Berg, Upper Franconia

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Berg within Hof district

(2020–26) Patricia Rubner^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total38.93 km² (15.03 sq mi)Elevation

636 m (2,087 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,030 • Density52/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

95180

Dialling codes09293Vehicle registrationHOWebsitewww.gemeindeberg.de

Berg (German pronunciation: [bɛʁk] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the district of Hof in Bavaria, Germany.

History

Between 1966 and 1990, Berg's component village Rudolphstein served as the West 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. Traffic was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations that followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972) made between West Germany and West Berlin

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).