Birgland
Birgland is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg -Sulzbach and a member of the administrative community Illschwang.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms 3.2.1 Official coat of arms description
- 3.2.2 Meaning of symbols
- 4.1 monuments
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 Education
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Birgland is located in the Upper Palatinate region near the North Federal Highway 6, between exits Alfeld and Sulzbach -Rosenberg, about 15 km south of the town of Sulzbach- Rosenberg. The distance from Birgland to Nuremberg is 49 km. The average altitude is about 600 meters above sea level. NN. The highest elevation is the Poppberg with about 653 meters. NN. This is also the second highest mountain of the Franconian Alb. Through the community Birgland the European watershed between the Rhine and the Danube runs. The Church in Poppberg is exactly on the watershed, the rain water from the northern half of the roof flows the Rhine, the. From the southern to the Danube
Community structure
The municipality has 42 Birgland officially named districts:
- Aicha
- Ammer Ried
- Ammer directional
- Baumgarten
- Betz mountain
- Buchhof
- Burkartshof
- Dickatshof
- Doll man mountain
- Eckeltshof
- Eckert field
- Frechetsfeld
- Fürnried
- Geigenwang
- Gronatshof
- Hain field
- Haslach
- Hirschricht
- Courtier
- Kegelheim
- Carriage village
- Leinberg
- Leinhof
- Lichtenegg
- Matzenhof
- Nonnhof
- Ödamershüll
- Ödhaag
- Ödthal
- Pleishof
- Poppberg
- Reichenunholden
- Riedelhof
- Roth directional
- Swidden
- Schwenderöd
- Sunzendorf
- Tannlohe
- Troßalter
- Wolfertsfeld
- Woppenthal
- Worm noise
There are the following districts: Betz Mountain, Eckeltshof, Frechetsfeld, Fürnried, Poppberg with Wolfertsfeld, Gronatshof and Matzenhof, swidden, Sunzendorf.
Larger districts
- Wolfertsfeld
- Frechetsfeld
- Fürnried
- Poppberg
- Lichtenegg
- Swidden
- Sunzendorf
Church in swidden, portal page
Church Schwendberg, long side
Church in Poppberg
Billboard at the church in Poppberg
History
A large part of today's municipal area was in the range of Hofmark Kastl of St. John and Malta, who de facto in 1806 was repealed. The northern parts of municipalities, the castle Lichtenegg, belonged to the Duchy of Sulzbach long time. The castle in the west of the municipality in the district of Lichtenegg was first mentioned 700 years ago, but is likely to be considerably older. Owner of the castle ruins is the church. The position of the ruined castle offers views to Middle Franconia, the Fichtelgebirge, the Bavarian Forest and the Upper Palatinate Forest. The Celts used in prehistoric times the place as a refuge castle. The first lords Sulzbacher Counts were called to 1050. Later Lichtenegg was the family seat of the Earls of Preysing. Christian Knorr von Rose Roth wrote on the way from Högen after Lichtenegg the hymn Morgenglanz eternity. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria emerged with the community of 1818, the forerunner of today's community, the communities Eckeltshof, Frechetsfeld, Fürnried, Poppberg and swidden.
Incorporations
Birgland was formed on 1 July 1972 by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Eckeltshof, Frechetsfeld, Fürnried, Poppberg and swidden. On 1 May 1978, still closed to the community Sunzendorf.
Population Development
Policy
First Mayor Herbert Steinmetz ( Biirgerblock ). Mr. Herbert Steinmetz was confirmed at the election in March 2008. The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 477,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 55,000.
Parish council
After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members. The turnout was 72.0 %. The choice was as follows:
Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is in the current form since 1976.
Official coat of arms description
Blazon: In red over green five mountain a silver cube wall with two battlements, above two silver heraldic lilies.
Meaning of the symbols
The two sulzbachischen lilies in the coat of arms symbolize the historical relationship of the place to the Count of Sulzbach. These were once owners of castles and castle Lichtenegg Poppberg and the Monastery Kastl that dominated as a basic rule in place. The battlements originally comes from the coat of arms of the Counts of Preysing from which to Lichtenegg a branch of the family from 1580 to 1759 was established. The heraldic Five Mountain is the 1972 in the context of local government reform merged to Birgland ( Bergland ) federated locations Eckeltshof, Frechetsfeld, Fürnried, Poppberg and swidden, pointing out at the same time on the name.
Culture and sights
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Birgland
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of agriculture and forestry eight, in the manufacturing sector and 45 in the trade and transport 56 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the work of 60 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 557 in the manufacturing sector, there were three farms in the construction operation. In addition, in 1999, there were 150 farms with an agricultural area of 2739 hectares, of which 1839 were arable land and 899 permanent grassland.
Education
There are the following facilities (as of 1999):
- Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 58 children
- Elementary School: 1st and 2nd class
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Flierl (1858-1947), missionary