Ensdorf, Bavaria

Ensdorf is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg -Sulzbach.

  • 2.1 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
  • 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Ensdorf is located in the Upper Palatinate region -Nord.

Community structure

The municipality has 18 Ensdorf officially named districts:

  • Ensdorf
  • Götzenöd
  • Hirschwald
  • Hofstetten
  • Long meadow
  • Unfortunately village
  • Upper amber
  • Palkering
  • Rannahof
  • Ruiding
  • Schwabenhof
  • Seidl Thal
  • Seulohe
  • Thanheim
  • From succinic
  • Uschlberg
  • Wolfbach

There are the following districts: Ensdorf, Garsdorf, pigeons Forst, Thanheim, Wolf creek.

History

The first written mention of the village dates from the year 1028. Excavations at the so-called St. Stephen's Tower, the only remainder of the 1805 aborted Church of St. Stephan, provided evidence of a church of the 10th century. Dendrochronological studies have shown that the tower was built in 1075. He is one of the oldest buildings in the Upper Palatinate. However, there is the possibility that the church belonged to the fallen desolate place Because Bach, for the beginning of the 12th century a service man narrowness bad the family of the Count is known of Sulzbach. Because Bach has risen in Ensdorf that for 1121, founded by Bishop Otto of Bamberg until the secularization in 1802 Ensdorf monastery, one of the oldest monasteries of the present Upper Palatinate belonged. Although the place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria, but formed a closed Hofmark whose seat was the monastery. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community. Since 1920, the Salesians of Don Bosco have settled in the former Benedictine monastery.

Garsdorf (part of), Thanheim and Wolfbach were incorporated on April 1, 1971 in the community.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Markus Dollacker (CSU ).

Parish council

After the last local election on 2 March 2008 the council has 14 members. The turnout was 79.2 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is conducted since 1928.

Official coat of arms description

Argent, a red zigzag bars between three ( 2-1 ) blue lilies.

Meaning of the symbols

It refers to the monastery Ensdorf, which led the Wittelsbach zigzag bars on the emblem. The three lilies are the coat of arms of the Counts of Kastl -Sulzbach taken and remember Heilika, the monastery founder.

Community partnership

Ensdorf maintains a partnership with the homonymous municipality Ensdorf Saarland.

Culture and sights

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Ensdorf (Oberpfalz )

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 67 in the area of ​​trade and transport any social insurance contributions at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 729 in the manufacturing sector and in construction there were three farms. In addition, there were 74 farms with an agricultural area of 1966 hectares, of which 1690 were arable land and 273 permanent grassland.

Furthermore, there are since 2008 in Ensdorf the Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainability, which was founded for the promotion of environmental and climate protection.

Clubs

  • DJK Ensdorf, the largest club in the community Ensdorf with more than 800 members

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2009):

  • Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 68 children
  • Elementary schools: 1 with 13 teachers / 3 trainee teachers and 120 students

Secondary school Ensdorf: Since the beginning of the school year 2005/2006 there is a new scheme for schools Ensdorf and vineyards. All school -children age 1-4 visit is no longer the primary and secondary school part II in Ensdorf, but switched over to Elementary and Middle Schools Part I of vineyards, now only primary school vineyards. The cohorts 5 and 6, which were previously housed still in vineyards, changed to the main school Ensdorf. Now the classes are 5 - 9 housed in the main school Ensdorf.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Christoph Hammer (born 1966 ), conductor
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