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Encyclopedia > Roth (district)
Roth

Map of Bavaria highlighting the District of Roth
State Bavaria
Region Industrieregion Mittelfranken
Adm. region Mittelfranken
County seat Roth bei Nürnberg
Area 895 km²
Population 124,200 (2000)
Pop. density 139 /km²
Licence plate code RH
Web page landkreis-roth.de

Roth is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Nürnberger Land, Neumarkt, Eichstätt, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Ansbach and Fürth, and the cities of Schwabach and Nuremberg. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German:  ), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. ... Roth bei Nürnberg is a town in Germany, in the state of Bavaria, situated about 25 km south of Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German:  ), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Nürnberger Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Neumarkt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Eichstätt is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen is a Kreis (district) in the west of Bavaria, Germany. ... Ansbach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Fürth is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Schwabach is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the middle of the Franconia district of Bavaria. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg, Polish: Norymberga) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...

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History

In medieval times the region was ruled by many lords. Brandenburg-Ansbach and Nuremberg owned possessions in this territory, and other parts were property of clerical states. When these clerical states were dissolved in 1803, the district fell to Bavaria. Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg, Polish: Norymberga) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...


The district was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Roth, Schwabach and Hilpoltstein.


Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:
  • the black and white pattern of the Hohenzollern family, symbolising Brandenburg-Ansbach
  • a bishop's staff, symbolising the clerical states
  • a rose from the arms of the city of Roth

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. ...

Towns and municipalities

Towns Municipalities
  1. Abenberg
  2. Greding
  3. Heideck
  4. Hilpoltstein
  5. Roth bei Nürnberg
  6. Spalt
  1. Allersberg
  2. Büchenbach
  3. Georgensgmünd
  4. Kammerstein
  5. Rednitzhembach
  6. Rohr
  7. Röttenbach
  8. Schwanstetten
  9. Thalmässing
  10. Wendelstein

Abenberg is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Greding is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Heideck is a town in the county of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Hilpoltstein is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Roth bei Nürnberg is a town in Germany, in the state of Bavaria, situated about 25 km south of Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German). ... Spalt is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. ... Allersberg is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Büchenbach is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Georgensgmünd is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Kammerstein is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Rednitzhembach is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Rohr is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Röttenbach is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt in Bavaria in Germany. ... Schwanstetten is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany. ... Thalmässing is a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria in Germany. ... Wendelstein is the name of a mountain in the Chiemgau (see Rosenheim (district)) two experimental stellarators (nuclear fusion reactors) of the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik: The Wendelstein 7-AS is located in Garching near Munich, Germany Its successor, the Wendelstein 7-X is currently being built in Greifswald...

External links

  • Official website (German)
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Urban
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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 (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


 

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