Upper Palatinate

Upper Palatinate Oberpfalz
Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Upper Palatinate
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Region seat	Regensburg
Area
– Total	9,692.23 km2 (3,742.2 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
– Total	1,081,120
– Density	111.5/km2 (288.9/sq mi)
Website	http://www.regierung.oberpfalz.bayern.de/

The Upper Palatinate (German: Oberpfalz) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria.

History

The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector Palatine, who also ruled over the Lower Palatinate in the Rhineland, now normally just called the Palatinate, or Pfalz. The capital of the Upper Palatinate was Amberg. Cadet branches of the Wittelsbach also ruled over smaller territories in Neuburg and Sulzbach. As a result of the Elector Palatine Frederick V's abortive claim to the Bohemian throne in 1619–1620, the Upper Palatinate, along with the rest of his lands, were declared forfeit to the Emperor and, along with the Electoral title, given to the Duke of Bavaria. Although the Lower Palatinate was restored to Frederick's son by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Upper Palatinate remained under the Elector of Bavaria, and has remained a part of Bavaria ever since. The smaller territories of Sulzbach and Neuburg came to Bavaria in 1742, while the city of Regensburg, an Imperial Free City, was not joined with the rest of the region until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

Districts

Landkreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Amberg-Sulzbach Cham Neumarkt Neustadt (Waldnaab) Regensburg Schwandorf Tirschenreuth	Amberg Regensburg Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Population

Historical Population of Upper Palatinate:

• 1900: 553,841
• 1910: 600,284
• 1939: 694,742
• 1950: 906,822
• 1961: 898,580
• 1970: 963,833
• 1987: 969,868
• 2002: 1,088,929
• 2005: 1,089,543
• 2006: 1,087,939
• 2008: 1,085,216
• 2010: 1,081,206

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 

External links

• Official website (German)
• Official website of government (German, English, Czech)
• wiki-en.genealogy.net
• Information for american citizen living in the upper palatinate

Coordinates: 49°18′N 12°12′E / 49.3°N 12.2°E / 49.3; 12.2