Störnstein

Störnstein is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and a member of the administrative community Neustadt an der Waldnaab.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Economics Agriculture and Forestry
  • 5.2 training

Geography

Geographical Location

Störnstein lies in the planning region Upper Palatinate North in the vicinity of the Czech Republic.

Community structure

The municipality Störnstein has eight officially named districts:

  • Ernsthof
  • Lanz
  • Mohr stone
  • Oberndorf
  • Rastenhof
  • Reiser village
  • Störnstein
  • Wöllershof

The municipality consists of the districts Lanz and Störnstein with the mouths of the rivers Girnitz and raft in the Naab.

History

The emergence of community Störnstein is connected with the history of the castle Störnstein (earlier form of writing Star Stone ), now in ruins on the outskirts of Störnstein. Since the 12th century are documented prior to secured messages to this castle, in the Upper Palatinate in the forming diocese of Regensburg was on an ancient trade route to Bohemia in Nordgau, north of pastures. During this time she was an eponymous seat of power of the imperial knights Stöhr ( sturgeon, bull, of Stöhren ), a branch line of the Lords of Murach, who built the castle in which a settlement robot requiring residents consisted of serfdom, a basic rule.

Of the Stöhr castle and lordship Star Stone got to the noble family of Pflugk of Rabstein and after these were the precious outdoors of Heydeck ( Heideck ) Owner of the rule Neustadt an der Waldnaab - Störnstein, which was since 1355 affiliated as fiefs of the kingdom of Bohemia, thus reaching directly. Because of their participation in the Smalcald League Heideck were expropriated. The Guttenstein - Vrtbovská followed as owner of the fief and the related income from the erbuntertänigen places. In 1575 received Ladislav Popel of Lobkowicz by the Emperor and the Crown of Bohemia, the rule for ten years as a fief. In 1641 during the Thirty Years' War came starstone with Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Waldau, Waldthurn Schoensee and a number of villages as Gefürstete County Störnstein in the hereditary possession of the levied in the state House of Prince Lobkowitz. Since 1653, the Lobkowitz seat and vote in the Imperial Council and since 1742 in the Bavarian Imperial Parliament had. In 1806, the Empire gefürstete County Star Stone was abolished and in 1807 sold the administrative headquarters of Neustadt an der Waldnaab to the Kingdom of Bavaria under the Wittelsbach family.

As a result of administrative reform came with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

As part of local government reform in Bavaria, the community Lanz was incorporated with the districts Lanz, Oberdorf, Wöllershof, Reiser village and the desert Ernsthof after Störnstein on 1 January 1972.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor is Boris -Michael Damzog (SPD). He was the successor to Konrad Kraus ( CSU) in 2002.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 539 k € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) equivalent to € 97k.

Coat of arms

The community Störnstein leads since 1979 a coat of arms with the arms image: Under blue shield with three main, two made ​​-to-one, six-pointed golden stars, divided by silver and red, a lion in alternating colors.

Culture and sights

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in Störnstein as work in agriculture and forestry 14, 153 in manufacturing and in trade and transport and other acquisition areas 235 social insurance contributions. An independent company Störnstein 1998 had two plants in the manufacturing sector and three companies in the construction industry. In 1999, eighteen - agricultural rural production facilities covering an area of ​​672 hectares, of which 523 acres used as arable land, gainfully employed.

Training

There are the following facilities in Störnstein. (As of 2010):

  • Kindergarten St. Francis with 25 kindergarten places and nursery sunshine with 12 nursery places.
  • Secondary schools in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
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