Naila

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FieldValue
typeStadt
image_photoNaila.jpg
image_captionNaila
image_coaWappen Naila.svg
coordinates
image_planNaila in HO.svg
stateBayern
regionOberfranken
districtHof
elevation512
area37.04
postal_code95119
area_code09282
licenceHO, NAI
Gemeindeschlüssel09 4 75 156
website
mayorFrank Stumpf
leader_term2020–26
partyFWG
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|type = Stadt |image_photo = Naila.jpg |image_caption = Naila |image_coa = Wappen Naila.svg |coordinates = |image_plan = Naila in HO.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberfranken |district = Hof |elevation = 512 |area = 37.04 |postal_code = 95119 |area_code = 09282 |licence = HO, NAI |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 75 156 |website = |mayor = Frank Stumpf |leader_term = 2020–26 |party = FWG

Naila () is a town located in the Hof district of Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the Franconian Forest. Naila is 18 km from the larger city of Hof, on both banks of the Selbitz river. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Naila-katholische-Kirche.jpg" caption="Naila: The Church of the Transfiguration"] ::

History

The earliest documentation of Naila was recorded on 9 January 1343. The first settlements in the area around Naila probably happened between the 12th and 14th century. The name Naila first appeared as "Neulins" (and variations thereof), has its origins most likely in the meaning "Small new settlement". In 1454, Naila was awarded a coat of arms by its overlord, Margrave John.

After a brief episode under Prussian reign (1792–1810), Naila was included into the newly-established Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1818, it was awarded town privileges and in 1886, a railroad station was opened in Naila. However, after World War II, the establishment of Iron Curtain just 8 km north of Naila, cut off a large part of the market for the local industries.

The town served as the seat of the then district of Naila until this was merged into Hof district in 1972, and had to give up their number-plate code NAI in favour of HO. In 1978, the nearby villages of Marxgrün, Lippertsgrün and Marlesreuth were incorporated to Naila.

In 1979, Naila was the landing site of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families' famous homemade hot-air balloon escape from East Germany.{{cite news|title=Homemade balloon carries 8 to freedom|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BRwLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5217,4025403&dq=border+escape+east-germany+-berlin|work=The Prescott Courier|date=17 September 1979}}

Mayors

  • 1906–1919: Wilhelm Hagen
  • 1919–1926: Heinrich Kanzler
  • 1926–1933: Julius Borger
  • 1933-1933: Ludwig Wunner
  • 1933–1945: Karl Jakob Schmidt
  • 1945–1945: Georg Fugmann
  • 1945–1948: Heinrich Lang senior
  • 1948–1952: Christian Schlicht
  • 1952–1953: Georg Fugmann
  • 1953–1956: Karl Otto Zander
  • 1956–1959: Hilmar Jahn
  • 1960–1964: Fritz Jahn
  • 1964–1968: Hans Künzel
  • 1968–1972: Albin Bischoff
  • 1972–1996: Robert Strobel
  • 1996–2001: Hannsjürgen Lommer
  • 2001- : Frank Stumpf

Population development

The numbers are with the incorporated districts.

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18404357
18714549
19005201
19256336
19396955
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YearInhabitants
195010090
19569668
19609522
19659829
19709821
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YearInhabitants
19759631
19809217
19858675
19908893
19959037
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YearInhabitants
20008547
20058410
20108071
20157640
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Personalities

  • Emre Dönmez (born 1996), screenwriter, photographer and movie critic
  • Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 1957), jurist, CSU politician, Member of Bundestag since 1998, Federal Ministry of the Interior 2011-2013

References

References

  1. [https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.
  2. "Daten der Stadtgeschichte". City of Naila.

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