Bamberg () is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the town of Bamberg. The district is bounded by the districts of (from the north and clockwise) Lichtenfels, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Kitzingen, Schweinfurt and Haßberge.
History The history of the district is linked with the history of Bamberg.
In 1862 the districts of Bamberg-West and Bamberg-East were established. They were merged in 1929. The present borders were established in 1972, when portions of the adjoining district of Erlangen-Höchstadt were annexed.
Geography The district surrounds the town of Bamberg. The western half of the district is occupied by the Steigerwald, a hilly forest region. In the east there is the hill chain of the Franconian Jura. Between these regions the Main river enters the district from the north, turns around just before the town of Bamberg and leaves to the northwest. The smaller Regnitz river comes from the south and flows into the Main at Bamberg.
Coat of arms The coat of arms displays the heraldic animals of Bamberg and Ebrach, a lion and a boar.
Sights Fränkische Straße der Skulpturen Litzendorf Gügel Scheßlitz Giechburg Scheßlitz Kloster Ebrach Ebrach Schloss Greifenstein Heiligenstadt Sängerehrenmal Melkendorf Litzendorf St. Wenzeslaus Litzendorf Schloss Seehof Memmelsdorf Schloss Weißenstein Pommersfelden St.-Veit- und St.-Michaels-Kirche Heiligenstadt
Towns and municipalities
(populations as of 2007)
Towns Baunach 3,909 inhabitants 30.9 km2 Hallstadt 8,559 inhabitants 14.5 km2 Scheßlitz 7,160 inhabitants 94.9 km2 Schlüsselfeld 5,753 inhabitants 70.2 km2
Market Towns
Burgebrach 6,466 inhabitants 87.9 km2 Burgwindheim 1,431 inhabitants 37.4 km2 Buttenheim 3,320 inhabitants 30 km2 Ebrach 1,845 inhabitants 29.6 km2 Heiligenstadt 3,642 inhabitants 76.7 km2 Hirschaid 11,666 inhabitants 41 km2 Rattelsdorf 4,531 inhabitants 39.6 km2 Zapfendorf 5,042 inhabitants 30.6 km2
Municipalities
Altendorf 1,941 inhabitants 8.6 km2 Bischberg 6,037 inhabitants 17.5 km2 Breitengüßbach 4,614 inhabitants 16.9 km2 Frensdorf 4,887 inhabitants 44 km2 Gerach 1,005 inhabitants 7.8 km2 Gundelsheim 3,298 inhabitants 3.8 km2 Kemmern 2,554 inhabitants 8.3 km2 Königsfeld 1,352 inhabitants 42.7 km2 Lauter 1,150 inhabitants 12.8 km2 Lisberg 1,753 inhabitants 8.4 km2 Litzendorf 6,045 inhabitants 25.9 km2 Memmelsdorf 8,997 inhabitants 26.2 km2 Oberhaid 4,668 inhabitants 27.2 km2 Pettstadt 1,917 inhabitants 9.9 km2 Pommersfelden 2,937 inhabitants 35.7 km2 Priesendorf 1,534 inhabitants 8.4 km2 Reckendorf 2,043 inhabitants 13.1 km2 Schönbrunn im Steigerwald 1,935 inhabitants 24.7 km2 Stadelhofen 1,261 inhabitants 41 km2 Stegaurach 6,947 inhabitants 23.9 km2 Strullendorf 7,805 inhabitants 31.7 km2 Viereth-Trunstadt 3,645 inhabitants 15.8 km2 Walsdorf 2,600 inhabitants 16.2 km2 Wattendorf 700 inhabitants 22.2 km2
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften (Collective Municipalities) Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Baunach Baunach, Gerach, Lauter and Reckendorf Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Burgebrach Burgebrach and Schönbrunn Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ebrach Burgwindheim and Ebrach Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Lisberg Lisberg and Priesendorf Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Stegaurach Stegaurach and Walsdorf Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Steinfeld Königsfeld, Stadelhofen and Wattendorf
References
External links
Official website (German) Links to municipalities