en Hirschberg, Thuringia

Hirschberg
Hirschberg
Town
	View of the town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
	Hirschberg Hirschberg
	Coordinates: 50°24′21″N 11°49′12″E / 50.40583°N 11.82000°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2024–30)	Ronald Schricker
Area
• Total	24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi)
Elevation	454 m (1,490 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,168
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.^[3]
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).

Hirschberg is located next to the motorway A 9 (Berlin – Munich). The city includes the subdivisions: Juchhöh, Göritz, Sparnberg, Ullersreuth and Venzka.

The dates into the brackets are the first documentary citations.^[4]

1. January 1974: Venzka (24. July 1348) with Juchhöh (1713-1715)
8. March 1994: Göritz (20. February 1282), Sparnberg (1202) and Ullersreuth (1246)

Trend of population figures (reference^[5] is starting at 1994):

1830 — 1995

1996 — 2000

2001 — 2004

2006 — 2009

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^ W.Kahl Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer bis 1300 Verlag Rockstuhl Bad Langensalza 2001 S. 31 ISBN 3-934748-58-9
^ Wolfgang Kahl: Ersterwähnung Thüringer Städte und Dörfer, Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad-Langensalza,2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0, S.298,134,93,169,292
^ Thuringia State Office for Statistics (German)

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