Hirschberg, Thuringia
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Location of the town of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
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| 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 |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saale-Orla-Kreis |
| Mayor | Rüdiger Wohl |
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| Area | 24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 454 m (1490 ft) |
| Population | 2,343 (31 December 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 97 /km2 (252 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SOK |
| Postal code | 07927 |
| Area code | 036644 |
| 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).
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History [edit]
| 1154: | First mentioned in documents.[2] |
| 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 [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Trend of population figures (reference[4] 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 [edit]
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View of the town, with church and mansion
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Museum of Hirschberg
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Village Hall
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See also [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hirschberg_(Saale) |
References [edit]
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 2 July 2012.
- ^ 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)
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