Grafenwöhr

Grafenwöhr is a town in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 City Council
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Structures
• 4.3 monuments

• 5.1 traffic 5.1.1 Road Traffic
• 5.1.2 Air Traffic
• 5.1.3 Solar Park Cabins

• 5.5.1 German -language newspapers and magazines
• 5.5.2 English-language newspapers and magazines

Geography

Geographical Location

Grafenwoehr is located in the northwestern part of the Upper Palatinate, and thus in the Upper Palatine hills.

Expansion of the urban area

The city of Grafenwoehr is divided into 11 Districts:

• Bruck village of Gmünd
• Village of Gmünd
• Gößenreuth
• Grafenwoehr
• Grub
• Hammer Gmünd

• Josephsthal
• Kollermühle
• Moss
• Rosenhof

The largest part of the training area Grafenwoehr is now part of the city. The unincorporated area Grafenwoehr Training Area with an area of ​​8749.97 hectares, which included the 1938/39 resolution communities Hague, height mountain, Hopfenohe, Kaundorf, Leuzenhof, Nunkas, Oberfrankenohe and Pappenberg, was fully incorporated on 1 July 1978 in the urban area and the unincorporated area thereby dissolved.

History

The city's founding took place in 1361st Until 1421 Grafenwöhr kurpfälzisch was under the rule of the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, and 1621 /28, then kurbayerisch. By 1900, the city had only 900 inhabitants, then came under the influence of the nearby military training area ( established in 1908 ) an economic upswing. In Grafenwöhr also the newly formed Italian division " San Marco" was formed in 1944. It was visited on July 18, 1944 by Benito Mussolini. Heavy bombing in April 1945 provided for a nearly complete destruction Grafenwöhrs. The training area is currently used by the U.S. Army and the Bundeswehr.

Incorporations

In 1946 a part of the formerly independent municipality Thomas Reuth was incorporated. On July 1, 1972 Gmünd and parts of huts, Kürmreuth and Sigras were added.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor Helmuth Wächter (SPD).

City ​​council

The city council consists of the mayor and 20 city council members first.

The local elections of 2002 and 2008 led to the following seat distribution:

• * During the election period, a City Council left the SPD parliamentary group and has since been attached Member. Today he is chairman of the newly formed local branch of the party DIE LINKE.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Split; forward the Bavarian diamond, back in black, a red -winning and reinforced golden lion.

The coat of arms has been known since the 15th century.

Twinning

• Austria since 1995 is twinned with Grafenwörth ( Austria ).

Culture and sights

Museums

Structures

• Historic Old Town
• Late Gothic Town Hall 1462
• Zehentkasten of 1532
• Plague probably of 1496
• Restored part of the city wall
• Schoenberg with natural stage
• Church of the Assumption
• Church of Peace
• Annaberg with Mary Help of Christians Church
• Cemetery church of St. Ursula ( 1593)
• Grub Castle, also called Hofmarkschloss (1714 )
• Hammerstein Gmünd - Grafenwoehr ( 1762)

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Grafenwoehr

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Road

Grafenwöhr is located directly on the B 299

Traffic

Grafenwoehr has a military airfield. The nearest international airport is in Nuremberg.

Solar Park Cabins

In the huts district, the largest open space solar power system is the Upper Palatinate with a peak power of 15.7 megawatts. It extends over 35 hectares.

Established businesses

The training area is an important economic factor in the region and offers more than 3600 people a job.

In business incubator Grafenwöhr -Eschenbach - Pressath seeking advice entrepreneurs are advised.

Public institutions

• City ​​Hall
• Forest pool
• Bars
• Restaurants
• Fun Park
• Indoor playground "Mega Play"
• Sports Home

Radio and TV

• Until the autumn of 2008: Medium wave transmitter of the AFN
• TV Oberpfalz ( Regional TV )
• Radio Ramasuri (Regional)
• Radio Galaxy (regional, youth channel )

Newspapers and Magazines

German -language newspapers and magazines

• City Gazette (monthly)
• Four cities Triangle Magazine (monthly)
• The New Day ( daily newspaper )
• OWZ ( advertiser )
• Rundschau ( advertiser )
• Grafenwoehr.com Newspaper ( Until the end of December 2010)

English-language newspapers and magazines

• Grafenwoehr.com Newspaper ( Until the end of December 2010)
• Stars and Stripes
• Bavarian News ( Until the end of October 2012)
• Bavarian Times Magazine ( From 2013 )
• MWR Magazine

Education

• Three kindergartens
• School Preliminary Setup
• Elementary school
• St. Michael's work eV vocational school for individual learning support
• Commercial Training Centre

Personalities

• Reinhard Pappenberger (born 1958 ), Bishop of the Diocese of Regensburg and Titular Bishop of Aptuca (Tunisia )
• Elvis Presley (1935-1977) was from 3 November 1958 military service on the Grafenwoehr Training Area
• Hermann Kirchhoff (1926-2012), religious teacher and high school teacher, was after his retirement counselor in Grafenwoehr