List of municipalities in the Lichtenfels district

Map of the Lichtenfels district

The list of municipalities in the Lichtenfels district gives an overview of the 11 smallest administrative units in the district . Four of the municipalities are cities , three markets. Lichtenfels is a medium-sized town , the other three, Bad Staffelstein , Burgkunstadt and Weismain are small towns . With only eleven communities, the district of Lichtenfels is the district in Bavaria with the fewest communities.

In its current form, the Lichtenfels district was created in the course of the Bavarian territorial reform carried out in 1972 . The district was formed from the district of Lichtenfels (with the exception of the municipality of Burkersdorf, which is now part of the municipality of Küps in the district of Kronach ) and most of the district of Staffelstein . The current church structure was completed in 1979. In the case of the municipalities, it is noted to which district the main town of the municipality belonged before the regional reform. The year in which they joined the municipality is noted for the suburbs of the municipalities. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform.

description

The district can be further subdivided into two administrative communities (VG):

• VG Hochstadt-Marktzeuln with the communities of Marktzeuln and Hochstadt am Main ;
• VG Redwitz an der Rodach with the communities Redwitz an der Rodach and Marktgraitz ;

The cities of Lichtenfels , Bad Staffelstein , Burgkunstadt and Weismain , like the market in Ebensfeld and the communities of Altenkunstadt and Michelau in Upper Franconia, are not members of an administrative community.

The district has a total area of ​​521.83 km ² . The district town of Lichtenfels has the largest area within the district with 122.27 km ² . This is followed by the cities of Bad Staffelstein with 99.39 km ² and Weismain with 90.14 km ² . Each municipality has an area larger than 60 km ² , 40 km ² (city of Burgkunstadt ) or 30 km ² . Three municipalities have an area of ​​over 10 km ² and two municipalities are less than 10 km ² . The smallest areas have the municipalities of Hochstadt a.Main with 13.79 km ² , Marktzeuln with 6.86 km ² and Marktgraitz with 3.75 km ² . The area of ​​the two unincorporated areas is 7.49 km ² .

The district town of Lichtenfels with 20,142 inhabitants, the cities of Bad Staffelstein with 10,434 inhabitants and Burgkunstadt with 6,446 and the municipality of Michelau in Upper Franconia with 6,329 inhabitants have the largest share of the population of the district of 66,776 inhabitants. Two communities have over 5,000 inhabitants, the city of Weismain has over 4,000 inhabitants and one municipality has over 3,000 inhabitants. The three smallest communities have over 1000 inhabitants, that is Hochstadt am Main with 1622 inhabitants, Marktzeuln with 1544 and Marktgraitz with 1134 inhabitants.

The entire district of Lichtenfels has a population density of 128 inhabitants per km ² . The largest population density within the district has the smallest municipality in terms of area, Marktgraitz with 302 inhabitants per km ^2, followed by the municipalities Michelau in Upper Franconia with 327, Marktzeuln with 225 and Redwitz an der Rodach with 231. Three municipalities have a population density of over 160, including the cities Lichtenfels and Burgkunstadt . The remaining four communities have a lower population density than the district average of 128. Two of these communities have a population density of over 100 and less than 100 inhabitants per km ² . The most sparsely populated communities are the town of Bad Staffelstein with 105, the town of Ebensfeld with 81 and the town of Weismain with 53 inhabitants per km ² .

Legend

• Municipality : Name of the municipality or city and information about the district to which the eponymous place of the municipality belonged before the regional reform
• Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. The year of incorporation is also given. This is also noted for the suburbs that belonged to a different district than the main town of today's municipality before the regional reform
• VG : Indicates membership in one of the administrative communities
• Coat of arms : coat of arms of the municipality or city
• Map : Shows the location of the municipality or city in the district
• Area : Area of ​​the city or municipality, given in square kilometers
• Population : number of people living in the municipality or city (as of December 31, 2019)
• Population density : The population density is given, calculated on the area of ​​the administrative unit, given in population per km ² (as of December 31, 2019)
• Altitude : Altitude of the eponymous town or town in meters above sea ​​level
• Image : Image from the respective municipality or city

Communities

local community	Sub-locations	VG	coat of arms	map	surface	Residents	EW density	height	image
Lichtenfels district					521.83	66,776	128
Altenkunstadt (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Altenkunstadt Burkheim Maineck Pfaffendorf Strössendorf Zeublitz				32.91	5,397	164	291
Bad Staffelstein (town) (belonged to the Staffelstein district before the regional reform)	Bad Staffelstein Banz (1978; founded in 1972 from the communities Altenbanz, Nedensdorf, Stadel and Unnersdorf) Frauendorf Grundfeld Horsdorf Schönbrunn Schwabthal Serkendorf Stublang Uetzing Unterzettlitz Wiesen Wolfsdorf				99.39	10,434	105	274
Burgkunstadt (town) (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Burgkunstadt Ebneth (1975) Gärtenroth (1977) Church (1977) Mainroth (1977) Neuses a.Main (1972) Theisau (1977) Weidnitz (1971)				40.59	6,446	159	303
Ebensfeld (market) (belonged to the Staffelstein district before the regional reform)	Ebensfeld Birkach Dittersbrunn Döringstadt (1978) Draisdorf (incorporated 1972 to Eggenbach) Eggenbach (1978) Freiberg (1978) Kleukheim (1978) Kümmel (incorporated 1972 to Kleukheim) Messenfeld (1972) Oberbrunn Oberküps (incorporated 1972 to Kleukheim) Prächting (1978) Unterbrunn (1972) Untereuses				68.73	5,596	81	255
Hochstadt a.Main (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Hochstadt am Main Obersdorf (1978) Wolfsloch (1978)	VG Hochstadt-Marktzeuln			13.79	1,622	118	280
Lichtenfels (city) (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Lichtenfels Buch a.Forst (1978) Isling (1978) Klosterlangheim (1974) Kösten (1975) Köttel (1978) Lahm b.Lichtenfels (1978) Mistelfeld (1974) Mönchkröttendorf (1975) Oberlangheim (1978) Oberwallenstadt (1959) Reundorf (1978 ) Roth (1978) Rothmannsthal (1978) Schney (1978) Seubelsdorf (1978) Stetten (1975) Trieb (1978) Weingarten (1972; belonged to the Staffelstein district before the regional reform)				122.27	20,142	165	263
Marktgraitz (market) (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Marktgraitz	VG Redwitz adRodach			3.75	1,134	302	292
Marktzeuln (market) (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Marktzeuln Zettlitz	VG Hochstadt-Marktzeuln			6.86	1,544	225	292
Michelau i.OFr. (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Michelau i.OFr. Lettenreuth (1977) Neuensee (1978) Schwürbitz (1978)				19.36	6.329	327	266
Redwitz adRodach (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Redwitz adRodach Mannsgereuth Trainau	VG Redwitz adRodach			14.66	3,381	231	291
Weismain (city) (belonged to the Lichtenfels district before the regional reform)	Weismain Arnstein Buckendorf Fesselsdorf Geutenreuth Großziegenfeld Kaspauer Kleinziegenfeld Modschiedel Neudorf Wallersberg Weiden				90.14	4,751	53	316
Unregulated areas	Breitengüßbacher Forst (2.40 km 2 ) Neuensorger Forest (5.09 km 2 )				7.49

See also

• List of places in the Lichtenfels district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
3. ↑ BayernViewer of the Bavarian Surveying Administration (accessed on July 24, 2010)