Erlangen-Höchstadt

Erlangen-Höchstadt
District
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Mittelfranken
Capital	Erlangen
Area
• Total	565 km2 (218 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	132,012
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	ERH
Website	erlangen-hoechstadt.de

Erlangen-Höchstadt is a 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

Waterwheel in the Regnitz near Möhrendorf.

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

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

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

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

External links

• Official website (German)