Regional Monitor The Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg Facts. Figures. Maps. 2006 metropolitan region of nuremberg SEE IT. FEEL IT. STAY. metropolitan region of nuremberg SEE IT. FEEL IT. STAY. EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN REGION OF NUREMBERG (EMN) REGIONAL MONITOR 2006 Sources: Federal Statistical Office, Germany Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning Federal Employment Agency Federal Motor Transport Authority Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing GfK Marktforschung GmbH internal data and calculations Published by: European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg City of Nuremberg – Mayor's Office Secretariat of the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg Rathausplatz 2 D – 90403 Nuremberg Edited by: Office for Urban Research and Statistics for Nuremberg and Fürth Unschlittplatz 7a D – 90403 Nuremberg Dr. Henning Schirner, Marco Beierlein, Roland Schmittfull co-operating with: Dr. Christa Standecker, City of Nuremberg, EMN Secretariat Dr. Thomas Goller, City of Bamberg, Harald Heinlein, Rural District of Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim, Rainer Keis, Rural District of Bamberg, Frank Richartz, Rural District of Nürnberger Land Internet: http://www.mr-n.eu http://www.statistik.nuernberg.de E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Information and orders: Nuremberg, Unschlittplatz 7a, Room 01 Telephone: +49 (0)911 231 2843 Fax: +49 (0)911 231 7460 ISBN 978-3-929922-64-9 Printed by: W. Tümmels, Buchdruckerei und Verlag GmbH & Co.KG Gundelfinger Strasse 20, D – 90451 Nuremberg Layout and design: Office for Urban Research and Statistics with kind support for Nuremberg and Fürth from: Unschlittplatz 7a TBN Public Relations GmbH 90403 Nuremberg Michael-Vogel-Str. 3 D – 91052 Erlangen All rights reserved. In particular, this publication must not be translated, duplicated, recorded on microfilm/fiche or stored in electronic systems either in whole or in part without the publisher's express consent. 2 Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Regional Monitor 2006 Foreword Since the Greater Nuremberg Area was acknowledged as a European Metropolitan Region in April 2005, no fewer than 31 self-administrated towns (not forming part of a district) and rural districts have undertaken a voluntary commitment to work together. Some 3.4 million inhabitants and 1.7 million gainfully employed persons earn a gross domestic product of approx. € 94 billion, making the region one of the large economic hubs in Europe. A metropolitan model of organisation was developed, with the Council (Rat) forming its democratic core. Comprising 46 district administrators and mayors, this is where decisions are reached on the strategies pursued by the metropolitan region. Around 400 stakeholders from across the metropolitan region work together in six specialised forums. Skills, contacts and the awareness of particular strengths and potentials on the part of all those who are involved in the metropolitan region provide an important basis for the work that goes on in the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg. At the same time, however, facts, figures and data are necessary as the starting point for tackling pending projects and strategy matters competently and for making the right decisions. This is all the more important in view of the fact that the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, in its existing form, is a new structural entity. The Regional Monitor 2006 provides a reliable fund of information on structures and trends, on opportunities and problems. On the one hand, this brochure is a reference work describing the situation of the 31 authorities united in the core area and in the metropolitan cluster. On the other hand, however, it also offers indicators for taking stock of the region's position and information on development trends. Rather than setting out to award rankings, it shows interdependencies, strengths and risks. The data presented are accompanied by concise commentaries on the specific subject area covered and supplemented by easy-to-grasp diagrams and theme-related maps. Attention has been paid to providing a full set of information for all 31 urban and rural districts. This principle, however, comes with the minor drawback that it has in general not been possible to furnish data any more recent than 2004. At this point, we expressly thank the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning as well as the Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing whose stock of data has played a major part in putting together this publication. Special thanks go to the staff of the Office for Urban Research and Statistics for Nuremberg and Fürth who, working with their partner organisations from the region, provided the concept and make-up of this brochure. Still lacking is a comparison of metropolitan regions in Germany and Europe. This comparison is currently being produced within the Network of European Metropolitan Regions in Germany (IKM). There are also initiatives in METREX for a benchmark of European metropolitan regions. Its results will doubtlessly meet with great interest in a later brochure. August 2006 European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg 3 Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Regional Monitor 2006 Contents Section Page Foreword ..................................................................................................................... 3 The European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg (EMN)......................... 5 Cooperation and area of influence – core and metropolitan cluster................. 7 Organisation of the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg..................................... 8 1. Population and settlement structure ......................................................... 10 2. Population structure and trends................................................................. 12 3. Labour-market and social structure .......................................................... 14 4. Employment ....................................................................................................... 16 5. Education and research ..................................................................... .......... 18 6. Transport and connectivity.......................................................................... 21 7. Corporate structure......................................................................................... 24 8. Economic power ............................................................................................. 26 9. Building and living ........................................................................................... 28 10. Tourism and culture ........................................................................................ 30 Facts and figures at a glance ............................................................................... 32 4 Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Regional Monitor 2006 The European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg (EMN) In its resolution of 28 April 2005, the German Conference of Ministers for Spatial Planning (MKRO) admitted the greater Nuremberg area to the circle of European metropolitan regions in Germany. This acknowledges the region's eminent status as a locomotive of economic, social and cultural development with international significance and connectivity. At the same time, an agreement was reached to prepare new "mission statements and action strategies for regional development in Germany" as the framework for shaping the concept of metropolitan regions. This was done in MKRO's resolution on 30 June 2006. Three mission statements – "Growth and innovation", "Providing services of general interest", "Preserving resources, structuring cultural landscapes" – mark out the main fields in regional planning policy. The "Growth and innovation" mission statement covers the eleven European metropolitan regions in Germany with their interrelationships. They are regarded as growth poles which, by virtue of a metropolitan infrastructure in the fields of transport, research and science, trade fairs, of global players and successful small and medium-sized enterprises on the world markets, business clusters and creative environments, significantly strengthen German and Bavarian competitiveness. Technical jargon refers to four "metropolitan functions“: • Innovator and competitor function: a high density of scientific and research institutes as well as the availability of high-quality cultural activities and creative environments. • Gateway function: good connectivity as a result of a high-class transport infrastructure and broad range of options for exchanging goods, know-how and information (e.g. trade fairs, media, telecommunications infrastructure). • Steering and controlling function: the concentration of political and economic decision-makers as well as control of international flows of money and information. • Symbol function: a high level of historical, political, cultural as well as urban significance and fitting international renown. 5 Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Regional Monitor 2006 Mission statement “Growth and innovation” 6 Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Regional Monitor 2006 In the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, the above-mentioned functions are not concentrated on one core city but spread over an urban agglomeration and several key urban centres as well as rural areas that are intermeshed in many different ways. For instance, the agglomeration of Nuremberg – Erlangen – Fürth – Schwabach represents the region's business and transport hub. This is also where a particular concentration of the metropolitan