Freudenberg, Bavaria

Freudenberg is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg -Sulzbach, about 12 km northeast of Amberg around the Johannisberg (605 m above sea level ) in Naabbergland, one of the western reaches of the Upper Palatinate Forest.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms 3.1.1 Official coat of arms description
  • 3.1.2 Meaning of symbols
  • 4.1 transmitter Amberg

Geography

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities (clockwise ) are: Hirschau, Schnaittenbach, Schmidgaden, Fensterbach, Ebermannsdorf Kummersbruck, Amberg and Hahnenbach.

Community structure

The municipality Freudenberg has 34 officially named districts:

  • Old straightening
  • Aschach
  • Bärnmühle
  • Baumgarten
  • Berghof
  • Buchenöd
  • Buhl
  • Ellersdorf
  • Etsdorf
  • Freudenberg
  • Geiselhof
  • Götzdorf
  • Greßmühle
  • Hainstetten
  • Hammer mill
  • Hilter village
  • Wooden house
  • Hötzelsdorf
  • Immenstetten
  • Coal mill
  • Lintach
  • Oberpennading
  • Paulsdorf
  • Pursruck
  • Rannahof
  • Schlauderhof
  • Schleißdorf
  • Schwandstrasse
  • Ströhlhof
  • Thann
  • Traglhof
  • Unterpennading
  • Witzlricht
  • Wutschdorf

History

Freudenberg was first mentioned in 1250. The name probably comes from the old- name " Fruido " from. As early as 1500 BC, Celts settled on the Johannisberg (605 m above sea level ) and built a ring wall ( 1500-500 BC). Around 800 AD, the area was settled by the Bavarians. From 1250 to 1594 there was the rich aristocracy of free Freudenberger, which was sold last Freudenberger Hans II to the Palatine princes in Amberg. Since 1628, Freudenberg is Catholic. From the castle of Freudenberger today only small remnants. The Sanctuary at Johannisberg dates in its present form from 1711. Freudenberg was later the seat of a Pflegamtes and belonged to Rentamt Amberg of the Electorate of Bavaria.

Incorporations

As part of the local government reform in Bavaria, the municipalities Freudenberg and Wutschdorf merged on January 1, 1970 together with the new community Freudenberg. This was divided on 1 April 1971 the municipalities Aschach, Etsdorf, Hilter village, Lintach and Pursruck in their municipality a.

The population of the seven former municipalities:

  • Aschach ( 838 inhabitants)
  • Etsdorf (518 inhabitants)
  • Freudenberg ( 817 inhabitants)
  • Hilter village (630 inhabitants)
  • Lintach (722 inhabitants)
  • Pursruck (147 inhabitants)
  • Wutschdorf ( 577 inhabitants)

( Population as of date of 31 December 2004. ) The total number of community residents Freudenberg was thus at the date 4249.

Policy

First mayor is Norbert Probst of the CSU.

The council has 16 members:

  • CSU 9 members
  • FW 4 members
  • SPD 3 members

Conditions: Local election on 2 March 2008

Coat of arms

The municipality performs its coat of arms since 1975.

Official coat of arms description

Divided; angle from the top of quartered red and silver; below in gold under a half red mill wheel.

Meaning of the symbols

Through the mill wheel is made of the local hammer mill and the paper mill, which formerly had a large economic impact for the area. From the coat of arms of the lords of Paul Village, a major Upper Palatinate noble family, whose headquarters is located in Paul village in Hilter village, the Schrägvierung is taken in the upper shield member. The Paul Strand held the rule in Freudenberg until 1622.

Economy and infrastructure

While Freudenberg was a predominantly peasant and artisan village to the 1960/1970er years, there are only a few sideline and some professional farmers today. The majority of the population commutes to the surrounding larger towns and cities (such as Amberg, Hirschau, Wernberg or pastures ), so that - as in many villages - belongs to the character of a farm village of the past. In addition, there is construction, brewing and small businesses. Tourism is another small source of income, as well as the timber industry.

In the town Freudenberg, the first wind turbines were commissioned in Amberg -Sulzbach in operation in December 2011. The council had previously carried unanimously a special zone for wind power in the vicinity of the place Witzlricht. The two Enercon E-82 are operated by the citizens wind region Freudenberg GmbH.

The nearest railway station is on the railway line Amberg Nuremberg - Schwandorf, about twelve kilometers southwest of Freudenberg. Between Amberg and Freudenberg runs weekdays the bus line 59 of the transport undertaking regional bus eastern Bavaria.

Transmitter Amberg

On the Rotbühl the district Hainstetten (49 ° 30 ' 31 " N, 12 ° 0' 17 " O49.50861111111112.004722222222 ) operates the German Telekom AG the basic network channels Amberg for television (DVB -T), DAB and FM radio. As antenna support a 150 m high, guyed steel lattice mast is used whose foundation is at an altitude of 668 m above sea level.

Leisure and culture

The community Freudenberg is characterized by a lively altbairisch embossed club and Customs life. The adjacent Johannisberg and the forest area of ​​the book allow natural mountain sports and leisure activities. In the 1960s, the congregation built a swimming pool and a ski lift ( with floodlights ). Regional awareness acquires Freudenberg by the folk theater " Freudenberger Bauer stage" and the beer of the small traditional brewery Märkl the family, the ( first mentioned in 1466 ) since 1784 in the possession of Freudenberger brewery is.

Highlights of village life in the village of Freudenberg are the traditional church fairs (see: fair ). In the municipality five major church fairs are held during the year: in Aschach, Etsdorf, Freudenberg, Lintach and Schleißdorf ( Oberland). In addition, there was every two years at the ski lift area at the foot of the Johannisberg an open- air festival. In the past, this event attracted up to 13,000 visitors.

Long tradition enjoys the hard Johannisberg on the feast day of John the Baptist ( 24 June). Several groups of pilgrims from the region set out on a pilgrimage on foot to Johannisberg church on the nearest Sunday.

See also: List of monuments in Freudenberg (Oberpfalz )

Personalities

  • The theologian August Adam (1888-1965) was born in Pursruck.
  • The theologian Karl Adam (1876-1966) was born in Pursruck.
  • The surgeon Max Biebl (1893-1968) was born in Etsdorf.
  • The composer Franz Biebl (1906-2001) was born in Pursruck.
  • Ferdinand Haberl ( born March 15, 1906 in Lintach; † 3 July 1985 in Regensburg ), Prelate, composer, director of the School of Church Music Regensburg, 1976 winner of the Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg.
  • The theologian Peter Lippert (1879-1936) was born in old dir.
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