Nürnberger Land

The Nuremberg County is the easternmost county in the Bavarian administrative region of Middle Franconia. Neighboring districts are the districts of Forchheim and Bayreuth, in the eastern district of Amberg -Sulzbach, in the south of the district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate and in the west the counties Roth and Erlangen- Hochstadt, and the district-free city of Nuremberg in the north.

• 5.1 Road traffic
• 5.2 Rail transport

Geography

The district area is part of the Swabian- Franconian cuesta, especially with the foreland to the Franconian Alb. Large parts of the district is covered by forest. The largest river is the Pegnitz, which reached from the north east, north of Neuhaus an der Pegnitz the circle area, then flows in a southerly direction. To the west of Grassington it turns west, then flows through, among others, the cities Hersbruck and Lauf an der Pegnitz and leaves the circle area in the west of the city limits of Nuremberg again.

History

The circular area belonged before 1800 mainly for the imperial city of Nuremberg, and came in 1803 or 1806 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1803, the district court Schnaittach was built, which was named in 1809 after his home state court Lauf an der Pegnitz. 1808, the District Courts Nuremberg, Altdorf and Hersbruck were built. They all belonged to the Pegnitz county, from 1810 to Rezatkreis, which was renamed in 1838 in Middle Franconia. The city of Nuremberg was already in 1809 become a circular immediate city with its own municipal court.

1862, the District Courts Nuremberg and Altdorf were the Nuremberg district office and the district courts and running Hersbruck united to the district office Hersbruck. The district office Nuremberg was in the following years in different sections from several communities in the city of Nuremberg. In 1898 there were from three communities in the district office Hersbruck, but was awarded two municipalities from district office Neumarkt. 1908 ( county Hersbruck so far ) established a separate county for the space Lauf an der Pegnitz. In 1939, the three district offices (Nuremberg, running and Hersbruck ) have been renamed to district offices and associated districts in counties.

As part of local government reform in Bavaria on June 1, 1972, a new county was formed out of the majority of the counties Nuremberg and running, the county Hersbruck and some municipalities of the districts Erlangen, Forchheim, Pegnitz and Eschenbach, who was first called the district of Lauf an der Pegnitz, but in Nuremberg County was renamed in 1973.

Cities and Towns

The Nuremberg County comprises 27 municipalities, including five cities and three markets. The state of the population figures is listed at 31 December 2012, which individual places are in the list of places in the district Nürnberger Land.

Cities

Markets

Management Communities

Communities

Free community areas ( 130.24 km ²)

Policy

District

The District Administrator of the Nuremberg country since May 1, 2008 Armin Kroder ( FWG ). Deputy District is Norbert deer (SPD ), 1 Another deputy district administrator Achim Dobbert ( Green ). It is followed by Andreas Koegel (CSU ) of the 2nd Additional Deputy District Administrator.

Council

The council consists of 70 Kreisrätinnen and county councils and the district administration. In the current council, the district councils relate to the following parties:

• CSU 26 seats
• SPD 19 seats
• FW 13 seats
• GREEN 8 seats
• FDP 2 seats
• REP 2 seats

(As of election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

Blazon: Over blue sign foot, is one among half a silver mill wheel, split; front in gold a red reinforced half black eagle at the opening, behind five times diagonally divided red and silver.

The coat of arms of the district contains in its upper part the little Nuremberg city arms. It serves as a reference to the former territory of the former free imperial city of Nuremberg, which largely coincides with the area of ​​today's district Nürnberger Land.

Blue and silver in the sign symbolize the Pegnitz with its tributaries, the water wheel, the early settlement of mills on the rivers and thus the pre-industrial commercial use of hydropower already in medieval times.

• List of coats of arms in the district Nürnberger Land

District partnerships

Partnerships maintains the county with the county Annaberg in Saxony and the Bács -Kiskun in Hungary.

Economy and infrastructure

The Nuremberg County is located in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. While the western part of the district is heavily influenced by the metropolitan area of Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen, and the manufacturing and industry, occurs east to more prominent the rural character. The county with 27 cities, towns and communities has around 167,000 inhabitants. The trend is slightly decreasing, the average age increases, however, to. The impact of demographic change are nationwide to watch. The Nürnberger Land proves in this development to be relatively stable. Addressing these demographic trends is not only to provide for federal and European level. It is also locally a central task for the future of society, politics, businesses, municipalities and county.

The typical feature of the economy in the district Nürnberger Land is its balanced industry structure. The Nuremberg country is home to a variety of sometimes global companies. So-called hidden champions are present with their products in numerous devices and machines all over the world. Whether technical ceramics, automotive supply industry, machine and tool, whether plastic industry and household goods, the variety is almost limitless. Of course, the crafts, the service sector, trade and agriculture and forestry play an important and influential role the county.

Road

The district is connected via the A 3, A 6, A 9 and A 73 to the motorway network and is crossed by the B 8 and B 14 in east-west direction. Three of the five interchanges the metropolitan area located in the district. In addition, the airport in the north of Nuremberg can be reached in few minutes by car, as is the port of Nuremberg.

Rail transport

Of particular importance are the three commuter rail lines, with which large parts of the county closely at Nuremberg and the District of Neumarkt. are connected. Furthermore, there by various R -Bahn hourly connections both within the circular area as well as in the neighboring districts of Amberg -Sulzbach and Bayreuth. The connection to the long-distance transport is ensured over Nuremberg Central Station.

Since 1859 is in the lower Pegnitztal the railway line Nuremberg - Schwandorf on both Amberg to Regensburg as well as via Furth im Wald to the Czech Republic. On the right side of the valley was 1877, the connection through the upper Pegnitztal from Nuremberg via Bayreuth Nennslingen direction and Marktredwitz to Cheb added. Since then the two cities run and Hersbruck each have two stations " left " and "right of the Pegnitz ". Both are major routes between Hersbruck (right Pegnitz ) and Grassington connected.

The left Pegnitz route is electrified since 2010 to Hartmannshof for S1 Bamberg Nuremberg Hbf - Hartmannshof. In Hartmannshof is connected via Neukirchen b.Sulzbach -Rosenberg to the R41 after Vilseck and Freihung Weiden idOPf. The S2 Roth- Schwabach -Nürnberg Hbf - wet -Altdorf operated stations in the district of the wet, moss creek ( b wet ), Winkelhaid, Ludersheim, Altdorf Altdorf and West. Since the commissioning of the S3 Nuremberg Hbf - wet - Neumarkt in December 2010, the trains of the R5 Nuremberg Hbf - Neumarkt- Parsberg hold at any station in the district more. Instead, the wet stations, wet east, Ochenbruck, Mimberg, Thann castle and Oberferrieden be served by the S3.

On the right-side path branches off in Neunkirchen am Sand from the route Simmelsdorf - Hüttenbach. It leads to the valley of Schnaittach on the same market in the Franconian Alb. This route is served by the R train 31 from Nuremberg via run (right Pegnitz ) to Simmelsdorf - Hüttenbach. In Hersbruck station (right Pegnitz ) is possible, the transition to the line R4 On Amberg towards Schwandorf. North of Neuhaus chain in Ranna, built in 1882 branch line to Auerbach idOPf. from. After degradation of the route and the Ranna station was no longer served.

From 1871 opened Nuremberg- Regensburg Neumarkt, the Bavarian State Railways in damp had two branch lines branch off: since 1878, the route leads to Altdorf, while the established route in 1886 to Wendelstein was operated until 1960 and then removed. The local railway Burgthann - Allersberg in operation from 1902 to 1973. It routes were shut down in a length of 28.2 miles:

Thus, a total of 122 km of railway lines are still operated.

Nature Reserves

In the district of Nürnberger Land located 8 designated nature conservation areas are located with a total area of ​​about 1160 hectares.

• Lichen pine forests south Leinburg
• Schwarzach breakthrough
• Black Moor Brucker
• Upper Valley Molsberger
• Rinntal in Alfeld
• Schottental at Heldmannsberg
• Wetland and sand Magerrasen at Speikern
• Pegnitzau between Ranna and Michel box

Geotopes

In the district of Nürnberger Land is 50 (as of August 2013) are from the Bavarian State Office for Environmental designated geological sites. See the list of geological sites in the district Nürnberger Land.