Obernzell
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Top cell is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau and nationally recognized resort.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Town twinning
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 traffic
- 5.3 car ferry upper cell
- 5.4 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Upper cell is in the Donau -Wald directly on the Danube. The river middle of the Danube forms the border with Upper Austria.
Castle upper cell
Neighboring communities
In Bavaria ( district of Passau ):
- Thyrnau
- Under Griesbach
In Upper Austria:
- Vichtenstein
- Esternberg
Community structure
The municipality upper cell has 21 officially named districts:
- Bärnbachmühle
- Breitwies
- Ecker ramming
- Ederlsdorf
- Edlhof
- Eger
- Figer mill
- Grub
- Hair
- Wooden bow
- Hötzmannsöd
- Leopold village
- Matzenberg
- Niedernhof
- Nottau
- Upper cell
- Öd
- Ödstadl
- Rackling
- Roll Häusl
- Steinöd
There are the districts Ederlsdorf, Kellberg and upper cell.
History
The place, which emerged from a monk's cell, was first owned by the Lords of Griesbach and belonged to the Bishopric of Passau since 1217. As Griesbach in the cell was formed at the lower market or low- Griesbach still a unit with sub- Griesbach. In 1283 it had a parish, in 1359 it was granted market rights.
During this time, the processing of sound and graphite upper Zell's was the most important economic factor. Already in 1516 had the Oberzeller Graphitschmelztiegelhafnerei own guild system. Around 1530, the town was first named Hafner cell according to the potters located here. The crucibles were made of 50% graphite, 40 % clay and 10% quartz. They were used mainly by alchemists, metal casters and mints. The crucibles made upper cell so famous that Bernard Grueber and Adalbert Müller in 1846 wrote The Bavarian Forest in her book:
Also Kyselak Joseph (* 1799 Vienna, † 1831 ibid ), whose big hike of 1825 leads him to Hafner cell, describes the flourishing trade:
" The village Pirwang over, the river makes a crescent -shaped curvature, and one seam on the left bank the only of its kind important Hafner cell. We landed, and I was afraid because it was a bit windy, having to stay even; but only some barrels and baskets of so-called black - Passau crucibles were charged (for gold and silver melting indispensable, and so seduced by here from halfway across the world ). These crucibles, including the peasants dig the ground on their own fields and then process to acquire the market considerable fortune; also brick, large plates, etc. to various fire work are equally as ordered and manufactured. Yet strangely makes this place the domestic porcelain earth here, so just a vessel for the Vienna factory was fraught. "
From the mid- 17th century, the name Upper cell sat by as place name. The castle had to secularization as the Episcopal nurse his seat upper cell was secularized in 1803 with the largest part of the Passau area in favor of Ferdinand of Tuscany and fell until 1805 in Bavaria. It was not until 1940, the last Oberzeller crucible factory stopped production.
Incorporations
On 1 July 1972, the until then independent municipality Ederlsdorf was incorporated.
Population Development
Policy
First Mayor since 1 May 2008 Josef Würzinger (CSU ). He was elected in the municipal elections on 2 March 2008 with 94.49 % and triggered Manfred Riedl (SPD ) from.
The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 1949 T € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 618 T €.
Parish council
The market consists council since May 1, 2008, as follows:
- CSU 6 seats
- SPD 3 seats
- Wählergemeinschaft Ederlsdorf 3 seats
- CDU 2 seats
- Eger list 2 seats
Twinning
Upper cell has partnerships with the Austrian market town Aschach on the Danube and the Hungarian community Szigliget ( since 2005).
Culture and sights
- Ceramics Museum in the former Prince-Bishops Castle upper cell with free admission
- Baroque church market top cell
See also: List of monuments in Upper cell
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 7, in the manufacturing industry in 1664, and in trade and transport 88 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 287 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1238. In manufacturing, there was one operation, in construction enterprises 5. In addition, in 1999, there were 30 farms with an agricultural area of 515 ha, of which 268 ha of arable land and 247 ha of permanent grassland. There are 3 Leather Company, of which 2 are manufacturer with own collections, also are another special feature of two potteries, which continue the tradition of Hafner.
Traffic
About the B 388 to reach the 16 km Passau and in the opposite direction Wegscheid (16 km) on the border of Upper Austria.
Since 1904, the upper cell has with its railway station in Eger ( b. Passau) following the railway line Passau Hauzenberg. The passenger was set here in 1970. The freight was discontinued in 1997. 2001, the line was closed. There are efforts to reactivate it.
Car ferry upper cell
A car ferry connects the upper cell to the opposite ( Austrian ) banks of the Danube, where the B 130 Nibelungenstraße about angels Hartzell adD (9 km) and Eferding (40 km ) to Linz (65 km) leads. The ferry is the only car suitable for crossing the Danube between Passau and the Danube bridge Niederranna, otherwise it is only the passenger ferry Engelhart cell Jochenstein. The ferry crosses regularly throughout the year, but only during the day.
Education
There are the following facilities (as of 1999):
- Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 102 children
- Elementary schools: 1 with 15 teachers and 221 students
Personalities
- Lukas core (1681-1749), ship's master and founder of St. Luke's core children's home
- Zirnbauer Otto (1903-1970), German sculptor and restorer
- Reiner Kunze ( born 1933), German poet
- Günter Zahn ( born 1954 ), German track and field athlete and final runner of the torch relay of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich