District of Pegnitz

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Coat of arms of the Pegnitz district
District of Pegnitz
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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 32'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
Administrative headquarters : Pegnitz
Area : 557.69 km 2
Residents: 38,878 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : PEG
Circle key : 09 4 43
Circle structure: 64 municipalities
Location of the Pegnitz district in Bavaria
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The district of Pegnitz belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Franconia . Before the Bavarian regional reform began in the early 1970s, the district comprised 64 communities. Most of them came to the districts of Bayreuth and Forchheim .

geography

Important places

The most populous communities were Pegnitz , Pottenstein , Creußen and Gößweinstein .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered clockwise, starting in the north, with the districts of Bayreuth , Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate , Hersbruck , Forchheim and Ebermannstadt .

history

District Office

The Pegnitz District Office was formed in 1862 through the merger of the Pegnitz and Pottenstein regional courts .

The district office of Lauf an der Pegnitz was formed in 1908 by spinning off the district offices of Hersbruck and Pegnitz.

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform imperial designation Landkreis was introduced. So the district office of Pegnitz became the district office.

On July 1, 1972, the district of Pegnitz was dissolved as part of the regional reform in Bavaria :

Population development

year Residents source
1864 27,449
1885 28,178
1900 26,157
1910 26,578
1925 26,561
1939 27,490
1950 38,675
1960 36,000
1971 39,100

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.

Cities

  1. Betzenstein
  2. Cussen
  3. Pegnitz
  4. Pottenstein

Markets

  1. Gößweinstein (Forchheim district)
  2. Beak woad


Unregulated areas

  1. Creußener Hagenreuth (dissolved after 1997, Creußen)
  2. Glashüttener Forest (4.77 km²)
  3. Langweiler Forest (4.52 km²)
  4. Lindenhardter Forst (dissolved on 01/01/2020, Creußen)
  5. Prüll (2.22 km²)
  6. Schnabelwaider Kütschenrain (dissolved, Schnabelwaid)
  7. Veldenstein Forest (55.60 km²)
  8. Waidacher Forest (6.44 km²)

Other communities

  1. Adlitz (municipality of Ahorntal )
  2. Bärnfels (municipality of Obertrubach , district of Forchheim)
  3. Behringersmühle ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  4. Bieberbach ( Egloffstein market , Forchheim district)
  5. Bronn (City of Pegnitz )
  6. Buchau (City of Pegnitz )
  7. Büchenbach (City of Pegnitz )
  8. Bühl (City of Creußen )
  9. Christanz (municipality of Ahorntal )
  10. Elbersberg (City of Pottenstein )
  11. Freiahorn (municipality of Ahorntal )
  12. Geschwand (municipality of Obertrubach , district of Forchheim)
  13. Gottsfeld (City of Creußen )
  14. Haidhof (City of Creußen )
  15. Hainbronn (City of Pegnitz )
  16. Hannberg (City of Waischenfeld )
  17. Haßlach (City of Pottenstein )
  18. Höfen (Markt Neuhaus an der Pegnitz , District of Nürnberger Land)
  19. Hohenmirsberg (City of Pottenstein )
  20. Kirchahorn (municipality of Ahorntal )
  21. Kirchenbirkig (City of Pottenstein )
  22. Kleingesee (Markt Gößweinstein , Forchheim district)
  23. Körbeldorf (City of Pegnitz )
  24. Körzendorf (municipality of Ahorntal )
  25. Kühlenfels (city of Pottenstein )
  26. Langenloh (City of Waischenfeld )
  27. Leienfels (City of Pottenstein )
  28. Leupoldstein (City of Betzenstein )
  29. Leups (City of Pegnitz )
  30. Leutzdorf ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  31. Lindenhardt (City of Creußen )
  32. Moggast (town of Ebermannstadt , district of Forchheim)
  33. Morschreuth ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  34. Neuhof (City of Creußen )
  35. Oberailsfeld (municipality of Ahorntal )
  36. Obertrubach
  37. Ottenberg (City of Betzenstein )
  38. Ottenhof ( Plech Market )
  39. Plech
  40. Poppendorf (municipality of Ahorntal )
  41. Prebitz
  42. Püttlach (City of Pottenstein )
  43. Rabeneck (City of Waischenfeld )
  44. Regenthal (City of Pottenstein )
  45. Reizendorf (municipality of Ahorntal )
  46. Seidwitz (City of Creußen )
  47. Spies (city of Betzenstein )
  48. Stadelhofen ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  49. Stierberg (City of Betzenstein )
  50. Trockau (City of Pegnitz )
  51. Tüchersfeld (City of Pottenstein )
  52. Unterailsfeld ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  53. Volsbach (municipality of Ahorntal )
  54. Vorderkleebach (City of Pottenstein )
  55. Weidensee (town of Betzenstein )
  56. Wichsenstein ( Gößweinstein market , Forchheim district)
  57. Wolfsberg ( Obertrubach municipality , Forchheim district)
  58. Spiš (city of Pegnitz )

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign PEG when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until August 3, 1974. Since July 10, 2013 it has been available again in the districts of Bayreuth and Forchheim due to the license plate liberalization, and since July 15, 2013 also in the district of Nürnberger Land.

literature

  • Hedwig Ort: Economic development and rural exodus in the Pegnitz district. sn, sl 1948 (typewritten).
  • Michael Petzet (ed.): The art monuments of Upper Franconia. Volume 2, 8: Heinrich Kreisel (Ed.): Administrative region of Upper Franconia. District of Pegnitz. Bayerische Verlags-Anstalt ao, Bamberg ao 1961.
  • Josef Pfanner: District of Pegnitz (=  historical book of place names of Bavaria, Upper Franconia . Volume 2 ). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1965, DNB  457000961 .
  • Alfred Schädler: District of Pegnitz (=  The art monuments of Bavaria . Upper Franconia 2). R. Oldenburg, Munich 1961, DNB  457322586 .

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. 549 .
  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. 697 and 719 .
  5. ^ Ordinance on the reorganization of Bavaria into rural districts and independent cities of December 27, 1971
  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: Upper 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