Waldershof

Waldershof is a city in the Upper Palatinate district Tirschenreuth.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments
  • 5.1 Established businesses
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Public bodies
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Waldershof is the Walder Hofer Valley between the stone forest and the Kösseine in the former abbey country.

Expansion of the urban area

The northern city boundary also forms the border with the county Wunsiedel and the transition from the administrative district of the Upper Palatinate for the district of Upper Franconia.

Waldershof is the sixth largest city in the district Tirschenreuth.

Boroughs

The city is divided into 27 Waldershof Districts:

  • Bärnest
  • Buchlohhäuser
  • Gefällmühle
  • Hard
  • Harlachberg
  • Harlachhammer
  • Harlachhof
  • Harlachmühle
  • Helmbrechts
  • High Hard
  • Kaltenlohe
  • Kössain
  • Lengenfeld at Groschlattengrün
  • Masch
  • Neumühlestrasse
  • Paul mill
  • Poppenreuth
  • Rodenzenreuth
  • Rosenhammer
  • Sheep Bruck
  • Schurenbach
  • Silbermühle
  • Stemetsbach
  • Stiegl mill
  • Walbenreuth
  • Waldershof
  • Wolfer Reuth

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Pullenreuth, Marktredwitz, Neusorg, Ebnath, Pechbrunn, Fuchsmühl and peace rock.

History

The first mention of Waltershove was in the year 1263. 1463 the sovereign, Abbot Nicholas IV from the forest monastery Assen, Waldershof gave already town-like privileges. Castle and the market remained until the secularization in 1802 the property of the monastery forest Assen, the city became part of Bavaria, which was in 1806 raised to the Kingdom. The establishment of the Haviland porcelain factory in 1907 was an important step in the development of an industrially dominated community. 1963 Waldershof became a town.

Incorporations

Since April 1, 1971 include the previously independent municipalities Rodenzenreuth and Walbenreuth to Waldershof. On 1 July 1976 parts of the territory of the dissolved municipality Lengenfeld were incorporated in large Schlattmann green. On January 1, 1978, the majority of the community Poppenreuth, created 1 July 1972 through the merger of Helmbrechts and High Hard, incorporated. Small parts of the neighboring community Neusorg ( about 100 inhabitants) and the dissolved municipality Lange parts (less than 50 inhabitants) were added on 1 May 1978.

Policy

Parish council

The city council has 17 members, probably since the local elections of March 2, 2008, the following parties or groups of voters:

  • CSU: 9 seats
  • SPD: 2 seats
  • FW: 4 seats
  • Voter Federation ( WB): 2 seats

CSU and collar voters form a group.

Mayor

  • First Mayor Hubert waiter (CSU )
  • Deputy Mayor: Joseph Daubenmerkl (CSU )
  • Third Mayor: Willibald Reindl (WB)

Coat of arms

Blazon: Argent, a red battlements, over the side by side grow three green conifers.

The coat of arms has been known since 1463.

Culture and sights

  • List of monuments in Waldershof

Structures

  • Castle Waldershof
  • St. John's Chapel
  • Old Catholic Church of St. Sebastian

Natural Monuments

Waldershof extends to the Nature Park Stone Forest and the Fichtelgebirge.

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

The CUBE bike manufacturer headquartered with 20,000 square feet of production space in Waldershof. The dealership group Mössbauer is one of the 100 largest automotive companies in Germany and a member of the TECHNO- purchasing company.

Traffic

Waldershof is on the railway line Nuremberg - Cheb. From the breakpoint trains to Nuremberg, Bayreuth, Hof, Cheb and a larger one station Marktredwitz. The nearest motorway junction is Pechbrunn to A93

Public institutions

  • Kindergarten in the district Poppenreuth
  • Kösseinebad
  • Kindergarten Josefsheim
  • Basic secondary school

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jobst Brandt (1517-1570), composer
  • Matthew Bird (1695-1766), Jesuit, writers, people, missionary and founder of the Loreto pilgrimage Oggersheim (Rhine Palatinate )
  • Franz Michael Wagner (1768-1851), a Montanist
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