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{{Infobox German district
|name=Forchheim
|state=Bavaria
|image_flag=Flagge Landkreis Forchheim.svg
|image_coa=DEU Landkreis Forchheim COA.svg
|capital=[[Forchheim]]
|regierungsbezirk=[[Upper Franconia]]
|area=643
|Kreisschlüssel=09474
| district_admin    = Hermann Ulm
| admin_party       = CSU
|carsign=EBS, FO
|url=[http://www.landkreis-forchheim.de landkreis-forchheim.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q980}}
}}
'''Forchheim''' is a [[Districts of Germany|''Landkreis'' (district)]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Bamberg (district)|Bamberg]], [[Bayreuth (district)|Bayreuth]], [[Nürnberger Land]] and [[Erlangen-Höchstadt]].

==History==
Until 1803 the region was divided between the clerical state of [[Bamberg]] and the margravate of [[Brandenburg-Kulmbach]] centred in [[Bayreuth]]. Then it fell to Bavaria. The district in its present borders was established in 1972 by merging the former district of Forchheim with parts of the dissolved districts of Ebermannstadt and Pegnitz. The city of Forchheim lost its status as a district-free city and became the capital.

==Geography==
The main river is the [[Regnitz]], which runs from south to north through the western parts of the district. East of the river the land rises to the hills of the [[Frankish Alb]].

==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms displays:
* the lion of the clerical state of [[Bamberg]]
* the key is from the arms of the county of Schlüsselberg; these counts possessed many castles in the region, but their property was acquired by the bishops of Bamberg in the 14th century
* the trout symbolises the city of Forchheim (the word "Forchheim" literally could mean "home of the trouts" (=Forelle or old German Forche); however, most of the historians consider the name Forchheim coming more probably from "home of the pine trees" (= Föhre, which is the most frequent tree in this region).

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district FO|Municipalities in FO.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}left{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|Municipalities
! align=left width=33%|
|- valign=top
||
#[[Ebermannstadt]]
#[[Forchheim]]
#[[Gräfenberg, Bavaria|Gräfenberg]]
||
#[[Dormitz]]
#[[Effeltrich]]
#[[Eggolsheim]]
#[[Egloffstein]]
#[[Gößweinstein]]
#[[Hallerndorf]]
#[[Hausen, Upper Franconia|Hausen]]
#[[Heroldsbach]]
#[[Hetzles]]
#[[Hiltpoltstein]]
#[[Igensdorf]]
#[[Kirchehrenbach]]
#[[Kleinsendelbach]]
||
<ol start=14>
<li> [[Kunreuth]]
<li> [[Langensendelbach]]
<li> [[Leutenbach, Bavaria|Leutenbach]]
<li> [[Neunkirchen am Brand]]
<li> [[Obertrubach]]
<li> [[Pinzberg]]
<li> [[Poxdorf]]
<li> [[Pretzfeld]]
<li> [[Unterleinleiter]]
<li> [[Weilersbach]]
<li> [[Weißenohe]]
<li> [[Wiesenthau]]
<li> [[Wiesenttal]]
</ol>
</td></tr>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Landkreis Forchheim}}
*[http://www.landkreis-forchheim.de Official website] (German)

{{Germany districts bavaria}}
{{Cities and towns in Forchheim (district)}}

{{Coord|49|45|N|11|05|E|region:DE_type:adm3rd|display=title}}

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[[Category:Districts of Bavaria]]
[[Category:Upper Franconia]]