Wegscheid

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Wegscheid is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau.

2.1 Amalgamations
2.2 Population development

3.1 Market council
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Finance

5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
5.2 traffic
5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical location

Wegscheid lies in the Danube- forest in the southern Bavarian forest in the district of Passau on the Austrian border and on the B 388, which leads into the 33 km distant Passau and in the opposite direction, 21 km away Rohrbach (Upper Austria ). After Hauzenberg is 17 km and 24 km of forest churches.

The market in about 720 meters above sea level on the eastern slope of the mountain - Ponzau than typical hillfort offers a wide panoramic view.

Neighboring communities

Under Griesbach
Hauzenberg
Suns
Breiteberg
Kollerschlag
Oberkappel

Community structure

The municipality has 84 Wegscheid officially named districts:

Aiglsöd
Draxlweg
Eckwies
Eidenberg
Frick hammer
Friedrich Berg
Fronau
Froschau
Froschreut
Ford Häusl
Garmer
Gossingerreut
Great Rathsberg
Hangerleiten
Hartmannsreut
Haslinger hammer
Heindlmühle
Hirschberg
High Winkl
Hochwurzenbahnen
Jägermühle

Kailing
Kappel
Karlshäuser
Kasberg
Kasbergerwaid
Kitzau
Small Rathsberg
Kohlstatt
Carbon meadow
Kramer shock
Krennerhäuser
Paints
Lengau
Maierhof
Maier Stockberg
Meßnerschlag
Meßnerschlagerwaide
Mitter scratching
Mitter water
Monigottsöd
Möslberg

Mühldemmelberg
Niederwegscheid
Obermuhle
Oppenberg
Pölzöd
Pommeislhammer
Ponholz
Buffer mill
Buffer meadow
Rablhäuser
Rannahof
Rannasäge
Raschmühl
Reichartsreut
Judge mill
Riendlhäuser
Rosenau
Sägwies
Schabenkasing
Schlattmann Häusl
Schlattlmühle

Schlehreut
Schönau
Sperlbrunn
Steinbach Häusl
Steindlberg
Steinmühl
Stiermühl
Stingl meadow
Stüblhäuser
Thalberg
Thurn Reuth
Tumpenberg
Waldlmühle
Water instead
Wegscheid
Wildenranna
Winkl hammer
Wippling
Wührhügel
Desert Mountain
Fence mill

There are districts

Eidenberg
Kasberg
Meßnerschlag
Möslberg
Thalberg
Thurn Reuth
Wegscheid
Wildenranna

History

Wegscheid was founded on an important trade route from Passau to southern Bohemia. Wegisceda (1130 ) received its name from the three incipient branches here. Probably a parish was already present at that time.

On September 16, 1360 Bishop of Passau, Gottfried got the place to market. This meant that the citizens of Wegscheid with cattle, grain, wood, etc. were allowed to drive trade. Bishop Georg von Hohenlohe was in the Freedom Charter of 1404 the market the right to hold a weekly market every Monday, in 1497 came a year to market.

1649/50 was invading the plague Wegscheid, 1655 a fire destroyed 40 of the 67 houses, including the church and the Pflegamt.

The former Pfleggericht of the Prince-Bishopric of Passau was secularized in 1803 with the largest part of the area in favor of Ferdinand of Tuscany hochstiftischen and fell until 1805 in Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria emerged from 1806 to 1818 in place of the Pflegamts the district court and the church today Wegscheid.

1808 counted 123 Wegscheid property, including not less than 59 Weber justices. Until the mid-19th century the linen industry flourished in the form of homework. The raw material procurement and sales worried so-called publisher. Were made cushions, borders skirts, carpets, towels Damasttücher and Madras. The most important publisher Fenzl employed from 1820 to 1907 times 700 to 800 Weber in Wegscheid and environment.

Since 1830, the smuggling, the so-called " Black " over the border was of great importance. He was encouraged by the high price differential to the nearby Upper Austria on the one hand and by high import duties to Bavaria on the other.

From about 1870, the mass production of the factories put the home weaving more and more into trouble. 1904, the weaving cooperative Wegscheid was established, which included 1934/35 63 members. Until the winter of 1941, weaving cooperative approximately 60,000 meters linen for the Wehrmacht ago. The end of 1956 were still 40 members of orders, one year later only 20

The district court Wegscheid 1862 renamed district office. 1880 was disbanded in 1888 but re-established. On December 1, 1912 Wegscheid received with the railway line ERLAU Wegscheid, a cogwheel railway, a railway connection. On 28 January 1965, the part of the track to Wegscheid was shut down. The emerged from the former county district Wegscheid was added to the district of Passau in the context of local government reform on 1 July 1972. The market Wegscheid was one of the few district capitals in Germany, which had an office of the District Office no city rights.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the formerly independent communities Kasberg, Meßnerschlag and Möslberg were incorporated. On July 1, 1972 Eidenberg, Thalberg and Thurn Reuth were added. Wildenranna followed on 1 May 1978.

Population Development

Policy

Market council

The market council has been working for the municipal election on 2 March 2008 as follows:

CSU: 9 seats ( 43.5 % of the vote )
FWG: 5 seats ( 24.5 % of the vote )
Citizens Union Wegscheid: 3 seats (13.4% of the vote)
SPD: 2 seats (11.5% of the vote)
Thurn Reuther list: 1 seat ( 7.1% of the vote)

Mayor

First mayor Josef Lamperstorfer ( CSU / civil union). He was confirmed in 2002 successor of Max Binder ( CSU / civil union) and at the municipal election in 2008 on the first ballot with 58.7 % of the valid votes in office.

Finances

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 2123 T € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 613 T €.

Culture and sights

The parish church of St. John the Baptist was built up in 1969 by the architect Burghauser KH Limpert 1967. Your equipment procured Wolf Hirtreiter.
The cemetery church of St. Anna is a late baroque central of 1716. Your builder is the Passau Jacob Pawanger. The furnishings are from the Baroque period.
There are in the town, two hand weaving, hand weaving Moser and the hand weaving of women Holler in Kasberg, as well as a tapestry.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in manufacturing and 656 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 376 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1898.

In manufacturing, there was no, in the construction industry 10 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 265 farms with an agricultural area of 3509 ha, of which 610 ha of arable land and 2896 hectares of permanent grassland.

Traffic

Through the village leads the federal highway 388 from the border crossing in the city of Passau.

Until 1965, a rack railway ( railroad ERLAU Wegscheid ) from Passau to Wegscheid. On January 1, 1968, the Wegscheid station was closed. A model of it in 1:87 of the Passau railway enthusiasts is in Passau Hauptbahnhof.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

Kindergartens: 150 kindergarten places with 161 children
Elementary schools: 1 with 20 teachers and 415 students

Personalities

Michael Uhrmann (born 16 September 1978), ski jumpers
Robert Zillner (born 4 August 1985), football player

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