Tirschenreuth (district)

Tirschenreuth
District

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Oberpfalz
Capital	Tirschenreuth
Area
• Total	1,085.08 km² (418.95 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)^[1]
• Total	73,457
• Density	68/km² (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	TIR
Website	landkreis-tirschenreuth.de

Tirschenreuth is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the south, clockwise) Neustadt (Waldnaab), Bayreuth and Wunsiedel. To the east are the Czech districts of Plzeň and Karlovy Vary.

Geography

The district is located in the hills of the Fichtelgebirge. Main rivers in the district are the Waldnaab and the Fichtelnaab.

History

The district was formed in 1972 by merging the previous districts Tirschenreuth and Kemnath.

Coat of arms

The golden lion in the left of the coat of arms is the symbol if the Electorate of the Palatinate. The red dragon in the right is the symbol of the Waldsassen Abbey, and symbolizes the margravate of Diepolding. Only the upper part of the dragon is shown (while the monastery had the full dragon as their symbol), to symbolize that the status of the monastery was reduced in 1803 from an imperial monastery to a subordinate of the Palatinate. The blue bar in the bottom right is the symbol of the landgraves of Leuchtenberg, parts of the historically owned by them was included into the district in 1972.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Markt	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Bärnau Erbendorf Kemnath¹ Mitterteich¹ Tirschenreuth Waldershof Waldsassen	Falkenberg¹ Fuchsmühl Konnersreuth Mähring Neualbenreuth Plößberg Wiesau¹	Kemnath Krummennaab Mitterteich Neusorg Wiesau	Brand Ebnath Friedenfels Immenreuth Kastl Krummennaab Kulmain Leonberg Neusorg Pechbrunn Pullenreuth Reuth bei Erbendorf
¹ administrated inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Municipal association)

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Tirschenreuth.

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg

Coordinates: 49°50′N 12°20′E / 49.83°N 12.33°E / 49.83; 12.33

Authority control	VIAF: 245644765 GND: 4060213-8

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