Waidhaus

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Waidhaus ( oberpfälzisch " Woihaus ") is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab on the border with the Czech Republic.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Market councilors
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical Location

Waidhaus is in the planning region Oberpfalz -Nord on the border with the Czech Republic. Waidhaus lies at the foot of Sulzbergs, on whose summit, the Old Castle expands a forest reserve with jungle - like foliage and mixed up to 755 meters in height. For centuries the trade route from Nuremberg to Prague led at Waidhaus.

Community structure

The municipality has 19 officially named districts:

  • Berghaus
  • Birklohe
  • Frankenreuth
  • Grafenau
  • Hagendorf
  • Heilinghaus
  • Hörlmühle
  • Kühmühle
  • Marx mill
  • Naglerhof
  • Oberströbl
  • Ödkührieth
  • Paper mill
  • Pfälzerhof
  • Pfrentsch
  • Reichenau
  • Reinhardsrieth
  • Waidhaus
  • Zieglhütte

History

As a border town on the important trade and military road between francs ( imperial city of Nuremberg ), the Upper Palatinate and the Kingdom of Bohemia ( Plzen, Prague ) was Waidhaus the Thirty Years War scene of heavy fighting: In the summer of 1621 entrenched there under the command of the mercenary leader Ernst von Mansfeld the troops of the displaced from Bohemia Count Palatine Frederick V, the so-called Winter King. They managed to hold their own from July to September against the troops of the Catholic League, as the victorious in Bohemia Bavarian- ligistische Lieutenant General Tilly wanted to attack the Upper Palatinate. Mansfeld's skillfully applied field fortifications have recently become the subject of archaeological investigations and represent a unique historical ensemble, which promises far-reaching insights into the early modern military architecture.

In legal and administrative historical point Waidhaus is the seat of a Urbars, then a judgeship in Pflegamt Treswitz, and has been referred to as the stains Waidhaus, in the 18th century as a market town in the 17th century. Waidhaus in present-day administrative region of Upper Palatinate belonged to Rentamt Amberg and the district court Treswitz of the Electorate of Bavaria. As part of the administrative reform in Bavaria was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community. The re- presentation of the market status ' was carried out by King Ludwig II in 1877.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1976 parts of the territory of the dissolved municipalities Pfrentsch and Reinhardsrieth were incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Anton Black Meier (CSU ). He was the successor of August Reichenberger (CSU ) in 2002 and was successfully re-elected in the municipal elections on March 2, 2008.

Market town councils

Political parties and the distribution of seats:

Market town councils:

Blöderl Gerhard UWG (2nd Mayor ); Duschner Werner CSU ( Group spokesman ); Grötsch Uli SPD; Hartung Hermann CSU; High Martina CSU; Hösl Rigobert CSU; Kirzinger Margit SPD; Adhesive Georg voters list Pfrentsch ( PL); Karl Sattler CSU; Joseph Schmucker UWG; Vera steel SPD; Wolf Gabi CSU; Zeitler - Kals Monika SPD; Stuff John SPD ( Group spokesman ); Thomas Glaser local spokesman Hagendorf / Reinhardsrieth;

Coat of arms

Blazon: Argent, on a green floor standing one by green trees surrounded Silver Forest house with red roof whose gable is surmounted by a red deer antler.

The community leads the coat of arms since 1877.

Culture and sights

The parish church of St. Emmeram was built in 1868 and expanded in 1953. At the church grave stones from the 16th to 18th centuries have been preserved.

The neo-Gothic Trinity Church on the outskirts of the village was built with parts of an earlier building from 1851 to 1858. Since 2004, it serves as an ecumenical motorway church.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Waidhaus

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 308 in the area of ​​trade and transport 159 persons work at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 801 in the manufacturing sector, there was no, one in construction companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 72 farms with an agricultural area of 1297 ha, of which 707 ha of permanent green space. For the European gas pipeline network Waidhaus is of importance as a major point of import of Russian natural gas and the compressor station of the here beginning the Central European gas pipeline ( MEGAL ) in the district Frankenreuth. The 380 kV line Etzenricht - Hradec crosses here the border between Bavaria and the Czech Republic.

Since 2000 there has been in the municipality of Waidhaus 2 wind turbines of the type B62/1300 each with 1300 kW power and a hub height of 60 meters. The plants are at 49 ° 38'59 .13 " N 12 ° 31'1 .12 " E and 49 ° 39'6 .49 " N 12 ° 31'1 .41 " E.

Traffic

The Waidhaus is the largest German border crossing to the Czech Republic, the A6 is the direct motorway link between Paris and Prague. In addition to the highway border crossing to the Czech D 5, there is also a smaller border crossing, which leads directly into the Czech neighboring community Rozvadov ( Roßhaupt ) for motor vehicle traffic. By Waidhaus performs the important trade route for centuries, the "old army ", from Nuremberg to Prague, today's European route E50. The Waidhaus station on the railway line Neustadt ( Waldnaab ) Eslarn is shut down.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

  • Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 62 children
  • Elementary School: 1 with 3 primary school teachers, one teacher conveyor, 2 subject teachers and 67 children
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