Hirschberg, Thuringia

Hirschberg
Coat of arms
Hirschberg
Location of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
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
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Rüdiger Wohl
Area
• Total	24.12 km^2 (9.31 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,183
• Density	91/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	07927
Dialling codes	036644
Vehicle registration	SOK
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).

History

1154:	First mentioned in documents.[2]
1871-1918:	Within the German Empire, Hirschberg was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera.
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

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

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

Trend of population figures (reference^[4] is starting at 1994):

1830 — 1995 1830: 1760 1933: 2915 1939: 2888 1994: 2923 1995: 2846

1996 — 2000 1996: 2748 1997: 2749 1998: 2674 1999: 2654 2000: 2666

2001 — 2004 2001: 2670 2002: 2653 2003: 2612 2004: 2600 2005: 2569

2006 — 2009 2006: 2526 2007: 2493 2008: 2488 2009: 2373 2010: 2352

Culture

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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

See also

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 8 September 2015.
2. W.Kahl Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer bis 1300 Verlag Rockstuhl Bad Langensalza 2001 S. 31 ISBN 3-934748-58-9
3. Wolfgang Kahl:Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer,Verlag Rockstuhl,Bad-Langensalza,2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0,S.298,134,93,169,292
4. Thuringia State Office for Statistics (German)