Vohenstrauss district

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Coat of arms of the Vohenstrauss district
Vohenstrauss district
Map of Germany, position of the Vohenstrauss district highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 12 ° 21'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Palatinate
Administrative headquarters : Vohenstrauss
Area : 418.82 km 2
Residents: 24,887 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 59 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : VOH
Circle key : 09 3 48
Circle structure: 37 municipalities

The district of Vohenstrauß belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Palatinate and existed until it was dissolved in the territorial reform in 1972. Its former area is now in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab .

geography

Important places

The most populous communities were Vohenstrauss , Pleystein , Eslarn and Waldthurn .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered counterclockwise in the north, starting with the districts of Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Nabburg and Oberviechtach and the Západočeský kraj of Czechoslovakia .

history

District Office

The district office of Vohenstrauß followed in 1862 the same area regional court of the older order Vohenstrauß.

On January 1, 1926, the Vohenstrauß district office ceded the communities of Deindorf, Glaubendorf and Woppenhof to the Nabburg district office.

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform designation Landkreis was introduced in the German Reich . The district office became Vohenstrauß.

In 1946 the community of Gmeinsrieth moved to the Oberviechtach district. Part of the community came to Dietersdorf , the other to Schönsee .

On July 1, 1972, the Vohenstrauß district was dissolved in the course of the regional reform in Bavaria and a large part of the dissolved Eschenbach district in the Upper Palatinate was assigned to the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district .

District officials and district administrators

Population development

year Residents source
1864 22.801
1885 25,219
1900 23,549
1910 24,167
1925 23,029
1939 22,211
1950 28,156
1960 24,600
1971 24,800

Communities

Before the beginning of the Bavarian regional reform, the Vohenstrauß district comprised 37 communities in the 1960s:

The following communities were incorporated during the existence of the district:

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign VOH 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 Neustadt an der Waldnaab district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

  • Gerhard Gietl, Alfred Hoeppner: The district of Vohenstrauss. Publishing house for authorities and economy Hoeppner, Munich 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 586 .
  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. 664 .
  4. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population figures of the district offices 1864 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
  6. ↑ a b www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
  7. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
  8. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
  9. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
  10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
  11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973
  12. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria 1964