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Kollnburg

Total population

2,887

Elevation655 m
Land area59.53 km²
Coordinates49.05°, 12.86°

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City facts

Elevation
655 m
Area
59.53 km²
head of government
Josefa Schmid
Official website
www.kollnburg.de

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Overview

Kollnburg is a municipality in the district of Regen, in Bavaria, Germany. A part of the municipal area, including the parish village of the same name, is a state-approved resort.

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History & geography

History

The local history is closely connected to its fortress , which was first mentioned in 1153 as Chalnberch. It was still called Kalmperg in 1685, while and called it Kohlenburg in their book Der Bavarian Forest, published in 1846. In the "Contributions to the Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria" the place is already referred to as Kollnburg in issue XXI from 1869. Kollnburg belonged to the Barons von Kastner. The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria, but formed a closed Hofmark, whose seat was Kollnburg. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality came into being with the . In the course of the , the municipality of Rechertsried was incorporated on October 1, 1971, and the municipalities of Allersdorf and Kirchaitnach on May 1, 1978, incorporated into the municipality of Kollnburg. Between 1988 and 2018, the population stagnated or fell minimally from 2800 to 2795 by 5 inhabitants or 0.2%. * 1867: 1027 inhabitants * 1871: 1060 inhabitants * 1961: 2764 inhabitants * 1970: 2695 inhabitants * 1987: 2786 inhabitants * 1991: 2838 inhabitants * 1995: 2905 inhabitants * 2000: 2970 inhabitants * 2005: 2891 inhabitants * 2010: 2894 inhabitants * 2015: 2787 inhabitants

Geography

The community is located in the Donau Forest region in the middle of the Bavarian Forest north of the 1050 m high Proeller between Viechtach (five kilometers) and Sankt Englmar (six kilometers). The two towns of Bogen and Regen are each 27 km away, while Deggendorf and Cham are each 31 km away.

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Latitude
49.0480
Longitude
12.8605
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Official Identifiers

Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office

AGS
09276128
Population (Wikidata)
2,775
Wikidata
Q488636

Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439

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  • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439