Untersteinach

Under Steinach is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach ( government district of Upper Franconia ) and the Prefecture joint Steinach.

  • 2.1 The Great Fire of 1706
  • 2.2 religions 2.2.1 St. Oswald 's Church
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Town twinning
  • 5.1 Economics
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 6.1 Elementary school Untersteinach - Ludwigschorgast
  • 6.2 Middle School City Steinach Steinach sub-
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 7.2 personalities associated with the community

Geography

Geographical Location

Under Steinach is located in the Franconian Forest nature park.

Community structure

The community Untersteinach is divided into 3 districts:

  • Gumpersdorf
  • Hummendorf
  • Untersteinach

History

Untersteinach was first documented in the year 1281st The Oldenburg noble family Hiltrich embossed across six generations until their extinction in 1765 the history of the place. As part of the Prussian principality of Bayreuth, the former manor fell in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 to France and came to Bavaria in 1810. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

The Great Fire of 1706

On August 10, 1706 came by a knavish trick to the biggest disaster in the history of sub- Steinach. Three teenagers were playing in a barn with a key box, and then the building caught fire. Because of the nice weather and the beginning of the harvest season, almost all citizens of the town were in the fields. Thus, the fire could spread rapidly and almost the whole town burned down. It was to mourn a death toll. The sub Steinacher were taken after the accident in the neighboring villages. Two houses were spared, one of which is the oldest building in Untersteinach. It is privately owned and is a listed building.

Religions

Under Steinach has a Protestant and a Roman Catholic church.

St Oswald 's Church

The St Oswald 's Church of the Lutheran church Untersteinach is an old fortified church with elements of Gothic architecture. The old fortifications of sandstone with the gatehouse are still preserved and can be visited. Even the old rectory is still surrounded by a wall.

The parish was first documented in 1281 during a dispute between the mountain of Blass and Count Otto von Orlamünde.

Already in 1553 the St. Oswald Parish adopted the Lutheran doctrine.

Policy

Parish council

The council has 13 members including the mayor:

  • SPD: 7 seats ( Heinz Burges, Mayor, Volker Schmiechen, Deputy Mayor, Wolfgang Arlt, Jürgen Laaber, Christa Müller, Peter Schuberth, Wolfgang Wagner)
  • Wählergemeinschaft Untersteinach: 3 seats ( Christian Lotter, Werner Ramming, Alfred Vießmann )
  • CSU: 3 seats ( Rüdiger ravine, Hans -Peter Röhrlein, Reiner Seiffert )

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Twinning

The municipality maintains a municipal partnership to Mogilany, Poland.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Untersteinach

Infrastructure and economy

Economy

In Untersteinach there are numerous industrial and service companies.

Traffic

The sub- Steinach ( b Stadtsteinach ) railway station is on the railway line Bamberg -Hof. Here branches off the railway sub - Steinach Steinach city that serves only to freight today, from. Under Steinach is located on the main roads 289 and 303

Education

Elementary school Untersteinach - Ludwigschorgast

Under Steinach has a primary school. In elementary school Untersteinach - Ludwigschorgast be divided between the two school buildings in Untersteinach and Ludwigschorgast currently 140 students in grades one through four taught (2010 /11). The first classes 1 and 2 are located in the building in Ludwigschorgast, classes 3 and 4 in Untersteinach.

Middle School City Steinach Steinach sub-

Under Steinach is a member of the city school district funds Steinach Steinach sub. Classes 5 and 6 are taught in the school building Untersteinach, the rest in the neighboring town of Steinach city.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Waltraud Asbahr (* 1956), a lawyer in the center of Bavaria Family and Social Affairs, Lower Franconia region

Personalities associated with the community

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann ( born August 19, 1705 in Plauen, † July 11, 1766 in Untersteinach ), pastor and genealogist. He created the genealogical tables of the Frankish nobility.
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