Kirchenlamitz

Kirchenlamitz is a town in the Upper Franconian district Wunsiedel and lies on the River Lamitz.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Sport
  • 4.3 Regular events
  • 6.1 traffic

Geography

Boroughs

The city is divided into 27 Kirchenlamitz Districts:

  • Station Kirchenlamitz
  • Baumgarten
  • Dörflas at Kirchenlamitz
  • Entenloh
  • Epprechtstein
  • Fahrenbühl
  • Spruce hammer
  • Fuchsmühle
  • Großschloppen
  • Hasenmühle
  • Rear Buchhaus
  • High book
  • Kirchenlamitz
  • Kleinschloppen
  • Mittelschieda
  • Neuenhammer
  • Niederlamitz
  • Niederlamitzerhammer
  • Oberschieda
  • Raumetengrün
  • Reicholdsgrün
  • Schnepf mill
  • Unterschieda
  • Front Buchhaus
  • Vorsuchhütte
  • Wustung at Schnepf mill

History

The story of Kirchenlamitz is also that of about two kilometers south-west to Castle Epprechtstein. 1352 the viscount of Nuremberg were invested with this and came into possession of the entire rule, and thus the location a short time later. Burggraf Friedrich V. von Nürnberg gave the place a city charter in 1374, which was lost again later. The Principality of Bayreuth, to the place then belonged, came in 1791 with the Kingdom of Prussia. After four years of French occupation of the city and the castle came in 1810 with the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1901 Kirchenlamitz was raised again to the city.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1978, until then independent municipality Dörflas were Raumetengrün and Reicholdsgrün incorporated in Kirchenlamitz and parts of the territory of the dissolved municipalities.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 2 March 2008 led to the following distribution of seats in the local council:

* Nonpartisan group of voters list

Mayor

The election of the mayor had to be decided on 16 March, 2008 in a runoff election between the incumbent mayor Reinhard White ( WÜL ) and the SPD candidate Thomas Schwarz. With a turnout of 68.42 % votes in 1331 fell on Black, White received 665 votes. First Mayor is thus Thomas Schwarz, Deputy Mayor Friederike Kränzle (CSU ) and third mayor Gerd Müller ( WÜL ).

Twinning

Kobyla Góra in Poland is the sister community of the city Kirchenlamitz.

Culture and sights

Structures

Castle Epprechtstein in the book House district

On the Epprechtstein include former quarries for the Epprechtstein granite, a regionally and nationally renowned granite. Some of them are connected via a hiking trail. Most are abandoned and the rain water has formed in lakes.

In some older homes today have become rare double windows can be observed.

See also: List of monuments in Kirchenlamitz

Sports

  • Moderate cross-country ski trails on the Epprechtstein of six, four and nine kilometers in length and about 100 meters altitude difference

Regular events

  • June: High book fair
  • July: Economic and Wiesenfest Kirchenlamitz
  • August: Kichweihen Raumetengrün, Reicholdsgrün
  • September: City pond hard
  • October Kirchenlamitz church fairs, Niederlamitz

Others

The Ortsneckname of Kirchenlamitz or the nickname of the Kirchenlamitzer citizens is cancer Backer.

Economy and infrastructure

The company was Reul 1909-1996 in Kirchenlamitz.

Traffic

The breakpoint Kirchenlamitz East located on the railway line Regensburg Oberkotzau. In addition, previously existed over the train track Kirchenlamitz - white city a rail link to White city.

Personalities who were active in the city

  • Wilhelm Lohe (1808-1872), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, was vicar in Kirchenlamitz
  • Rudolf Hess (1894-1987), Nazi politician who spent part of his childhood and youth in the district Reicholdsgrün
  • Hermann Winterling (1906-2008), entrepreneur
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