Kastl, Tirschenreuth

Kastl is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate Tirschenreuth and a member of the administrative community Kemnath.

  • 2.1 Name
  • 2.2 Amalgamations
  • 2.3 Population growth
  • 2.4 Structures
  • 2.5 Special
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 associations
  • 3.5 Cultural Life
  • 3.6 Erntedankzug
  • 3.7 American settlement
  • 4.1 Established businesses
  • 4.2 Services and companies
  • 4.3 Road Access

Geography

The landscape at the foot of napping Kulm, drained by the Haidenaab, with its vast forests, with great hiking opportunities.

Local structure

The municipality Kastl has 13 officially named districts:

  • Altköslarn
  • Birkhof
  • Gründlhut
  • Haidhügl
  • Kastl
  • Mühlhof
  • Neuenreuth
  • Settlement near Kastl
  • Lower village
  • Troglau
  • Unterbruck
  • Weha
  • Wolframshof

History

Kastl belonged to Rentamt Amberg and the district court Waldeck of the Electorate of Bavaria.

A historical highlight of this place was the battle won against the French troops on August 26, 1796. Kastler The farmers were equipped with the firearms French counter only with pitchforks and they could so discourage an attack on the neighboring city Kemnath. This was only possible because the soldiers had been drinking the night a lot over the eight.

Name

The frequent in Bavaria Kastl place name probably goes back to the Holy Kastulus.

Incorporations

In 1945 or 1946, until then independent municipality Wolframshof was incorporated. On January 1, 1972, added Unterbruck. On January 1, 1978, a part of the dissolved municipality extinguishing joke was incorporated.

Population growth

Kastl was one of four communities in the district Tirschenreuth 2004 report an increase in population and counted 1398 inhabitants. Kastl also has the largest proportion of minors throughout the county.

Structures

In the districts Wolframshof and Unterbruck there are two locks with large associated land ( agricultural land and woodland ). Another building is the church in the village center. In the cemetery and in Wolframshof lock is depending on a so-called Boniface stone. Such stones let Boniface wherever he evangelized, set up as a sign of his ministry.

  • List of monuments in Kastl ( at Kemnath )

Special

The village of Kastl was district champion in 2005 at the competition Our village is beautiful - Our village has a future.

Politics & Culture

Parish council

As of May 1, 2008

  • CSU: 8 seats
  • FW: 4 seats

Mayor

First Mayor Bruno Haberkorn, Deputy Mayor Rectors Josef Etterer, both belong to the CSU.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In red with a silver shield head, in two red wheel crosses connected with a horizontal red bar, over a silver labels, is a blue bar, two silver dragon wings. The emblem has been used since 1982.

Clubs

The largest sports club in the municipality is the TSV 1960 Kastl with the divisions football, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, skiing, hiking, and with several groups of gymnasts. There is also a shooting club unity Hubertus Kastl. He is in possession of one of the most modern shooting ranges in Europe. Very successful is the youth work with four World Cup titles, a European Champion and multiple title holders at the national level ( German and Bavarian champion).

Cultural life

Most members of all clubs, the Kulturtreff Kastl with 940 persons have. The Kastler cabaret days are the cultural highlight of each year. The event will always be part of several, mostly from television known comedians and singers. The Rock Band Troglauer Buam lives partly in Kastl, also iht eponymous rehearsal room Muhbarack in Troglau lies on the southern municipality.

Erntedankzug

Since 1950 there is in Kastl a historical Erntedankzug. In the only every ten yearly pageant farm life is shown as it once was. The list of floats is long: from the peasant wedding, the team of horses with a loaded hay wagon, a school class with teacher up to Hutza -Stub'n is everything. About 30 floats and many marchers put life on the land as identical as possible dar. At the pageant open to all clubs in the parish Kastl with nearly 500 participants. The pageant in 2000 attracted over 8000 visitors.

American settlement

Since the beginning of 2005, the municipality Kastl also has 40 U.S. citizens. The built during the expansion of the Grafenwoehr Training Area houses are close to the village center and form an "American Quarter ".

Economy

Established businesses

The largest employers in the town are the IEM GmbH conveyor ( conveyor belts, conveyors ), which provides up to Brazil and India, the construction company and the company Heinrich Johann Heining Hoven.

Services and businesses

In the municipality Kastl there is a primary school, a kindergarten, a Catholic church, several banks and insurance companies, several pubs, a café, hairdressers, Doctor, dentist, physiotherapy, massage, bakery, butcher, advertising agency, painting contractor, roofing company, construction company, a volunteer Fire Department, Electronics Store and sawmill.

Transport links

Kastl is conveniently located in the triangle of Bayreuth, Weiden, Marktredwitz and has been with the state road 2665 a direct link to B 22 and B 299, and thus also to the A 9 and A 93

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