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Mainkreis (Bavaria)

Former administrative district of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Field	Value
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native_name	Mainkreis (until 1817)
Obermainkreis (from 1817)
common_name	Main Circle
subdivision	Regierungsbezirk
nation	the Kingdom of Bavaria
capital	Bamberg (1806–1812)
Bayreuth (1812–1837)
today	Bavaria
year_start	1806
year_end	1837
title_leader	Generalkommissär
leader1	Friedrich Karl von Thürheim
year_leader1	1810–1814
leader2	Constantin Ludwig Freiherr von Welden
year_leader2	1815–1832
leader3	Ferdinand Freiherr von Andrian-Werburg
year_leader3	1832–1837
image_map	Eintheilung des Königreichs Baiern 1808.jpg
image_map_caption	Districts of Bavaria, including Tyrol, in 1808
s1	Upper Franconia
flag_s1	Flagge Oberfranken.svg
s2	Upper Palatinate
flag_s2	Flagge Oberpfalz.svg
stat_year1
stat_area1
stat_pop1
footnotes

Obermainkreis (from 1817) Bayreuth (1812–1837) The Mainkreis (German: [River] Main Circle) was one of the 15 administrative districts () of the Kingdom of Bavaria between 1806 and 1837. The district was named after its main river Main and renamed Obermainkreis (Upper Main Circle) in 1817. It was the predecessor of the Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken (Administrative Regional District of Upper Franconia).

Independent cities

Bamberg
Bayreuth (since 1812)
Hof an der Saale (since 1812)
Schweinfurt (since 1810)

Subdivisions

The district was divided in the following judicial districts (Landgerichte = LG), according to the original borders of the districts of the former territories (Herrschaftsgerichte = HG):

Bamberg I
Bamberg II
Banz LG (since 1813 HG)
Burgebrach
Ebermannstadt
Ebnath HG (since 1816)
Ebrach
Eschenbach (since 1810)
Gefrees (since 1812)
Gleusdorf
Hallstadt
Heinersreuth HG (since 1816)
Höchstadt (since 1810)
Hof an der Saale (until 1812)
Hollfeld
Kemnath (since 1810)
Kirchenlamitz (since 1812)
Kronach
Kulmbach (since 1812)
Lauenstein
Lichtenfels
Mitwitz HG (since 1813)
Münchberg (since 1812)
Naila (since 1812)
Neustadt an der Waldnaab (since 1810)
Pegnitz (since 1812)
Pottenstein (since 1810)
Rehau (since 1812)
Scheßlitz
Schweinfurt (until 1810)
Selb (since 1812)
Seßlach (since 1812)
Stadtsteinach
Tambach HG (since 1814)
Teuschnitz
Tirschenreuth (since 1810)
Waldsassen (since 1810)
Weidenberg (since 1812)
Weismain
Wunsiedel (since 1812)

History

In the years between 1806 and 1808 the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided in 15 (state) districts, whose names were taken from their rivers. The Mainkreis, with Bamberg as its capital, was initially composed of 18 rural divisions and, since 1809, of the independent cities of Bamberg and Schweinfurt. In 1810 it grew significantly with the annexation of the Naabkreis. It was again enlarged when it received 12 rural divisions from the former Principality of Bayreuth, whereupon the district administration was moved to Bayreuth. In 1817, the Mainkreis was renamed Obermainkreis (District of the Upper Main River) and slightly expanded. At the same time, a new district with the name of Untermainkreis (District of the Lower Main) was created downriver. The Territorial Reorganization (Gebietsreform) of 29 November 1837, implemented at the request of King Ludwig I, split the judicial districts of the former Naabkreis from the Obermainkreis, assigning them to Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) instead, and renamed the shrunken Obermainkreis “Oberfranken” (Upper Franconia).

Literature

(de) Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 1799–1980 (Guide of the Bavarian Districts, Municipalities and Courts 1799–1980), written by Richard Bauer, Reinhard Heydenreuter, Gerhard Heyl, Emma Mages, Max Piendl, August Scherl, Bernhard Zittel and edited by Wilhelm Volkert, Senior Professor at the University of Regensburg, Munich, 1983,

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