 With the establishment of the training area, Grafenwoehr and its subdivisions Gmuend, Huetten, and Goeßenreuth lost 2,820 hectare, or two-thirds of its real estate as well as a portion of its back country.Nevertheless, the military caused an immense economic boom in Grafenwoehr.The number of inhabitants doubled between 1909 and 1910 from 961 to 1,841.