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Weißenstadt Urban Municpality
Irish–Danish–German Heritage
Introduction | Birk | Weißenstadt town | Reference list
Introduction
![[Image: Germanic Gothic script; Text: Weissenstadt with Eszett for ss]](../images/weissenstadtgothic.png)
Weißenstadt urban municipality (Gemeinde Weißenstadt, Stadt) lies in western Wunsiedel administrative district, Upper Franconia administrative region, Bavaria, Germany. Its seat is Weißenstadt town.
Relevant families:
- Barthmann [Barthman]
- Strößenreuther
![[Image: Map of Wunsiedel administrative district]](../images/Weissenstadt_in_WUN_eng.png)
![[Image: Map of Weissenstadt municipality]](../images/2000px-Municipalities_in_WUN_labels_weissenstadt.png)
| Locality name | Locality type |
|---|---|
Source: Adapted from table, Alle Orte in der Gemeinde Weißenstadt, St [All Localities in Weißenstadt Urban Municipality], Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online [site in German]; translation by IrishDanishGermanHeritage. |
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| Birk | village (Dorf) |
| Franken | village (Dorf) |
| Frohnlohe | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Grub | village (Dorf) |
| Grubbach | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Hühnerhöfen | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Kohlmesserhaus | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Lehsten | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Meierhof | village (Dorf) |
| Neuenhammer | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Ruppertsgrün | village (Dorf) |
| Schönlind | village (Dorf) |
| Torfmoorhölle | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Voitsumra | village (Dorf) |
| Weiherhöfen | village (Dorf) |
| Weißenhaid | village (Dorf) |
| Weißenhaider Mühle | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Weißenstadt | head town (Hauptort) |
| Zechenhaus | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Ziegelhütte b.Lehsten [Ziegelhütte bei Lehsten] | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Zigeunermühle | hamlet (Weiler) |
In the 19th century, Weißenstadt was the seat of a smaller Weißenstadt urban municipality, Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district (Landgericht Kirchenlamitz). Franken municipality merged with Weißenstadt urban municipality in 1978 (Franken official page [site in German]).
| Locality name | Locality type |
|---|---|
Source: Data from Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 961 [p. 325; in German]. |
|
| Grubbach | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Lehsten | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Lehstenbachmühle | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Neuenhammer | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Weiherhöfen | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Weißenstadt | town (Stadt) |
Birk
![[Image: Germanic Gothic script; Text: Birk]](../images/birkgothic.png)
Birk lies in southeastern Weißenstadt urban municipality. Weißenstadt’s Birk is not to be confused with the other Birk in Upper Franconia, to the southwest of this one: Birk village, Emtmannsberg municipality, Bayreuth administrative district.
Relevant individual: Erhard Barthmann [Erhardt Barthman]
In the 19th century, Birk was in Franken municipality (seat: Franken village), Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district (Landgericht Kirchenlamitz), and Weißenstadt was a separate municipality in Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district. Franken municipality merged with Weißenstadt urban municipality in 1978 (Franken official page [site in German]).
| Locality name | Locality type |
|---|---|
Source: Data from Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 960 [p. 324; in German]. |
|
| Birk | village (Dorf) |
| Birkenbachermühle | mill (Mühle) |
| Franken | village (Dorf) |
| Meyerhof (Meierhof) | village (Dorf) |
The table below shows the administrative units of government around Birk:
| English | German | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ca. 1868 | Current | ca. 1868 | Current |
Sources: Data from: |
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| Birk [locality] | Birk [locality] | Ort Birk | Ort Birk |
| Franken municipality | Weißenstadt urban municipality | Gemeinde Franken | Gemeinde Weißenstadt, Stadt |
| Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district | Wunsiedel administrative district | Landgericht Kirchenlamitz | Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge |
| Wunsiedel district office | — | Bezirksamt Wunsiedel | — |
| Upper Franconia administrative region | Upper Franconia administrative region | Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken | Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken |
| Kingdom of Bavaria | Bavaria [state] | Königreich Bayern | Freistaat Bayern |
| German Confederation | Federal Republic of Germany | Deutscher Bund | Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
Sources: Data from |
|
| 1864 | 172 |
| 1987 | 122 |
![[Image: Map of Fichtel Mountains]](../images/egerland1322_fix_3764.png)
![[Image: Close-up of map of Fichtel Mountains]](../images/egerland1322_fix_birk.png)
Weißenstadt town
The town of Weißenstadt (Stadt Weißenstadt) lies in central Weißenstadt urban municipality.
Relevant individual: Erhard Barthmann [Erhardt Barthman] (school record)
![[Image: Lake, city, and farmland]](../images/800px-GELO_weissenstadt_res.jpg)
In the 19th century, Weißenstadt was the seat of a smaller Weißenstadt urban municipality, Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district (Landgericht Kirchenlamitz). Franken municipality merged with Weißenstadt urban municipality in 1978 (Franken official page [site in German]).
| Locality name | Locality type |
|---|---|
Source: Data from Heyberger et al. 1868, col. 961 [p. 325; in German]. |
|
| Grubbach | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Lehsten | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Lehstenbachmühle | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Neuenhammer | wilderness (Einöde) |
| Weiherhöfen | hamlet (Weiler) |
| Weißenstadt | town (Stadt) |
The table below shows the administrative units of government around Weißenstadt town:
| English | German | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ca. 1868 | Current | ca. 1868 | Current |
Sources: Data from:
|
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| Weißenstadt [town] | Weißenstadt [town] | Stadt Weißenstadt | Stadt Weißenstadt |
| Weißenstadt urban municipality | Weißenstadt urban municipality | Gemeinde Weißenstadt, Stadt | Gemeinde Weißenstadt, Stadt |
| Kirchenlamitz regional judicial district | Wunsiedel administrative district | Landgericht Kirchenlamitz | Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge |
| Wunsiedel district office | — | Bezirksamt Wunsiedel | — |
| Upper Franconia administrative region | Upper Franconia administrative region | Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken | Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken |
| Kingdom of Bavaria | Bavaria [state] | Königreich Bayern | Freistaat Bayern |
| German Confederation | Federal Republic of Germany | Deutscher Bund | Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
Sources: Data from |
|
| 1864 | 2,336 |
| 1987 | 2,847 |
![[Image: Close-up of map of Fichtel Mountains]](../images/egerland1322_fix_weissenstadt.png)
Reference list
- Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern, Gebietsstand: 25. Mai 1987 [Official Locality Index for Bavaria, Region Status: 25 May 1987], no. 450, 1991. Munich, Germany: Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung [Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing], http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0005/bsb00059539/images/index.html?id=00059539&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=1 [site in German].
- Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online: Das Portal zu Geschichte und Kultur des Freistaats [Bavarian State Library Online: The Portal to the History and Culture of the State], http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ [site in German].
- Franken official page, Weißenstadt: Siebensterne mit Seeblick [Weißenstadt: Arctic Starflowers with Lake View (municipality official site)], http://www.weissenstadt.de/buerger/unsere-stadt/teilgemeinden/franken.html [site in German].
- Gradl, Heinrich. 1893. Geschichte des Egerlandes (Bis 1437) [History of the Eger Region (To 1437)]. Prague, Czech Republic: H. Dominicus (Theodor Gruß), https://books.google.com/books?id=K4JDAAAAYAAJ.
- Heyberger, Joseph, Christian Schmitt, and August Wilhelm von Wachter. 1868. Bavaria: Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Bayern [Bavaria: Study of the Country and People of the Kingdom of Bavaria], vol. 5. Munich: Literarisch-artistische Anstalt der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung [Literary-Artistic Institute of J. G. Cotta’s Bookstore], https://books.google.com/books?id=fQNKAAAAcAAJ.