Regenkreis

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Regenkreis
Regierungsbezirk of the Kingdom of Bavaria
1806–1837
Districts of Bavaria, including Tyrol, in 1808
Capital	Straubing (1806–1810) Regensburg (1810–1937)
History
• Established	1806
• Disestablished	1837
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Regensburg Lower Bavaria Upper Palatinate
Today part of	Bavaria

The Regenkreis, with

).

Independent cities

Subdivisions

The district was divided in the following judicial districts (

= HG):

History

In the years between 1806 and 1808 the Kingdom of Bavaria was divided in 15 (state) districts, whose names were taken from their rivers. The Regenkreis was initially composed of 13 rural divisions and, since 1809, of the independent city of Straubing. In 1810 it was greatly enlarged to include the

, the Territorial Reorganization (Gebietsreform) of 29 November 1837 was made by changing the name of the Regenkreis to the “Kreis Oberpfalz und Regensburg” [District of the Upper Palatinate and Regensburg], now “Oberpfalz”.

Literature

• (de) Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 1799 – 1980 [Guide of the Bavarian Districts, Municipalities and Courts 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,
  ISBN 3-406-09669-7