Reckendorf


Reckendorf is a municipality in the district of Bamberg, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. As of 2023, the population was 1,990. Reckendorf is a member of the administrative community of Baunach.

History

The community came into being administratively under the Gemeindeedikt of 1818.

Population

Within municipal limits, 1,526 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,546 in 1987 and 1,800 in 2000. Currently it is 2,036.

Politics

Manfred Deinlein, was elected mayor in 2014 and re-elected in 2020.

Notable people

born in Reckendorf on 3 October 1842, Jewish-American financier and philanthropist, a founder of the University of Southern California; with Henry E. Huntington formed the Los Angeles Railway in 1898 and the Pacific Electric Railway in 1901.