Rezatkreis


The Rezatkreis, between 1806 and 1837, was one of the 15 districts of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Its name meant in German the “District of the Rezat” because the Fränkische Rezat River ran through it. It was the predecessor of the Regierungsbezirks Mittelfranken. Its center was Anspach.

Independent cities

Subdivisions

The district was divided in the following judicial districts :

History

In the years between 1806 and 1808, the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided into 15 districts, whose names were taken from the local rivers. The Rezatkreis was bordered in the north by the Bavarian Mainkreis, in the east by the Pegnitzkreis and the Altmühlkreis, in the south by the Bavarian Oberdonaukreis and in the west by the Württemberger Jagstkreis. In 1817, the number of districts was reduced from eight to seven. The Pegnitzkreis and the northern part of the former Altmühlkreis were added to the Rezatkreis. Anspach was the district capital . At the request of King Ludwig I, the Territorial Reorganization was made on 29 November 1837. Consequently, on 1 January 1838, the Rezatkreis became Mittelfranken, one of the seven current Regierungsbezirke of the Kingdom and later State of Bavaria.

Literature

Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 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,

Maps

  • Christoph Fembo, Johann W. Kneusel : Charter of Rezatkreis. With the division into land and domination courts] Nuremberg, 1819.