Heilbronn-Franconia region

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Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
Administrative headquarters :	Heilbronn
Area :	4,764.93 km²
Residents :	909.220 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	191 inhabitants / km²
Regional breakdown:	1 urban district and 4 rural districts
Regional association
Association chairman:	Joachim Scholz
Association Director:	Klaus Mandel
Address of the regional association:	Am Wollhaus 17 74072 Heilbronn
Website :	www.rvhnf.de
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The Heilbronn-Franconia region (until May 20, 2003: Franconia region , sometimes referred to as the "Heilbronn region") is one of twelve spatial planning and planning regions in Baden-Württemberg . The region includes the city of Heilbronn , the district of Heilbronn , the Hohenlohe district , the Main-Tauber district and the district of Schwäbisch Hall . In the Middle Ages, today's Heilbronn-Franconia region belonged to the Duchy of Franconia . Today South Franconian dialects are spoken there and East Franconian dialects in the eastern parts .

This region also includes the historical Hohenlohe area , which lives on in the geographical term Hohenlohe plain .

Regional planning

As the carrier of regional planning in the region Franken became the January 1, 1973 Regional Association francs as a public corporation established. It is one of twelve regional associations in Baden-Württemberg , two of which are also responsible beyond state borders. The office of the regional association is in Heilbronn. The association assembly of the regional association of Franconia was constituted for the first time on November 14, 1973. With the amendment of the state planning law, the regional association was renamed the Heilbronn-Franconia regional association with effect from May 20, 2003 .

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

date Residents December 31, 1973 717.969 December 31, 1975 705.063 December 31, 1980 712.454 December 31, 1985 718.785 May 25, 1987 ¹ 725.463 December 31, 1990 773.511

date Residents December 31, 1995 846.936 December 31, 2000 870.799 December 31, 2005 887.673 December 31, 2010 881.927 May 9, 2011 ¹ 863.128 December 31, 2015 890.931

date Residents December 31, 2018 909.220

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2015.

Spatial planning

Map of the central areas in the Heilbronn-Franconia region

In the Heilbronn-Franken region, the city of Heilbronn is designated as the regional center . There are the following middle areas :

• Bad Mergentheim
• Crailsheim
• Heilbronn
• Künzelsau
• Neckarsulm
• Öhringen
• Schwäbisch Hall
• Tauberbischofsheim
• Wertheim

Association chairwoman of the regional association

• 1973–1977: Bruno Rühl
• 1977–1980: Rüdiger Peuckert
• 1981–1990: Erich Pretz
• 1990-1994: Reiner Casse
• 1994–2000: Günter Mayr
• 2000–2014: Helmut Himmelsbach
• since 2014: Joachim Scholz

Association directors of the regional association

• 1974–1975: Elmar Zepf
• 1975-1984: Reiner Casse
• 1984-2008: Ekkehard Hein
• since 2008: Klaus Mandel

See also

Portal: Heilbronn  - Overview of Wikipedia content on Heilbronn

• Franconia (region)

Web links

• Regional association
• Portal of the Heilbronn-Franken economic region
• Statistical information on the Heilbronn-Franken region

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Survey of land according to type of actual use in 2015