Biburg

Biburg is a municipality in the district of Kelheim, Lower Bavaria, and a member of the administrative community Siegburg.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Council tax revenue
  • 3.3 community partnership
  • 4.1 churches
  • 4.2 Other buildings
  • 4.3 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Biburg lies in the planning region Regensburg.

There are the following districts: Altdürnbuch, Biburg. Other districts are Dürnhart, Perka, Rappersdorf and Etzenbach.

History

Biburg was first mentioned as Piburch 1048-1060. The monastery was founded in 1132 by Konrad Biburg and Arbo of Sittling - Biburg. 1555 the monastery was closed, the plant came into sovereign administration. 1589 received from Ingolstadt Jesuit buildings. 1781 took over the Order of Malta, the monastery and the closed Hofmark, which he held until its dissolution in 1808. In 1808 the monastery by the secularization become the property of the Bavarian state. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

The community Altdürnbuch came along with its districts and Etzenbach Rappersdorf with the municipal reform on 1 January 1978 the municipality Biburg.

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1961 810, 1970 885, 1987, 939 and 2000 counted 1,277 residents a year. At the end of 2011, there were 1,210 inhabitants.

Policy

Mayor

1.Bürgermeister since 1996 Zach Thomas Mayer ( Active Biburger citizens).

Municipal tax revenue

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 399,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 49,000.

Community partnership

On 28 May 1992, the partnership with the French community Cauffry was sealed in Biburg, the counter- signature in Cauffry took place on 4 June 1993.

Culture and sights

Churches

  • Church of St. Michael and Leonardo in Perka
  • Church of St. Margaret in Altdürnbuch
  • Redeemer Chapel Biburg
  • Parish Church of Mary Immaculate in Biburg ( the former monastery church is one of the most important Romanesque monuments in Old Bavaria )

Other Buildings

  • Communal monastic complex with a branch of the vocational training center Abensberg ( KJF - BBW ). Scene of "Trans Bavaria " directed by Konstantin Ferstl; Use of the former monastery, among others, for theater performances, parties and screenings.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Biburg ( Lower Bavaria )

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 49 in the area of ​​trade and transport any social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the work of six people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 406 in the manufacturing sector, there were none, in the construction of two plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 53 farms with an agricultural area of 1,002 ha, of which 801 ha of arable land and 201 ha of permanent grassland.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2009):

  • Kindergarten: Kindergarten Zwergenland and kindergarten Rubezahl ( Montessori Kindergarten )

Personalities

  • Holy Eberhard, Archbishop of Salzburg (first abbot of the monastery Biburger ) ( 1085 / 1089-1164 )
  • Henry of Biburg († March 28, 1084 ) was Patriarch of Aquileia from 1077 to 1084.
  • Blessed Berta of Biburg ( founder of the Monastery of Biburg ) ( 1060-1130 )
  • Angerer the Elder ( born 1938 ), painter and visionary, art director ( The NeverEnding Story II, by Michael Ende ), Set ( The Hobbit, after JJRTolkien ), sculptor ( Redeemer Chapel in Biburg ), author of " cultural break," A lost dream and no- lost dream
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