title: Hirschberg, Thuringia
text: # Hirschberg, Thuringia
  
  Hirschberg is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 20 km south of Schleiz, 12 km northwest of Hof (Bavaria), and 25 km southwest of Plauen (Saxony).
  
  ## History
  
  | 1154: | First mentioned in documents. |
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  | 1871-1918: | Within the German Empire, Hirschberg was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera. |
  | 1966-1990: | Hirschberg served as East German inner German border crossing for cars travelling between the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the West German Federal Republic of Germany. The traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972). |
  
  * Hirschberg crossing passport stamp.
  
  ## Demographics, politics and government
  
  Hirschberg is located next to the motorway A 9 (Berlin – Munich). The city includes the subdivisions: Juchhöh, Göritz, Sparnberg, Ullersreuth and Venzka.
  
  ### Annexation of Subdivisions
  
  The dates into the brackets are the first documentary citations.
  
  * 1. January 1974: Venzka (24. July 1348) with Juchhöh (1713-1715)
  * 8. March 1994: Göritz (20. February 1282), Sparnberg (1202) and Ullersreuth (1246)
  
  ### Population
  
  Trend of population figures (reference is starting at 1994):
  
  | 1830 — 1995 1830: 1760 1933: 2915 1939: 2888 1994: 2923 1995: 2846 | 1996 — 2000 1996: 2748 1997: 2749 1998: 2674 1999: 2654 2000: 2666 | 2001 — 2004 2001: 2670 2002: 2653 2003: 2612 2004: 2600 2005: 2569 | 2006 — 2009 2006: 2526 2007: 2493 2008: 2488 2009: 2373 2010: 2352 |
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  ## Culture
  
  * Museum of Hirschberg
  * Village Hall
  