Hassberge

Statistics
State:	Bavaria
Adm. Region:	Unterfranken
Capital:	Haßfurt
Area:	957 km²
Inhabitants:	88,500 (2000)
pop. density:	92 inh./km²
Car identification:	HAS
Website:	landkreis-hassberge.de
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Haßberge is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Coburg, Bamberg, Schweinfurt and Rhön-Grabfeld, and by the state of Thuringia (district of Hildburghausen).

History

The district was established in 1972 by merging the districts of Haßfurt, Ebern and Hofheim.

Geography

The district is named after the Haßberge hill chain, which is located south of the Thuringian border. It is an eastern extension of the Rhön mountains and densely forested. South of the hills the Main river crosses the district from east to west. South of the river there is the Steigerwald forest, whose northern parts belong to the district. Both the Haßberge hills and the Steigerwald are nature parks.

Coat of arms

The three jags are from the arms of Würzburg; the lion symbolises the city of Bamberg. These two bishoprics owned most of the region in medieval times. Below there is a motive from the Saxonian coat of arms, since the city of Königsberg once belonged to Saxe-Coburg and did not become a part of Bavaria before 1920.

Towns and municipalities

Ebern Eltmann Haßfurt Hofheim Königsberg Zeil

Municipalities Aidhausen Breitbrunn Bundorf Burgpreppach Ebelsbach Ermershausen Gädheim Kirchlauter Knetzgau Maroldsweisach

Oberaurach Pfarrweisach Rauhenebrach Rentweinsdorf Riedbach Sand Stettfeld Theres Untermerzbach Wonfurt

External links

• Official website (German)

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