Wallenfels

Wall rock is a city in the east of the Upper Franconian district Kronach in Bavaria. It is the center of the Upper Rodachtal region and is mainly known for rafting. Wall rock is a nationally recognized resort.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 4.1 Music
• 4.2 Tourism
• 4.3 Structures 4.3.1 monuments

• 5.1 Economics
• 5.2 traffic

• 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Wall rock is part of the planning region of Upper Franconia-West and is located in the Franconian Forest nature park in the valley of the Wild Unterrodach. The highest elevation is the Geuserberg with 708 m.

Community structure

Community members are: Berghaus, Dörnach, Forstloh, Geuser, hammer, Kleinthiemitz, Lorchenmühle, New Green, Neumühlestrasse, harmonic mill, shingle valley Schmölz, Rear Schnaid, Middle Schnaid, Front Schnaid, grab hammer, stump cutter grinder, Thiemitz, lower shaft mill, Voglerei, Wall Rock, Wave Stream, wave crest and Wolfersgrün.

Climate

The territory of Wall rock is climatically in the transition zone between upland and tinted continental climate. The temperature differences are due to the high proportion of forest attenuated ( about 80%).

History

In 1126, Wall rock was first documented as " Ilowa ". The name " rock forest " was held in 1248, first use (see also noble forest rock). Wall rock in present-day administrative region of Upper Franconia belonged to the Bishopric of Bamberg. With the Imperial Diet of 1803 the city became part of Bavaria. Since 1954, Wall rock is city.

Religions

Wall rock is almost exclusively dominated Catholic. In the urban area there are four Catholic churches. The Protestant parish Unterrodach -Wall rock maintains in Wall rock a prayer room for evangelical Christians.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1971, until then independent municipality New Green was incorporated with the -added on April 1, 1951 part of the former municipality Wolfersgrün. On January 1, 1972, added Schnaid. Wolfersgrün and a part of the community Geuser followed on 1 July 1972.

Policy

City ​​council

The city council has 17 members, including the full-time first mayor. This held the post since May 1, 1996 Peter Hanel (CDU ). On March 16, 2014 was chosen as his successor Jens grain (CSU ).

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Split of gold and silver; front a covered with a silver slant bar, red reinforced black lion; behind on a three-piece silver rock mountain side by side three green deciduous trees.

Twinning

Since 1984, the English town is Bingham near Nottingham is twinned with Wall rock. To promote the twinning of the club Förderkreis Bingham Wall Rock was founded in 1985 eV. It will take place mutual visits regularly.

Culture and sights

Music

Musikverein Wall rock eV

Wall Felser brass music eV

Brass Music New Green / Schlegelshaid eV

Tourism

From May to September each year, the nationally known raft trips on the Wild Unterrodach instead, which come on the weekends between 500 and 1,000 guests. The Wall Felser Kirchweih the end of July the night torch raft trip Unterrodach is in flames performed with thousands of visitors. For a permanent backup of this tourist attraction is currently planning a major water reservoir in the area of the district Grab hammer in progress.

The marked hiking network of the walking center wall rock is suitable for tours of varying difficulty. There are several trails ( Geopath am Silberberg, Lamitzpfad at Grab Hammer). Wall rock is also part of the Nordic Walking Centre Upper Rodachal.

Nature lovers will be in Wall rock their money.

Structures

• Hammer cutter mill on the Wild Unterrodach, overhauled in 1997, since then again as a sawmill in operation
• Schlossberg chapel on the castle hill with Calvary transition
• Parish Church of St. Thomas
• Historic buildings on the lock Wild Unterrodach from the time of rafting (upper and lower lock in Wall rock)

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Wall Rock

Sports

Of sports and leisure facilities, there are tennis courts, soccer fields, a skate park, a heated outdoor pool with beach volleyball court, a camping and tent court, football area, signposted mountain bike and Nordic walking routes, and for cyclists and inline skaters an extensive network of cycle paths.

Sports clubs

FC Wall rock

SV Wolfersgrün / New Green

Tennis club Wallenfels

TTC Wall rock

Schützengesellschaft Wall rock

Shooting club Wolfersgrün

Regular events

• On Shrove Tuesday each year finds the Wall Felser carnival parade held
• Corpus Christi procession with the Sweden flag on the Soldatenzug as well as the corridor approach procession
• Protect and folk festival in June
• Wall Felser fair with Unterrodach in flames on the last weekend of July
• Wall Felser Christmas market on the first weekend of Advent

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The economy is dominated by the timber industry. In wall rock, there are four major sawmills. In addition to several mid-market there are mainly small and medium-sized craft and service companies. The U.S. company PPG Industries maintains a permanent establishment in Wall rock.

All the facilities of the local amenities including discounters are available.

Traffic

Wall rock is accessible from all standard in east-west direction from the busy main road 173. While the main road for decades led by the city core and in particular developed the heavy traffic in the wake of German unification to a massive exposure of the population in the narrow valley floor, a bypass was built with great technical effort in the years 2001 to 2004. The nearest links to the Federal Highway 9 is approximately 20 kilometers away.

The train connection via the nearby train station in the district Erlabrück Wall rock at the Unterrodach rollercoaster is not for passenger transport since May 30, 1976. The freight on this route was discontinued in 1989.

Regular bus services in the transport system can be to Kronach ( DB Bahn Frankenbus ) and long-distance transport to Berlin ( Berlin Linien Bus).

Education

• Wall rock formation center (urban elementary school, catholic kindergarten Catholic nursery, Caritas nursery, urban music school, public library, sports hall, athletics and multi-purpose outdoor sports equipment with floodlights, traffic education course )
• Branch of the community college district Kronach
• Ecological Field Station of the University of Bayreuth

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Lorenz -Günther Köstner (* 1952), German Bundesliga soccer player and coach
• Wolfgang Müller, German cross-country skiers and participants at the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid 1980
• Matthias Ring ( b. 1963 ), the current bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany