Historical Country Districts
Until the municipal reform ( "Kreisreform" ) in June 1972 Lower Franconia had 22 country districts, 16 of them were attached to the other six existing country districts Aschaffenburg, Bad Kissingen, Kitzingen, Miltenberg, Schweinfurt, Würzburg or united to one of the three new country districts Haßberge, Main-Spessart, Rhön-Grabfeld.
Old country district | Current district(s) |
---|---|
Alzenau | Aschaffenburg |
Bad Brückenau | Bad Kissingen |
Bad Neustadt/Saale | Rhön-Grabfeld |
Ebern | Haßberge |
Gemünden | Main-Spessart |
Gerolzhofen | Schweinfurt, Kitzingen, Hassberge, Würzburg |
Hammelburg | Bad Kissingen |
Haßfurt | Haßberge |
Hofheim/Unterfranken | Haßberge |
Karlstadt | Main-Spessart |
Königshofen | Rhön-Grabfeld |
Lohr | Main-Spessart |
Marktheidenfeld | Main-Spessart, Miltenberg, Würzburg |
Mellrichstadt | Rhön-Grabfeld |
Obernburg | Miltenberg |
Ochsenfurt | Würzburg |
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