Tirschenreuth

Geschichte

Tirschenreuth is the capital city of the district of Tirschenreuth. It is located in the northeast of Bavaria, very close to the Czech-Bavarian border.GeographyTirschenreuth is located in the north of Upper Palatinate administrative region, around 75 miles north of Regensburg and 35 miles east of Bayreuth.IncorporationsThe following villages were incorporated in Tirschenreuth Großklenau Kleinklenau Brunn Gründlbach Haid Höfen Hohenwald Kleinkonreuth Lengenfeld Lohnsitz Marchaney Matzersreuth Mooslohe Pilmersreuth a. d. Straße Pilmersreuth a. Wald Rosall Rothenbürg Sägmühle Wondreb Wondrebhammer Zeidlweid ZiegelhütteHistoryUntil the German Mediatisation in 1803, Tirschenreuth was part of the possessions of the Cistercian Abbey Waldsassen. It received its town charter from Waldsassen's abbot Johann V. in 1364. Originally the Waldsassen Abbey and its possessions were immediately subordinate to the Holy Roman Empire. After this state was ended in the 16th century, Tirschenreuth first became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate, then part of Bavaria. It became capital of the district of the same name. In 1972, when the segmenting of bavarian districts was reformed, the district of Tirschenreuth was expanded with the former district of Kemnath.