District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '  N , 10 ° 11'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Middle Franconia
Administrative headquarters : Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Area : 451.39 km 2
Residents: 19,057 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 42 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : RED
Circle key : 09 5 43
Circle structure: 61 municipalities
Location of the district of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria
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Location of the Rothenburg ob der Tauber district in today's Ansbach district

The district of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (until January 1, 1939: District Office Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia . Before the beginning of the Bavarian regional reform in the early 1970s, the district comprised 61 communities. The district did not have a coat of arms.

geography

Important places

The largest places were Schillingsfürst , Wörnitz , Dombühl and Neusitz . From April 1, 1940 until the end of the Second World War , the district of Rothenburg ob der Tauber also belonged to the district.

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Uffenheim , Ansbach and Feuchtwangen (all in Bavaria) and the districts of Crailsheim and Mergentheim (both in Baden-Württemberg ).

In the west, the district also bordered the independent city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber .

history

District Office

The district office of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was formed in 1862 through the merger of the regional courts of the older order Rothenburg and Schillingsfürst .

On the occasion of the reform of the layout of the Bavarian district offices, the district office of Rothenburg ob der Tauber received municipalities from the district office of Ansbach and the municipality of Preuntsfelden from the district office of Uffenheim on January 1, 1880 .

district

On January 1, 1939, the designation district was introduced as everywhere else in the German Reich . The district office became the Rothenburg ob der Tauber district.

On April 1, 1940, the independent city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was incorporated into the district. This was reversed on April 1, 1948.

On July 1, 1972, most of the Rothenburg ob der Tauber district was incorporated into the Ansbach district together with the Feuchtwangen and Dinkelsbühl districts and the previously independent city ​​of Rothenburg ob der Tauber as part of the regional reform in Bavaria . The communities of Ermetzhof and Steinach an der Ens came to the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim .

Population development

year Residents source
1864 16,356
1885 20,526
1900 19,589
1910 19,728
1925 19,313
1939 26,971
1950 25,300
1960 19,000
1971 19,000

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 are now part of the Ansbach district, with the exception of Steinach an der Ens and Ermetzhof, which are now part of the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district .

city

  1. Schillingsfürst

market

  1. Dombühl

Other communities

  1. Adelshofen
  2. Anfelden (municipality of Oberdachstetten)
  3. Bellershausen (municipality of Diebach)
  4. Bettenfeld (City of Rothenburg ob der Tauber)
  5. Bettwar (municipality of Steinsfeld)
  6. Bieg (Colmberg Market)
  7. Binzwangen (Colmberg Market)
  8. Bockenfeld (Gebsattel municipality)
  9. Bottenweiler (municipality of Wörnitz)
  10. Brunst (City of Leutershausen)
  11. Book at the forest
  12. Burghausen (municipality of Windelsbach)
  13. Cadolzhofen (municipality of Windelsbach)
  14. The stream
  15. Dornhausen (community Geslau)
  16. Eckartsweiler (City of Leutershausen)
  17. Endsee (municipality of Steinsfeld)
  18. Erlach (City of Leutershausen)
  19. Ermetzhof (Marktbergel Market)
  20. Erzberg (municipality of Wörnitz)
  21. Faulenberg (City of Schillingsfürst)
  22. Frommetsfelden (City of Leutershausen)
  23. Gailnau (community Wettringen)
  24. Gailroth (community Schnelldorf])
  25. Gastenfelden (municipality of Buch am Wald)
  26. Gattenhofen (municipality of Steinsfeld)
  27. Gebsattel
  28. Geslau
  29. Großharbach (municipality of Adelshofen)
  30. Gunzendorf (community Geslau)
  31. Habelsee (Municipality of Ohrbach)
  32. Hagenau (municipality of Buch am Wald)
  33. Hartershofen (municipality of Steinsfeld)
  34. Insingen
  35. Kirnberg (Gebsattel municipality)
  36. Leuzenbronn (community [othenburg ob der Tauber)
  37. Lohr (municipality of Insingen)
  38. Neusitz
  39. Neustett (municipality of Adelshofen)
  40. Nordenberg (municipality of Windelsbach)
  41. Oberfelden (Colmberg municipality)
  42. Oberscheckenbach (Municipality of Ohrbach)
  43. Oestheim (municipality of Diebach)
  44. Ohrbach
  45. Poppenbach (Colmberg municipality)
  46. Preuntsfelden (municipality of Windelsbach)
  47. Schwabsroth (community Geslau)
  48. Schweinsdorf (community of Neusitz)
  49. Steinach an der Ens (Gallmersgarten municipality)
  50. Stone field
  51. Stettberg (community Geslau)
  52. Stilzendorf (municipality of Schillingsdorf)
  53. Sulz Monastery (Markt Dombühl)
  54. Tauberscheckenbach (municipality of Adelshofen)
  55. Tauberzell (municipality of Adelshofen )
  56. Competition
  57. Wildenholz (municipality of Schnelldorf)
  58. Windelsbach
  59. Wörnitz

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign RED when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until April 30, 1973. It has been available again in the Ansbach district since July 10, 2013 .

literature

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. 561 f .
  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. 725 .
  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: 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