Hirschberg, Thuringia

Hirschberg

Coat of arms

Hirschberg

Location of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°24′21″N 11°49′12″E / 50.40583°N 11.82000°ECoordinates: 50°24′21″N 11°49′12″E / 50.40583°N 11.82000°E

Country

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Government

• Mayor

Rüdiger Wohl

Area

• Total

24.12 km² (9.31 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

2,181

• Density

90/km² (230/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

07927

036644

SOK

Website

www.stadt-hirschberg-saale.de

Hirschberg 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.^[2]
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).

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.^[3]

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^[4] is starting at 1994):

1830 — 1995

1830: 1760
1933: 2915
1939: 2888
1994: 2923
1995: 2846

1996 — 2000

1996: 2748
1997: 2749
1998: 2674
1999: 2654
2000: 2666

2001 — 2004

2001: 2670
2002: 2653
2003: 2612
2004: 2600
2005: 2569

2006 — 2009

2006: 2526
2007: 2493
2008: 2488
2009: 2373
2010: 2352

Culture

View of the town, with church and mansion
Museum of Hirschberg
Village Hall

Towns and municipalities in Saale-Orla-Kreis

Bad Lobenstein Birkenhügel Blankenberg Blankenstein Bodelwitz Bucha Burgk Crispendorf Dittersdorf Döbritz Dreba Dreitzsch Eßbach Gefell Geroda Gertewitz Görkwitz Göschitz Gössitz Grobengereuth Harra Hirschberg Keila Kirschkau Knau Kospoda Krölpa Langenorla Lausnitz Lemnitz Linda bei Neustadt an der Orla Löhma Miesitz Mittelpöllnitz Moßbach Moxa Neundorf bei Lobenstein Neundorf bei Schleiz Neustadt an der Orla Nimritz Oberoppurg Oettersdorf Oppurg Paska Peuschen Plothen Pörmitz Pößneck Pottiga Quaschwitz Ranis Remptendorf Rosendorf Saalburg-Ebersdorf Schlegel Schleiz Schmieritz Schmorda Schöndorf Seisla Solkwitz Stanau Tanna Tegau Tömmelsdorf Triptis Volkmannsdorf Weira Wernburg Wilhelmsdorf Wurzbach Ziegenrück

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften nach Geschlecht in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 13 July 2013.
↑ 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)