1, 1932, communities of the Forchheim district office were added.

district

On January 1, 1939, the designation district was introduced as everywhere else in the German Reich . The district office of Lauf (Pegnitz), which has been officially known as the district of Lauf adPegnitz since the 1960s, became the district office .

On July 1, 1972, a new and larger district of Lauf an der Pegnitz was formed in the course of the regional reform in Bavaria

• the old district Lauf, except the municipalities Beerbach , Benz village Eckenhaid and Herpersdorf that the Erlangen-Höchstadt came
• the district of Hersbruck
• the district Nuremberg except the municipalities Brunn and Fischbach near Nuremberg , which were incorporated into the independent city of Nuremberg and the town of Stein near Nuremberg , which the district Fürth came
• the municipality Höfen from the Pegnitz district
• the communities Neuhaus an der Pegnitz , Krottensee and Rothenbruck in the district of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate as well
• the communities of Großengsee and Wildenfels of the Forchheim district .

Initially, the enlarged district kept the name Lauf an der Pegnitz , on May 1, 1973 it was renamed the district of Nürnberger Land .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1925	26,550
1939	31,615
1950	44,070
1960	48,000
1971	57,300

Communities

The municipalities of the district before the municipality reform in 1972 (The municipalities that still exist today are written in bold.)

	former parish	today's parish	today's district
1	Beerbach	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
2	Behringersdorf	Community of Schwaig near Nuremberg	District of Nürnberger Land
3	Benzendorf	Eckental market	Erlangen-Höchstadt district
4th	Bullach	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
5	Dehnberg	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
6th	Diepoltsdorf	Community Simmelsdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
7th	Eckenhaid	Eckental market	Erlangen-Höchstadt district
8th	Freiröttenbach	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
9	Germersberg	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
10	Grossbellhofen	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
11	Günthersbühl	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
12	Hedersdorf	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
13	Herpersdorf	Eckental market	Erlangen-Höchstadt district
14th	Hypocrite	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
15th	Hormersdorf	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
16	Huettenbach	Community Simmelsdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
17th	Kersbach	Municipality Neunkirchen a.Sand	District of Nürnberger Land
18th	Kirchröttenbach	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
19th	Run adPegnitz	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
20th	Neunhof	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
21st	Neunkirchen a.Sand	Municipality Neunkirchen a.Sand	District of Nürnberger Land
22nd	Oberndorf	Community Simmelsdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
23	Oedenberg	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
24	Easter son	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
25th	Ottensoos	municipality Ottensoos	District of Nürnberger Land
26th	Röthenbach adPegnitz	City of Röthenbach adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
27	Roller kiln	Municipality Neunkirchen a.Sand	District of Nürnberger Land
28	Rückersdorf	Community Rückersdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
29	Schnaittach	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
30th	Schoenberg	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
31	Siegersdorf	Schnaittach market	District of Nürnberger Land
32	Simmelsdorf	Community Simmelsdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
33	Simonshofen	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
34	Speikern	Municipality Neunkirchen a.Sand	District of Nürnberger Land
35	Utzmannsbach	Community Simmelsdorf	District of Nürnberger Land
36	Weigenhofen	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land
37	Wetzendorf	City of Lauf adPegnitz	District of Nürnberger Land

Other former communities were Veldershof , which was incorporated into Lauf on June 1, 1927, and Rabenshof , which was incorporated into Siegersdorf on July 1, 1931.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign LAU when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is continuously issued in the district of Nürnberger Land to this day.

literature

• Werner Meyer , Wilhelm Schwemmer: District of Lauf an der Pegnitz . In: The art monuments of Bavaria . Middle Franconia XI. R. Oldenburg, Munich 1966, DNB  457322500 .
• Wilhelm Schwemmer, Gustav Voit: Lauf-Hersbruck (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 14). Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1967, DNB  456999256 ( digitized version ).

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. 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. 718 f .
4. ^ Ordinance on the reorganization of Bavaria into rural districts and independent cities of December 27, 1971
5. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
6. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
7. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
8. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
9. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973