Waldmünchen district

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '  N , 12 ° 42'  E
Basic data (as of 1972)
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
Administrative headquarters :	Waldmünchen
Area :	274.4 km 2
Residents:	16,200 (May 27, 1970)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	WÜM
Circle key :	09 3 49
Circle structure:	36 municipalities
Location of the district of Waldmünchen in Bavaria

The district of Waldmünchen belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Upper Palatinate . Its former area is now in the Cham district .

geography

Important places

The communities with the largest population were Waldmünchen , Rötz , Tiefenbach and Schönthal .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered counterclockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Oberviechtach , Neunburg vorm Wald , Roding and Cham . In the northeast, the district bordered on Czechoslovakia .

history

district Court

When Bavaria was reorganized in 1803, the Waldmünchen district court was created from the Waldmünchen nursing office . After the establishment of the kingdom (1806), the district court of Waldmünchen was assigned to the Regenkreis in 1808 , which was renamed Upper Palatinate in 1838 .

District Office

The district office in 1862 Waldmünchen followed the same area district court order of older forest Munich.

district

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

On July 1, 1940, the communities of Babilon , Böhmisch Kubitzen , Chodenschloß , Grafenried , Haselbach , Hochofen , Klentsch , Mauthaus , Meigelshof , Possigkau and water soups from the district of Markt Eisenstein were assigned separately to the Bavarian district of Waldmünchen. After the Second World War , they returned to Czechoslovakia .

In 1946, the district of Waldmünchen received the municipality of Ried bei Gleißenberg from the district of Cham. It was incorporated into Gleißenberg .

On July 1, 1972, the district of Waldmünchen was added to the district of Cham as part of the regional reform in Bavaria, together with the Lower Bavarian district of Kötzting and the eastern part of the district of Roding .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1864	16,659
1885	16,738
1900	15,805
1910	15,943
1925	15,291
1939	23.202
1950	19,576
1960	16,000
1971	16,300

Communities

Before the start of the Bavarian regional reform, the district of Waldmünchen comprised 36 communities in the 1960s:

Albernhof Branch Bernried Biberbach Breitenried Diepoltsried Döfering Fahnersdorf Violinist

Gleißenberg Grassersdorf Herzogau Hiltersried Hocha Hell Katzbach Katzelsried Lixenried

Loitendorf Pillmersried Premeischl Prosdorf Rannersdorf Rötz , city Sheep farm Schonthal Sinzendorf

Spielberg Steegen Steinlohe Thurau Tiefenbach Treffelstein Ulrichsgrün Untergrafenried Waldmünchen , city

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

• Berndorf , on January 1, 1946 at Rötz
• Englmannsbrunn , to Ast on January 1, 1946
• Flischbach , to Steegen before 1939
• Gmünd , on January 1, 1946 in Rötz
• Hetzmannsdorf , on January 1st, 1946 in Rötz

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WÜM 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 Cham district as a result of the license plate liberalization . The license plate is nationwide the only case with a "letter turner". According to the place name, the distinguishing mark would have to be WMÜ . Because of the pronounceability and comprehensibility in police radio, it became WÜM at that time.

literature

• Günther U. Müller: Our district of Waldmünchen. Waldmünchen district, Waldmünchen 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. 588 .
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. 665 .
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. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section II, p. VI ( digitized version ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
7. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, p. 10 * ( digitized version ).
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. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 631 ( digitized version ).
13. ↑ WÜM: Unique in Germany Mittelbayerische Zeitung from February 19, 2013 - accessed on May 10. 2018