Stockenroth

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Stock Roth is a municipality in the district of Hof in Bavaria Sparneck.

Geography

The village lies at the foot of the Waldstein on the Münchberger gneiss mass between the Fichtelgebirge and the Franconian Forest. Through the village leads the local link road Munchberg - Sparneck. The highest elevation is the box or Schlegelsberg ( 591 m) in the southwest of the village, the lowest point is the way of the Saale ( 512 m). The village has 110 inhabitants together with the Sparnecker the district of Germersheim Reuth. The place was to the landscape conditions adaptively applied as a small, slightly earthy acting Waldhufendorf along the Föhrenbaches. This opens after a short run in the mill room in the Saxon Saale. The four Urhöfe have it all with its face towards Anger, an unusual orientation, because the houses were aligned in the region at that time mostly to the south.

History

Stock Roth -Germer Reuth was probably founded in the early 12th century through the Walpoten. Originally there was only the village Germer Reuth. This consisted in the establishment probably only four courtyards and a whole manor, including towers house as a retreat for residents in violent clashes. Soon after its founding was the x < to the Lords of Sparneck over. Beginning of the 15th century came the village along with other places along the Waldstein under Bohemian feudal dependence. The Bohemian Crown fief beginning continues the Lords of Sparneck and after their demise the Council Christoph Haller of Haller stone that sold the goods on 16 March 1563 the Hohenzollern in Kulmbach. The membership of the Bohemian Crown was formally until 1792, when the entire Principality of Bayreuth fell by succession to Prussia.

In church relationship, the village belonged to the great district the parish Munchberg, the initial loan was dependent on the diocese of Bamberg and the Archdeacon Kronach shelter. After the Reformation, the parish came in 1558 to the superintendency yard until Munchberg 1660 seat itself such was. After the foundation of the parish in Sparneck by Christoph Haller of Haller stone in 1562 the inhabitants were south of the Föhrenbaches added to this, while the inhabitants remained in north Munchberg. Because of this division is probably todays valid botanical division of the village in Stock Roth ( south of the old stream course ) and Germer Reuth ( north of the old stream course ) developed.

The village Stock Roth (old spelling: Stockenrode, Stockerodt, Stockaroth ) emerged only in the early 18th century and was originally limited to the area of ​​the already constructed around 1400 eponymous castle and its business areas. In Stock Roth castle was from the mid-16th century to the 18th century, the seat of an (upper ) office. This had there set up your new possessions before the Waldstein manage the Margrave. 1680 united Margrave Christian Ernst the offices Munchberg, Stock Roth and Hallerstein in Oberamt Munchberg stick Roth. In the 17th century Stock Roth developed into a center of horse breeding and played a key role in the introduction of the potato. 1731 moved the then magistrate Johann Georg Hartung his residence to Sparneck. The stock Rother castle fell in 1762 the pickaxe to the victim. The upper office Munchberg stick Roth- Hallerstein was dissolved in 1779 and added to the country's main team yard.

1810 Napoleon sold the Principality of Bayreuth in Bavaria. This was floor Roth -Germer Reuth part of the Kingdom and in the wake of today's Free State of Bavaria. This sale to the then little developed Bavaria was considered by some inhabitants of the village, according to family lore as a step backwards, and even as a betrayal. On the other hand, brought the 1812 and 1818 following administrative reforms for the first time a certain independence of the newly established Rural community. In this course Stock Roth and Germer Reuth were grouped together with the neighboring settlements Reinersreuth, fire Stumpf, deserts, Grohenbühl, Always yews, Immershof, Reinersreuth, tube mill, mill room and brick cottage for future market Sparneck.

The occupational structure and social structure of Germer Reuther and Stock Rother population were and are not uniform. Early on, the local noble family lived there with her servants in addition to the farmers. From 1563 to 1758 lived the margravial officials in the castle and the land and court servant in the Fronfeste. Later, day laborers settled in the abandoned castle goods. At least since the mid-17th century there was a brick cottage and a tavern. Also a forge is demonstrated in the 19th century. Of great importance also had the textile processing at this time. In the family directory of 1856 no less than 16 master weavers are listed next 13 farmers. This tradition has done to modern times. Even at the end of the 20th century there were in stock Roth a small weaving.

Currently, there is in place a carpenter and timber merchant. 20 % of the village population has its main occupation are employed in agriculture, whereas more than 50 % in commerce and industry on the site and in the surrounding villages.

Culture

The ASV Stock Roth has 220 members. The main sports are football, cross country and track and field. The name " General Sports and Cultural Club " (ASV ) stems from the fact that after the Second World War, the workers' sports club and the Civil sports club were merged.

The Volunteer Fire Stock Roth was founded in 1875.

The inhabitants are predominantly Lutheran due to the affiliation of the region to the Brandenburg- Kulmbach Margravate during the Reformation. The members of the parish from Germer Reuth belong to Munchberg that. Roth from floor to Sparneck