Regensburg (district)
The district of Regensburg is the southernmost district of the administrative region Upper Palatinate in eastern Bavaria. It is bordered on the northwest by the district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate, to the north by the county Schwandorf, in the north- east by the district of Cham (all in the Upper Palatinate ), to the east by the district of Straubing -Bogen, on the south by the district of Landshut and in the southwest to the district of Kelheim (all in Lower Bavaria ). The independent city of Regensburg is completely surrounded by the district of Regensburg.
- 4.1 District Administrators
- 4.2 Kreistag
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.4 Police indicator
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
The district is scenic diverse. It comprises the Danube Valley and the valleys of Laaber, rain and Naab, all tributaries of the Danube. In the east the district area is part of the Middle Bavarian Forest, in the west to the foothills of the Franconian Alb.
The area of the district comprises 1395.92 km ². The largest expansion of the district in east-west direction is about 61 km in north-south direction about 52 km. The highest point at 674 meters above sea level. NN is located west of Frauenzell, the deepest point is the Gmuender Au at 320 m above sea level. NN.
Geotopes
The district is 52 (as of September 2013) are the Bavarian State Office for Environmental designated geological sites. See the list of geological sites in the district of Regensburg.
Conservation
- Nature Reserves: Drabafelsen
- Eichenberg
- Gmuender Au
- Pommern and Walt Hofener slopes
- Hutberg at Fischbach
- Matt Inger slopes
- Max Schultze- climbing
- Pfatterer Au
- Stöckl Wörth
- Western Naabtalhänge at Pielenhofen
- Wuzenfelsen
History
1803 Before the territories of present-day district of Regensburg belonged primarily to the Bishopric of Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria and to the Duchy of Pfalz- Neuburg. 1628 Upper Palatinate fell to Bavaria, which also parts of present-day district. Already in 1803, the district court Stadtamhof was built. 1810 the city of Regensburg was a circular immediate city. 1811 nor was the district office Regenstauf. Furthermore, there was a rule court Wörth, from the 1850 eponymous district court was built. The city of Regensburg and all District Courts were part of the rain circle, which was renamed in 1838 in Bavaria.
1857 the new district court Regensburg was built from 43 municipalities of the district court Stadtamhof and a municipality of the district court Kelheim. However, the district court reduced Stadtamhof continued to exist. 1862 of the Regional Courts Regensburg and Worth the district office Regensburg and composed of the District Courts Stadtamhof and Regenstauf the district office Stadtamhof. However, the city of Regensburg, was not one of these districts. The judicial districts within the district office Regensburg were changed in 1879 and 1905. Also, the district Stadtamhof was extended in 1879 by the inclusion of communities in the neighboring districts Hemau, Kelheim and Roding. Significantly enlarged in 1924, the territory of the city of Regensburg by incorporations at the expense of the district Stadtamhof. In 1929, the county Stadtamhof was eventually dissolved and its territory assigned to the district office Regensburg.
The still remaining county Regensburg was renamed in 1939 into the district office Regensburg, the respective district " district of Regensburg ". 1946 two communities were reclassified in the district of Straubing.
As part of local government reform in 1972, the district of Regensburg received its present size, by being extended to places of previous counties Parsberg, Mallersdorf, Burglengenfeld and Rottenburg an der Laaber (2 communities ). In the east, the district of Regensburg issued a total of six communities in the districts of Straubing-Bogen and Cham.
Policy
District administrators
In the district election of 2008 Herbert Mirbeth sat in the first round with 50.73 % against by Tanja Schweiger of the outdoors voters ( 18.46% ), Josef Weitzer of the SPD ( 18.01% ) and other three candidates.
In the district election of 2014 sat Tanja Schweiger of the outdoors voters in the second round with 60.88 % against Peter Aumer of the CSU ( 39.12 %) by. Paula Wolf of the SPD (6.70 %) and other three candidates had been eliminated in the first ballot.
Council
The result of the district council election on 2 March 2008:
- CSU 32 seats
- SPD 13 seats
- FW 12 seats
- GREEN 4 seats
- ödp / Party Free environmentalists 4 seats
- FDP 3 seats
- REP 2 seats
The result of the County Council Election of 16 March 2014:
- CSU 30 seats
- FW 18 seats
- SPD 10 seats
- GREEN 5 seats
- ödp / Party Free environmentalists 4 seats
- FDP 2 seats
- REP 1 seat
Coat of arms
Lower wing main with the Bavarian lozenges split of red and silver; front a silver oblique beams, rear a red Tatzenkreuz.
Vehicle registration number
The license number is in both the city of Regensburg as well as in the district of "R". For cars can be partially but nevertheless the origin of the car can be distinguished: Allen urban car is basically a number with exactly two letters and three digits or a letter ( only B, F, G, I, O and Q) and one to three digits assigned. The remaining combinations are reserved for holders of the county, where there are exceptions. Plate with two letters and four digits can be applied both in town and in the county without restriction.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The capital of the district of Oberpfalz is the junction of major railways which have been initially created by the AG Bayerische Ostbahnen:
In 1859 the first railway line from Munich Regensburg reached over Sünching and went on to Schwandorf - Amberg - Nuremberg.
In 1873 followed the direct route via Neumarkt to Nuremberg. In the same year you could also Landshut - take the shortest route via Eggmühl Munich, while from Sünching only towards Straubing - was driven Passau.
1874 Donautalbahn been to Saalbach - Ingolstadt taken by the Bavarian State Railways in operation. 1875 by her chain in Sinzing from the short branch line to Alling.
No further State Lokalbahnen followed after the turn of the century: 1903: Eggmühl - Hemlock - Long Quaid and 1913: Regensburg Wutzlhofen - Wenzenbach - Falkenstein.
A peculiar feature is the narrow-gauge railway in the Walhalla local railway Aktien-Gesellschaft München, 1889 to Donaustauf and 1903, further drove down from Stadtamhof to Wörth on the river Danube. Here, the passenger has already been shut down in 1960; on the other local railway routes in the years 1967/68 and 1984, a total of 50 km:
This left the main lanes at 112 km in length.
The district of Regensburg is accessed through the motorways A3 ( Passau -Nuremberg ) and A 93 (Munich - yard ).
Cities and Towns
The district of Regensburg comprises 41 municipalities, 3 cities and 8 markets.
(Area in km ² on 31 December 2001, population figures of 31 December 2012)
Cities
Markets
Communities
Management Communities
Free community areas ( 53.13 km ²)
Towns and villages of the district before the municipal reform 1971/78
Before the local government reform of the district of Regensburg had 140 municipalities ( see list below). ( The towns that still exist today are in bold ):