Small Town and Village in Bavaria

List of Figures

Acknowledgements



Introduction





The Plan for this Book



Chapter 1. Changing Villages and Small Places in Bavaria





Contemporary Social Change

Population Trends

Stages of Community Development

The Transformation of Agriculture



Chapter 2. The Small Town or Village Community





Secularization and Community Life

The Elementary School and the Community

Social Groups and Festivals in West Middle Franconia

Economic Enterprises of the Community

The Future of Small Places



Chapter 3. Planning Local Territorial Reform





The Era of Reforms

Federal Initiatives Toward Raumordnung

Bavaria Tackles Territorial Reorganization

Regional Planning and Administrative Reform

The Kreisreform

The Independent City and Hinterland Reforms

The Communal Territorial Reform



Chapter 4. The Implementation of the Reform





Implementation of the Local Reform

The Reform in Middle Franconia

Patterns of Reaction to Bavaria's Reform

Toward a Modern, Functional Society



Chapter 5. No Town is an Island Local Government in the West German System





Federalism in the Basic Law

The Changing Federal Financial Constitution

Cooperative Federalism or Politikverflechtung?

The Future Role of the Communes

The Laaeender and the European Union



Chapter 6. Conclusion





Mini-Towns and Micro-Communes

Revisiting Wolframs-Eschenbach

Re-interviewing the Buergermeisters

Small Town and Village in Bavaria



Appendix: Tables A1-A15



Selected Bibliography

Index