Mainkreis (Bavaria)

Bavaria was divided into districts in 1808

The Mainkreis with the capital Bamberg was one of the districts of the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1806 to 1837 (from 1817 as Obermainkreis) it was the forerunner of the later administrative district of Upper Franconia .

structure

Cities in the immediate vicinity of the district

Bamberg, Bayreuth (from 1812), Hof (from 1812) and Schweinfurt

Regional courts

The circle was divided into the following regional courts (LG) of the older order or power courts (HG):

Bamberg I , Bamberg II , Banz (LG, from 1813 HG ), Baunach (from 1808), Burgebrach , Ebermannstadt , Ebnath (HG, from 1816), Ebrach , Eschenbach (from 1810), Gefrees (from 1812), Gleusdorf (to 1808), Hallstadt , Heinersreuth (HG, from 1816), Höchstadt (until 1810), Hof (from 1812), Hollfeld , Kemnath (from 1810), Kirchenlamitz (from 1812), Kronach , Kulmbach (from 1812), Lauenstein , Lichtenfels , Mitwitz (HG, from 1813), Münchberg (from 1812), Naila (from 1812), Neustadt an der Waldnaab (from 1810), Pegnitz (from 1812), Pottenstein (from 1810), Rehau (from 1812), Scheßlitz , Schweinfurt (until 1810), Selb (from 1812), Seßlach (from 1812), Stadtsteinach , Tambach (HG, from 1814), Teuschnitz , Tirschenreuth (from 1810), Waldsassen (from 1810), Weidenberg (from 1812), Weismain and Wunsiedel (from 1812)

history

In the years 1806 to 1808 the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided into 15 (state) districts, whose names were based on rivers:

Main district (Bamberg),
Pegnitzkreis ( Nuremberg ),
Rezatkreis ( Ansbach ),
Naabkreis ( Amberg ),
Regenkreis ( Regensburg and Straubing ),
Altmühlkreis ( Eichstätt ),
Upper Danube District ( Ulm ),
Lechkreis ( Augsburg ),
Isarkreis ( Munich ),
Salzach district ( Burghausen ),
Lower Danube District ( Passau ),
Illerkreis ( Kempten with Vorarlberg ),
Innkreis ( Innsbruck ),
Eisackkreis ( Brixen and Bozen ) and
Etschkreis ( Trient ).

This was determined by a very high ordinance for the territorial division of the kingdom of June 21, 1808.

The Main District with the capital Bamberg initially comprised 18 regional courts and since 1809 the district-direct cities of Bamberg and Schweinfurt. In 1810 it was enlarged considerably after the Naab district was dissolved . In 1812 it was enlarged again by receiving, among other things, 12 regional courts of the Principality of Bayreuth . Bayreuth became the county seat . The Mainkreis was renamed Obermainkreis in 1817 and enlarged somewhat. At the same time the new Lower Main District was built. During the territorial reform initiated by King Ludwig I on November 29, 1837, the Upper Palatinate regional courts, which were formerly part of the Naab district, were renamed Upper Franconia.

General commissioners of the Mainkreis

Term of office	General commissioner
1810-1814	Friedrich Karl Count of Thürnheim
1815-1832	Constantin Ludwig Freiherr von Welden
1832–1837, 1838–1840 as district president	Ferdinand Freiherr von Andrian-Werburg

literature

Richard Bauer, Reinhard Heydenreuter, Gerhard Heyl, Emma Mages, Max Piendl, August Scherl, Bernhard Zettel (authors): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . Ed .: Wilhelm Volkert. CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 .
AH Hoenig (Hrsg.): Topographical-alphabetical handbook on the cities, markets, villages, hamlets, mills and wastelands in the Upper Main District . Bayreuth 1820 ( digitized ).
Karl Friedrich Hohn (Ed.): Geographical-statistical description of the Upper Main district . J. Dederich, Bamberg 1827 ( digitized version ).