Kronach (district)

The district Kronach is the northernmost county of the district of Upper Franconia in Bavaria. Neighboring districts are in the north of the Thuringian district of Saalfeld -Rudolstadt, in the Northeastern also Thuringian Saale- Orla-Kreis, in the eastern district of Hof, in the south of the districts of Kulmbach and Lichtenfels, in the southwest of Coburg and west of the Thuringian district of Sonneberg.

• 3.1 District
• 3.2 County Council Election 2014
• 3.3 County Council Election 2008
• 3.4 County Council Election 2002
• 3.5 sponsorship

• 4.1 Established businesses
• 4.2 traffic 4.2.1 Railway
• 4.2.2 roads

• 7.1 geotopes

Geography

The district area has mainly share in the Franconian Forest, the covered with heights up to 700 m to the north, east and southeast of the county area. Tettau are Steinbach am Wald and Ludwigstadt am Rennsteig. In the southwest of the Obermainische hill country lies with heights between 200 and 500 m among other things, the county town of Kronach. It is called by the Unterrodach, also Tame Unterrodach, as well as their source river Wilde Unterrodach traversed. The Unterrodach rises in the north-east of the circle, then flows in a southwesterly direction and opens outside the circle in the Main. In Kronach it takes the light coming from the north Haßlach on.

History

The area of present-day district Kronach belonged predominantly to the Bishopric of Bamberg before 1800. 1802 became part of Bavaria. 1804, the District Courts Kronach, Lauenstein and Teuschnitz were formed, which were part of the main circuit, from 1817 to the Upper Main District, from 1838 to Upper Franconia. 1837 the seat of the District Courts Lauenstein was moved to Louis city and Teuschnitz to North Half. 1862 both district courts were pooled for county Teuschnitz, simultaneously arose from the District Court of the District Office Kronach Kronach. 1880, the district office Teuschnitz was dissolved and its communities affiliated to the district office Kronach. But the district office Teuschnitz in 1888 was re- established because of poor transport connection to Kronach. 1931, it was finally resolved. His congregations were but two to the district office Kronach. The district office and the district Kronach were renamed in the district office or district Kronach 1939. During the period of German division, the district area to the north, west and east was completed through the border fortifications of the German Democratic Republic. Places like Welitsch, Nordhalben or Burggrub were close to the border; the border fortifications are still partially identifiable (in particular in Welitsch at Pressig ).

In the 1972 local government reorganization, the county Kronach was not changed except for minor boundary adjustments. The municipality was incorporated into Dürrenwaid Geroldsgrün in the neighboring county court. The market town Seibelsdorf out of the former county town of Steinach joined with four other communities together to market Marktrodach.

Population and Religion

In the years after the Second World War, the population of the county grew, Kronach sharply ( see graph). While in 1939 only 62,500 residents were counted, there were about 82,000 in 1950. Since the 1970s, the population goes back again. Currently (as of 31/12/2012 ) 69,000 people live in the county.

About 56 % of the population belong to the Roman Catholic and 38% of the Protestant denomination. The communities Wall Rock, Pressig and Steinbach am Wald are almost exclusively Catholic, however, Küps and Mitwitz dominated Protestant. The proportion of foreigners is relatively low at 4%.

Population Development

Between 1988 and 2008 the county Kronach lost over 3,000, or 4% of its inhabitants.

The following numbers refer to the territorial status of 25 May 1987.

Policy

• CSU: 21
• SPD: 14
• FW: 9
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• Green: 2
• FDP: 1

District

District since 1998 Oswald Marr (SPD ), who won at the District 2010 election with 66.17 % of the vote against Jens grain (CSU ). Its predecessor was since 1989 the country later Minister Werner Schnappauf (CSU ).

County Council Election 2014

The county council is the legislative period 2014-2020 ( from 1 May 2014) of 50 county councils ( plus District ):

• CSU 21 seats
• SPD 14 seats
• FW 9 seats
• Mrs. list 3 seats
• GREEN 2 seats
• FDP 1 seat

County Council Election 2008

The district council 2008-2014 consists of 60 members ( plus District ):

• CSU 26 seats
• SPD 19 seats
• FW 10 seats
• Mrs. list 3 seats
• GREEN 2 seats

County Council Election 2002

The district council 2002-2008 consisted of 60 members ( plus District ):

• CSU 29 seats
• SPD 21 seats
• FW 7 seats
• Mrs. list 2 seats
• GREEN 1 seat

Sponsorship

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

• Dr. Schneider ( Plastics Engineering )
• Carl Link Publisher
• Confiserie Burg Lauenstein GmbH
• Lear Corporation GmbH & Co. KG ( Automotive )
• Heinz- Glas GmbH in Kleintettau at Tettau
• Wiegand-Glas in Steinbach am Wald

Traffic

Railway

The main town of the district Kronach in the Franconian Forest received in 1861 by the branching in the Main valley of the Ludwig South-North Railway Hochstadt - Stockheimer railways the first port to the rail network. The 1863 to Stockheim extended railway was built in 1885 continued by the Bavarian State Railways across the border in Thuringia. In Ludwig city was at the same time a branch railway from the slate quarries of Lehesten.

Only after the turn of the century yet emerged branch paths:

In Steinachtal some communities received following the first completed in 1920 by the German State Railroad branch line Ebersdorf - Neustadt bei Coburg.

On all branch lines (62 km ) of the persons is gradually in 1945, was 1952/1954 and decommissioned from 1972 to 1976:

This remained only the smaller part of the original network of 107 kilometers in length obtained.

• Federal Highway 85
• Federal Highway 89
• Federal highway 173
• Federal Highway 303

Cities and Towns

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Cities

Markets

Free community areas ( 12.71 km ²)

Communities

Management Communities

Towns and villages of the district before the municipal reform 1971/78

Prior to local government reform, the district Kronach had 96 municipalities ( see list below). ( The towns that still exist today are in bold ):

Attractions

Geotopes

The district is 45 (as of September 2013) are the Bavarian State Office for Environmental designated geological sites. See the list of geological sites in the district Kronach.

Others

In the district of the Upper Franconian dialect is predominantly spoken. In the north, on the border with Thuringia there are some places in which predominates the südostthüringische dialect. Along the western and southern district border is called the Bamberger barrier. This language border to the Main-Franconian dialects separates the Upper Franconian from Itzgründischen.

In addition, the VT 612 115 Deutsche Bahn operates under the name of the district Kronach.