Nuremberg planning region

Location of the planning region in Germany

The planning region Nuremberg or planning region Nuremberg (7) called (also: Nuremberg region or Nuremberg conurbation ), is one of a total of 18 planning regions of the Free State of Bavaria . Together with Nuremberg (center of the region) and its independent neighboring cities of Fürth , Erlangen and Schwabach, it forms the Nuremberg agglomeration and the core of the Nuremberg metropolitan region . Until April 30, 2014 it was the planning region of the industrial region of Middle Franconia .

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Map of the planning region Nuremberg

The Nuremberg planning region is located in the eastern part of the Central Franconia administrative region and forms an important part of the European metropolitan region of Nuremberg . The following bodies are united in the Regional Planning Association for the Nuremberg Region : the four independent cities of Erlangen , Fürth , Nuremberg and Schwabach and the four districts of Erlangen-Höchstadt , Fürth , Nürnberger Land and Roth as well as the associated district communities. In 2019 there were 1,353,032 inhabitants in the region, at 461 E / km² on an area of 2,934.67 km² in 86 municipalities. The four neighboring cities of Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach accounted for 800,376 inhabitants on 367.5 km² (corresponds to 2,178 U / km²), which together form one of the three metropolises in Bavaria as a multiple center.

The cities of Hersbruck , Herzogenaurach , Lauf ad Pegnitz and Roth are among the regional centers .

The cities of Altdorf b. Nuremberg , Hilpoltstein , Höchstadt ad Aisch are sub-centers that were classified as possible medium-sized centers. Further sub-centers in the planning region are Allersberg , Georgensgmünd , Greding , Langenzenn and Schnaittach .

The small centers in the Nuremberg region include Abenberg , Adelsdorf , Burgthann , Cadolzburg , Großhabersdorf , Heideck , Hemhofen , Mühlhausen , Neuhaus adP , Pommelsbrunn , Röttenbach , Roßtal , Schwanstetten , Spalt , Thalmässing , Velden , Weisendorf and Wilhermsdorf .

history

In 1972 the Free State of Bavaria was divided into 18 planning regions on the basis of the Bavarian State Planning Act of 1970. The Regional Planning Association was established in 1973. The current association chairman is Matthias Thürauf , Lord Mayor of Schwabach.

Education and Research

The Nuremberg region has the second largest collection of universities and colleges in Bavaria. The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) with its locations in Nuremberg and Erlangen is the third largest Bavarian university. Furthermore, the TH Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm (THN) is the oldest polytechnic school in Bavaria in the region. In addition to the art schools Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg and Nuremberg Academy of Music are also the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg (EVHN), the Fuerth Wilhelm Löhe University (WLH), the International Business School Nuremberg (IBS) and a branch of the College of Economics and Management ( FOM) resident. The Technical University of Nuremberg , the tenth Bavarian state university, is planned to open on the former Südbahnhof area by 2025 .

Nuremberg is also a center for information and communication technology as well as power electronics and has the Optical Center of Excellence of Lucent Technologies , its largest research center outside the USA, the Fraunhofer Institute , the Fraunhofer working group for technologies in the logistics service industry ATL, a branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics , the Energie Campus Nürnberg , the Nuremberg Campus of Technology , the Research Institute for Company Education and the Institute for Employment Research have a large number of research institutes. Erlangen also owns the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), at which the MP3 file format was developed, among other things, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB), the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light , the research center of Siemens AG , the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern) Department of Thermosensors and Photovoltaics and the Bavarian Laser Center (BLZ) as well as a large number of institutes active in various research fields.

economy

The planning region of Nuremberg is made up of industrial companies ( Siemens , Leistritz Group , Schmitt + Sohn ), sporting goods manufacturers ( Adidas , Puma , uvex ), toy manufacturers ( Playmobil , Simba-Dickie-Group , Trix ), stationery manufacturers ( Faber-Castell , Lyra , Staedtler , Schwan -Stabilo ), the automotive industry ( Leoni , MAN , Schaeffler ), armaments companies ( Diehl , RUAG Ammotec ), service providers ( DATEV , Ergo Direkt , GfK , Nürnberger Versicherung ), printers and publishers ( Olympia-Verlag , Tessloff Verlag , Verlag Nürnberger Presse ) and Tourism ( museums , Christkindlesmarkt , congresses, trade fairs ) an important business location in Bavaria.

Population development

The following table shows the population development in the Nuremberg region since 1970, divided into its eight districts:

year	Population on January 1st
year	Nuremberg city	Fürth city	Erlangen city	Schwabach city	Nuremberg country	Fürth country	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Roth	Nuremberg region
1970	477.108	94,774	84.110	31,268	136.275	75,261	79,752	88,650	1,067,198
1987	470.943	97,480	99,808	35,627	149.127	93,861	106.113	103,944	1,156,903
2000	486,628	110,477	100.064	38.213	168.024	112,896	128,939	124.187	1,269,428
2010	503.673	114.044	105.164	38,879	166.260	114,810	131,448	124.186	1,298,464
2015	509.975	124.171	108.227	40,428	167,643	114.291	134.136	125.140	1,324,011
2020	518.370	128,497	112,528	40,981	170,792	117,853	137.262	126,749	1,353,032
year	Nuremberg city	Fürth city	Erlangen city	Schwabach city	Nuremberg country	Fürth country	Erlangen-Höchstadt	Roth	Nuremberg region

Web links

Website of the regional planning association

Individual evidence

↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics - Table 12411-001: Update of the population: Population: municipalities, reference dates (last 6) from July 10, 2019 (population figures based on the 2011 census)
↑ Population - Stock and population density on December 31, 2015. (PDF) Government of Middle Franconia, July 14, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on May 19, 2017 .
↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics - Table 12411-001: Update of the population: Population: municipalities, reference dates (last 6) from July 10, 2019 (population figures based on the 2011 census)
↑ Population - Stock and population density on December 31, 2015. (PDF) Government of Middle Franconia, July 14, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on May 19, 2017 .
↑ Söder: From now on we plan and then build! Land for the Technical University of Nuremberg handed over to the Free State of Bavaria on bayern.de, October 9, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018

[1] Bavarian State Office for Statistics - Table 12411-001: Update of the population: Population: municipalities, reference dates (last 6) from July 10, 2019 (population figures based on the 2011 census)

[2] Population - Stock and population density on December 31, 2015. (PDF) Government of Middle Franconia, July 14, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on May 19, 2017 .

[3] Bavarian State Office for Statistics - Table 12411-001: Update of the population: Population: municipalities, reference dates (last 6) from July 10, 2019 (population figures based on the 2011 census)

[4] Population - Stock and population density on December 31, 2015. (PDF) Government of Middle Franconia, July 14, 2016, p. 1 , accessed on May 19, 2017 .

[5] Söder: From now on we plan and then build! Land for the Technical University of Nuremberg handed over to the Free State of Bavaria on bayern.de, October 9, 2018, accessed October 10, 2018