Mitterfels
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Mitterfels is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen and office of the Management Community Mitterfels. Mitterfels is a state- recognized health resort.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 traffic
- 5.3 Formation
Geography
Geographical Location
Mitterfels lies in the Danube- forest on a cliff plateau above the Menach. The exposed position brought the place early on a the name 'Bayerisches Jerusalem. "
The highest point of the municipality lies at 496 m above sea level. NN, the deepest at 322 m above sea level. NN.
Community structure
The municipality Mitterfels has 36 officially named districts:
- Aichmühl
- Aign
- Auhof
- Dunk
- Einfürst
- Eisenhart
- Engl mountain
- Großkohlham
- Hagnberg
- Herrenberg
- Background Paper Mountain
- Courtier
- Höllmühl
- Hörmann mountain
- Box field
- Kleinkohlham
- Kögl
- Cross churches
- Miething
- Mitterfels
- Neumühlestrasse
- Upper Hartberg
- Pürstenberg
- Scheibelsgrub
- Schoppühl
- Spornhüttling
- Stone House
- Steinrießl
- Straßhof
- Talmuhle
- Under Hartberg
- Vorderbuchberg
- Vineyard
- Meadow Point
- Wollersdorf
- Zackenberg
There is only the district Mitterfels.
Neighboring communities
- Ascha
- Haselbach
- Hunderdorf
- Arc
- Steinach
History
1104 founded the Counts of Bogen the nearby monastery Oberalteich. The Mitterfels castle was first mentioned in 1194. This coincided with the extinction of the Counts of Bogen in 1242 to the Wittelsbach family. Mitterfels was from 1280 to 1799 the seat of a Pflegamts and 1799-1879 of the District Court of the electorate and the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the Thirty Years' War the fortress Mitterfels 1633/34 fell to the Swedes. In the 18th century the Pandurs attacks were successfully repulsed. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community. It's made of the locations of the control district Mitterfels, as well as individual locations from the control districts Gaishausen ( front and rear carrying mountain ), Haselbach ( Einfürst ) and Asha ( Auhof, England mountain, Hörmann mountain ) is formed. The district court was disbanded in 1861, a district court was in Mitterfels castle until 1973.
Despite its central place function as the administrative center Mitterfels had no market or municipal law. Only in 1968 it was raised to the market.
The castle, which is owned by the municipality and seat of the administrative community Mitterfels today, one of the formative landscape architectural monuments of the region. The historic Hien - Sölde, a 1436 -built small farmhouse in block design, has national significance.
The new parish church Holy Spirit
The City Council of Mitterfels
The former prison
Historic Hien - Sölde, built in 1436
Incorporations
In 1876 Scheibelsgrub was incorporated.
On 1 May 1978, the districts Hagnberg, Kögl and Meadow Point of the dissolved municipality Gaishausen were incorporated after midnight rock.
Population Development
Policy
Mayor Heinrich Stenzel (CDU community). He was the successor to Werner Lang ( CSU / Independent citizens) in 2002.
The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 942 k € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 94 T €.
Culture and sights
- Castle Mitterfels emerged from the castle of the Counts of Bogen. The remains of the medieval castle are separated from the village by a 20 meter deep moat, which is spanned by a stone bridge built in 1791. The main tower collapsed in 1812. Were preserved remains of the ramparts, the prison wing of the 18th century and the nurses home. The 1780 instead of an older building built castle, formerly Pfleg, State and district court, since 1973, serves as the town hall and is since 1977 the seat of the administrative community Mitterfels.
- The former prison was added in the 18th century in the tower kennel. It was until 1879 the prison of the district court and until 1949 the local court Mitterfels. Here is since 1982 the museum with original prison cells.
- The side St. George's Church was built in a castle and chapel. It was rebuilt in 1734 and was until 1805 a branch church of the monastery parish churches Cross. From 1805 to 1970 she served as the parish church of the new parish Mitterfels until it was replaced by the new Holy Spirit. The zweijochige nave has a Tuscan pilasters and a vaulted ceiling.
See also: List of monuments in Mitterfels
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 35, 126 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 111 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 194 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 699 in the manufacturing sector, there were 8 businesses in the construction sector 4 farms. In addition, in 1999, there were 46 farms with an agricultural area of 728 ha, of which 355 ha of arable land and 371 ha of permanent grassland.
Traffic
The State Road 2140 and State Road 2147 crossing in Mitterfels. The Distance to motorway A 3 is 6 km. The Federal Highway 20 can be reached within 5 km. By the railway line Straubing- Miltach the place was tied in time from 1896 to 1984 to the railway network.
Education
There are the following facilities (as of 1999):
- Kindergartens: 72 nursery places and 17 nursery places (as of 2013)
- Elementary schools: 1 with 22 teachers and 362 students
- State vocational schools for housekeeping and child care
- Music school of the district Straubing-Bogen