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Forchheim is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Bamberg, Bayreuth, Nürnberger Land and Erlangen-Höchstadt.

Forchheim
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Adm. region	Upper Franconia
Capital	Forchheim
Area
• Total	643 km2 (248 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)[1]
• Total	116,600
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EBS, FO
Website	landkreis-forchheim.de

History

Until 1803 the region was divided between the clerical state of Bamberg and the margravate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach centred in Bayreuth. Then it fell to Bavaria. The district in its present borders was established in 1972 by merging the former district of Forchheim with parts of the dissolved districts of Ebermannstadt and Pegnitz. The city of Forchheim lost its status as a district-free city and became the capital.

Geography

The main river is the Regnitz, which runs from south to north through the western parts of the district. East of the river the land rises to the hills of the Frankish Alb.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

• the lion of the clerical state of Bamberg
• the key is from the arms of the county of Schlüsselberg; these counts possessed many castles in the region, but their property was acquired by the bishops of Bamberg in the 14th century
• the trout symbolises the city of Forchheim (the word "Forchheim" literally could mean "home of the trouts" (=Forelle or old German Forche); however, most of the historians consider the name Forchheim coming more probably from "home of the pine trees" (= Föhre, which is the most frequent tree in this region).

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Ebermannstadt Forchheim Gräfenberg	Dormitz Effeltrich Eggolsheim Egloffstein Gößweinstein Hallerndorf Hausen Heroldsbach Hetzles Hiltpoltstein Igensdorf Kirchehrenbach Kleinsendelbach	Kunreuth Langensendelbach Leutenbach Neunkirchen am Brand Obertrubach Pinzberg Poxdorf Pretzfeld Unterleinleiter Weilersbach Weißenohe Wiesenthau Wiesenttal

References

External links

• Official website (German)

На других языках

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[de] Landkreis Forchheim

Der Landkreis Forchheim liegt im Süden des Regierungsbezirks Oberfranken in Bayern. Er ist Mitglied der Metropolregion Nürnberg.

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- [en] Forchheim (district)

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[ru] Форххайм (район)

Форххайм (нем. Forchheim) — район в Германии, в административном округе Верхняя Франкония Республики Бавария[2]. Центр района — город Форххайм. Региональный шифр — 09 474.[1] Регистрационные номера транспортных средств — FO, EBS, PEG.

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