Hirschberg, Thuringia
Hirschberg | |
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View of the town | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district | |
Hirschberg Hirschberg | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′21″N 11°49′12″E / 50.40583°N 11.82000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saale-Orla-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–30) | Ronald Schricker[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 454 m (1,490 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,105 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 07927 |
| Dialling codes | 036644 |
| Vehicle registration | SOK |
| Website | www.stadt-hirschberg-saale.de |
Hirschberg (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 20 km south of Schleiz, 12 km northwest of Hof (Bavaria), and 25 km southwest of Plauen (Saxony).
History
| 1154: | First mentioned in documents.[3] |
| 1871-1918: | Within the German Empire, Hirschberg was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera. |
| 1966-1990: | Hirschberg served as East German inner German border crossing for cars travelling between the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972). |
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Hirschberg crossing passport stamp.
Demographics, politics and government
Hirschberg is located next to the motorway A 9 (Berlin – Munich). The city includes the subdivisions: Juchhöh, Göritz, Sparnberg, Ullersreuth and Venzka.
Annexation of Subdivisions
The dates into the brackets are the first documentary citations.[4]
- 1. January 1974: Venzka (24. July 1348) with Juchhöh (1713-1715)
- 8. March 1994: Göritz (20. February 1282), Sparnberg (1202) and Ullersreuth (1246)
Population
Trend of population figures (reference[5] is starting at 1994):
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1830 — 1995
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1996 — 2000
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2001 — 2004
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2006 — 2009
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Culture
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Museum of Hirschberg
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Village Hall
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hirschberg_(Saale).
References
- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.
- ^ W.Kahl Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer bis 1300 Verlag Rockstuhl Bad Langensalza 2001 S. 31 ISBN 3-934748-58-9
- ^ Wolfgang Kahl: Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer, Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza,2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0, S.298,134,93,169,292
- ^ Thuringia State Office for Statistics (German)