Plößberg
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Plößberg is a market in the Upper Palatinate district Tirschenreuth. The small spa resort is located in the east of the nature reserve Upper Palatinate Forest.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 Market council
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Museums
- 4.2 Structures
- 4.3 Natural Monuments
- 4.4 Sport and Leisure
Geography
Community structure
The municipality is divided into 38 districts Plößberg:
- Albernhof
- Beidl
- Beidlmühle
- Betz mill
- Floor grinder
- Dreihöf
- Dürnkonreuth
- Erkersreuth
- Frankengut
- Geisleithen
- Goats Reuth
- Honnersreuth
- Kohlerhof
- Konnersreuth
- Crow House
- Warriors mill
- Leichau
- Love stone
- Neuteichhof
- Ödschönlind
- Plößberg
- Prommenhof
- Rothhof
- Sheep mill
- Schirnbrunn
- Grinding
- Schnackenhof
- Schönficht
- Schönkirch
- Schönthan
- Stone
- Streißenreuth
- Waffenhammer
- Wildenau
- Winkelsmühle
- Wurmsgefäll
- Zankelhut
- Ziegelhuette
History
Plößberg was probably settled around 1052, the mid-12th century, the village was first mentioned. After the Counts of Sulzbach, the noble and the Plößberger Gleißenthalern, Lords of Schönkirch, Plößberg in 1350 the property of the Bohemian crown was. It was followed by several changes of ownership, wars and looting, especially during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and the Thirty Years War. In the Middle Ages Plößberg lay on the Golden road from Nuremberg to Prague. Since 1951, Plößberg market may call. Since that time Plößberg also has its own coat of arms.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1972, the formerly independent communities Beidl, Love Stone, Schönkirch and Wildenau were incorporated. On May 1, 1978 Schönficht and parts of territory were added to the dissolved municipality Hohenthan.
Policy
Market council
The market council has 16 members:
- CSU 9 seats
- SPD 5 seats
- CDU 2 seats
Mayor
First Mayor is Lothar Müller from the CSU.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms depicts four heraldic flowers ( the Counts of Sulzbach ) and a black-silver gevierten sign represents ( Lords of Gleißenthal ).
Culture and sights
- List of monuments in Plößberg
Museums
The Glasschmelzofenbau and Glass Museum is dedicated to the craft of making of glass melting furnaces, which are indispensable for the manufacture of glass and were.
At the town hall, the nursery and home office be visited.
Structures
- Flood storage love stone
- Castle Wildenau in the district Wildenau
- Love stone castle ruins
- Parish of the Assumption ( Catholic) with Leonhardikapelle in Beidl
- Expositurkirche St. Lawrence ( Catholic) in stone
- Parish Church of St George ( Catholic) was built in 1916 until 1918.
- Parish Church of St George ( Protestant) was built in neo-Gothic style after the demolition of the previous building from 1854 to 1855.
- Chapel of St. Thaddeus was probably built in 1709.
Natural Monuments
- Three cross stone in Sulzteich in Beidl
Sport and Leisure
- Forest Beach Big Pond
Economy and infrastructure
Has a long tradition of building glass furnaces in Plößberg. These will be built worldwide by Plößberger stove masons. The woodworking industry has greatly expanded in recent decades. There are several large, medium and small sawmills within the municipal area. The district Love Stone ( Oberpf ) lies on the railway line Wiesau - Baernau. This is decommissioned.