Erlangen-Höchstadt

Coordinates: 49°40′N 10°50′E / 49.67°N 10.83°E

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Erlangen-Höchstadt
District
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Middle Franconia
Capital	Erlangen
Government
• District admin.	Alexander Tritthart (CSU)
Area
• Total	565 km² (218 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2023)^[1]
• Total	141,517
• Density	250/km² (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ERH, HÖS
Website	erlangen-hoechstadt.de

Erlangen-Höchstadt is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Fürth, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, Bamberg, Forchheim and Nürnberger Land, and by the cities of Nuremberg and Erlangen. The city of Erlangen is not part of the district, but nonetheless its administrative seat.

History

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The earliest extant documents are drawings from 1413 which show water wheels along the Regnitz. The first (1449–1450) and second (1552–1555) Margrave wars, Brandenburg versus Nuremberg, devastated the countryside.

In 1715 a lock was placed in the Regnitz river at Hemhofen. The highpoint of waterwheel usage was in the early 19th century when more than 190 were in use between Fuerth and Forchheim.

The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Erlangen and Höchstadt.

Geography

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The main river is the Regnitz, which runs through the city of Erlangen. Lands west of the river are covered with several hundred tiny lakes on both sides of the Aisch. The Aisch is an affluent of the Regnitz, running from southwest to east. East of the river the country is rising to the hills of the northern Frankish Alb.

Coat of arms

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The coat of arms displays:

the lion of the clerical state of Bamberg, which ruled the district's western half until 1802
the red and white border of the right half is taken from the arms of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (see Bayreuth)
the blue and gold colours of the right half are identical to the heraldic colours of Nuremberg
the image in the right half symbolises a watermill on the river Regnitz

Towns and municipalities

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Towns	Municipalities
Baiersdorf Herzogenaurach Höchstadt	Adelsdorf Aurachtal Bubenreuth Buckenhof Eckental Gremsdorf Großenseebach Hemhofen Heroldsberg Heßdorf Kalchreuth	Lonnerstadt Marloffstein Möhrendorf Mühlhausen Oberreichenbach Röttenbach Spardorf Uttenreuth Vestenbergsgreuth Wachenroth Weisendorf

References

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^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt.

Official website (German)

v t e Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany
Urban districts	Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen München (Munich) Nürnberg (Nuremberg) Passau Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg
Rural districts	Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf München (Munich) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt an der Waldnaab Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg
Districts of German states (Full list) Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Brandenburg Bremen Hesse Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

v t e Towns and municipalities in Erlangen-Höchstadt
Adelsdorf Aurachtal Baiersdorf Bubenreuth Buckenhof Eckental Gremsdorf Großenseebach Hemhofen Heroldsberg Herzogenaurach Heßdorf Höchstadt Kalchreuth Lonnerstadt Marloffstein Möhrendorf Mühlhausen Oberreichenbach Röttenbach Spardorf Uttenreuth Vestenbergsgreuth Wachenroth Weisendorf		Coat of Arms of Erlangen-Höchstadt district