Simmelsdorf

Simmelsdorf is a municipality in the Middle Franconian Nuremberg County. The community today consists of 26 villages and hamlets, including the eponymous Simmelsdorf.

4.1 Amalgamations

5.1 municipal
5.2 Town twinning

6.1 Structures 6.1.1 palaces and castles
6.1.2 monuments

7.1 baroque church " Visitation ", Bühl

8.1 traffic 8.1.1 Rail transport
8.1.2 private transport

Geography

Geographical location

Simmelsdorf is located in the northern part of Bavaria in Germany, 30 kilometers north-east of Nuremberg and is part of the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg. Simmelsdorf and its villages are in the Schnaittach to Schnaittach river and its tributaries. According to several grain mills and saw mills were operated, which are still in operation today electrified to visit or as a museum.

Neighboring communities of Simmelsdorf are ( starting in the north clockwise): Betz stone, Schnaittach, Weißenohe, Graefenberg, Hiltpoltstein

Geology and Hydrology

Simmel village and its hamlets lie in the Schnaittach between the Franconian Switzerland in the northwest and the Hersbrucker Switzerland in the south east, both of which belong to the Franconian Alb. Geologically, the Franconian Alb a continuation of the Swiss Jura and the Swabian Alb. In the quarries fossils are found from the period 150 million years ago, when the area was covered by sea is still and the limestone rock formed by sediment.

The territory of the municipality Simmelsdorf is the headwaters for the Schnaittach. From west to east the Haunachtal, the Naifertal and Achteltal. The waters have a good slope and drive several mills.

The Naifer originates in a source pot, located in St. Helena and is the Naifertal with the villages Obernaifermühle, Mittelnaifermühe, Unternaifermühle and Utzmannsbach. The Ittlinger Bach springs below Ittling, and forms the Ittlinger valley with the villages Ittlinger Mill, Upper and lower eighth -eighth. The Naifer and Ittlinger stream flow together above Diepoltsdorf to Schnaittach. There is a large fish farm. The Haunach arises within the quarry north of Oberndorf, flows to the short-term by Oberndorf, powering a sawmill. Then it flows together by Hüttenbach with a former grain mill, through the district Simmelsdorf where they watered the moat of the Tucher - castle once, and below with the Schnaittach.

The Schnaittach flows through Diepoltsdorf where he runs a hammer mill and a corn mill. Previously, she has also filled the moat. Next it flows Simmelsdorf, where she operates a mill above the town, and flows together below the village with the Haunach. The Schnaittach continues to flow through the Schnaittach, flows east of the city run in the Pegnitz, and flows from there through the Regnitz, the Main and the Rhine into the North Sea.

Community structure

The community Simmelsdorf consists of 26 parts of the municipality. The largest town is Hüttenbach, who also has the best infrastructure ( primary school, food, banks). The second largest city is Simmelsdorf to the seat of the municipal administration and the train Simmelsdorf - Hüttenbach.

Buhl (Map) 49.603211.3404

Diepoltsdorf

Großengsee

Hüttenbach (Map) 49.6111.332

Ittling

Ittlinger mill

Judenhof

Kaltenhof

Mittelnaifermühle

Upper eighth

Obernaifermühle

Oberndorf

Upper Wind Mountain

Rampertshof

Shingle urchins

Simmelsdorf

St. Helena

St. Martin

Strahlenfels

Among eighth

Unternaifermühle

Under Wind Mountain

Utzmannsbach

Wildenfels

Winterstein

Population

In 2010, in the municipality Simmelsdorf 3121 population recorded by primary residence, in 2012 there were 3140:

History

Incorporations

On 1 July 1931, part of the formerly independent municipality Rabenshof was incorporated. On 1 July 1971, added Diepoltsdorf. On January 1, 1972, the merger took place with the community Hüttenbach. Großengsee was added later. Oberndorf was followed on 1 January 1978.

Already on 1 April 1971 the parish Utzmannsbach lost its independence and was awarded Diepoltsdorf.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Simmelsdorf is composed of 16 city councils, and the Lord Mayor.

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Twinning

Scheibenbergstraße, Saxony

Culture and sights

Structures

Between Simmelsdorf and Hüttenbach is the Tucher Mausoleum

Is the Hienberg, known by which the A9 motorway splits into a northeastern and a southwestern roadway and which is mentioned in the traffic reports on a regular basis because of their slope in winter.

The Viaduct Schnaittach, with 1288 m long, the second longest highway bridge in Bavaria, is south of Simmelsdorf in the Schnaittach a visual border to the municipality Schnaittach.

Castles and fortresses

Worth seeing is the old Tucherschloss in Simmelsdorf. This old water castle, 1830-41 gotisierend rebuilt by Leonhard Schmidtner is still the headquarters of the noble family of the von Tucher (also known by the Tucher brewery).

The Hüttenbach ▼ 49.610311.3315 Castle is a baroque palace from the 16th century and stands in the center of Hüttenbach. First evidence of a castle date from the year 1140. Many generations was Hüttenbach owned by Lochner, who build a baroque palace in place of the castle in 1766. Today the castle is owned by the club lock Hüttenbach eV and skilfully restored by this.

In place Wildenfels is the ruins Wildenfels.

Castle Hüttenbach

The old Tucherschloss in Simmelsdorf

Castle ruins Wildenfels

Monuments

Theater

Simmel Mühle Theatre (formerly Bike mill, a supra-regional bicycle dealer )

Churches

Baroque church " Visitation ", Bühl

The Catholic parish church in Buhl is easily recognizable from afar (illuminated at night ) from the A9 motorway. It is situated on the high and far into the Schnaittach towering mountain spur directly above Simmelsdorf. The area was evangelized by the turn of the millennium, the first mention was 1227th The current Buhler church with attached mountain cemetery dates from the year 1472., The spire and the Gothic choir go back to this period. 1714 to 1755 the building was in Baroque style. Johann Michael Doser made the pulpit and the Baroque altar with five life-size figures; at the center of Mary with aureole. The left side altar is dedicated to the right of St. John St. Wolfgang. Worth mentioning are the grave inscriptions of the noble family of Lochner Hüttenbach as well as the tomb of Hans door latch from the year 1551st The bishop gave Buhl with extensive land holdings as a sinecure at Bamberger canons.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Rail transport

The municipality has a breakpoint at the Schnaittachtalbahn.

Private transport

The place is just off the A9 Nuremberg - Berlin, three kilometers away from the Simmelsdorf exit. The districts are accessible from the train station by bus lines 340 and 341.

Established businesses

Albflor milk works, a subsidiary of Naabtaler Dairy and closed in 2011.
Reitsportanlage Simmelsdorf, formerly hobby.
Several limestone quarries
Several mills and sawmills

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