Leonberg, Bavaria

Leonberg is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate Tirschenreuth and since 1974 a member of the administrative community Mitterteich.

  • 3.1 Coat of Arms 3.1.1 Official, heraldic coat of arms description
  • 3.1.2 Role of the emblem
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical location

The community is located between the cities Mitter Pond, Forest aces and Tirschenreuth. From lying on a hillside village itself offers a wide view over the Wondrebsenke.

Community structure

The municipality Leonberg has 20 officially named districts:

  • Altenhammer
  • Amesmühle
  • Dobrigau
  • Forkatshof
  • Great Lake
  • Hofteich
  • Hungenberg
  • Chorzów
  • Grain mill
  • Warriors mill
  • Leonberg
  • Münch Green
  • Neuhof
  • Neumühlestrasse
  • Pfaffenreuth
  • Pienmühle
  • Terschnitz
  • Topics Reuth
  • Wiendlhof
  • Zirkenreuth

History

Leonberg in its present form was created on 1 April 1971 through the voluntary merger of the previously independent municipalities Leonberg, Great Lake and Pfaffenreuth. Leonberg and Great Lake have traditionally been more influenced by agricultural, the economic focus in Pfaffenreuth formed the mine Bayerland. There the 1970s pyrite was sponsored to start.

Policy

Coat of arms

Since 1980, the municipality of Leon mountain has its own coat of arms.

Official heraldic coat of arms description

Argent, a growing red dragon with a black hammer in the mouth, covered with a lowered blue wave beams.

Meaning of the coat of arms

The red dragon is the emblem of the monastery forest Assen. He points to the relations of the church to the monastery, dating back to 1243. The hammer is the symbol of the mining, the main thing in Pfaffenreuth operated, and the blue bar on the river Wondreb, which flows through the municipal area.

Culture and sights

Structures

See value in town is the Baroque parish church of St. Leonhard, as is the church of All Saints in the Parish Wernersreuth.

  • List of monuments in Leonberg (Oberpfalz )

Natural Monuments

The natural monument Iron hat reminiscent of the mining industry in Pfaffenreuth. It is located near the disused colliery.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The community Leonberg is accessible via the main roads 15 and 299, as well as on the A 93 motorway (exits Mitter Pond North and South).

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