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Town in Thuringia, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
Hirschberg | |
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Location of Hirschberg within Saale-Orla-Kreis district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°24′21″N 11°49′12″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Saale-Orla-Kreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–30) | Ronald Schricker[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 454 m (1,490 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• 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 |
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]
Trend of population figures (reference[5] is starting at 1994):
1830 — 1995
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1996 — 2000
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2001 — 2004
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2006 — 2009
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