Weigendorf

Weigendorf is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg -Sulzbach and a member of the administrative community Neukirchen bei Sulzbach- Rosenberg.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry

Geography

Weigendorf with its eleven districts is the westernmost municipality in the district of Amberg- Sulzbach and part of the historical Nordgau and overlying regionally in the low mountain range formed in the Tertiary. In a narrower sense, the community is located in the South German cuesta land and belongs to the Middle Franconian Alb. Their territory is one of the dominant dolomite rocks ( Upper Jurassic, Malm also called ), with their typical karst formation of these limestones.

Geographical Location

Weigendorf is located in the Upper Palatinate region North - western part of the district of Amberg- Sulzbach, 13 km west of Sulzbach -Rosenberg, and 12 km east of Hersbruck on the main road 14

Community structure

The municipality has eleven districts Weigendorf:

  • Breitenthal
  • Deinsdorf
  • Ernhüll
  • Case mill
  • Haunritz
  • Heilbronntal
  • Hellberg
  • Högen
  • Unterlangenfeld
  • Weigendorf

There is only the district Weigendorf.

History

Even the Neanderthals has stayed here, what a wisdom tooth proves that was found in the nearby village not far from your cave of Hunas. Archaeological remains of about 3000 years before the Christian era have been found objects of the people of that time found eg in Ernhüll and Lichtenegg. The Celts had settled the area. The Houbirg and the castle in Lichtenegg were Celtic protection and Fliehburgen.

Weigendorf belonged to in 1777 in Bavaria Wittelsbach -down Duchy of Neuburg -Sulzbach.

The St. Margaret Church in the village located on the Swabian Alb Ernhüll goes back to Roman origins, today's form was given in the 17th or 18th century.

Situated in the valley of the district Högenbachs Högen ( about 300 inhabitants) was in 1043 as Hegina in connection with the donation of places Fürnried, worm noise and Högen by King Henry III. first mentioned to his servant Bardo, changed as Landsassengut with Hofmarksgerechtigkeit multiply its owners. The most famous lord of the castle that was built from 2002 onwards monument nursing aspects, was the poet and scholar and liege Christian Knorr von Rose Roth. Next to the castle whose original structure has been obtained, there are as monuments two well-preserved mills still existing water management and related water wheels ( Finkenmühle overshot, Inter mill undershot ) as well as limestone herausgewitterte natural monuments in the city as host and Baderrodlfelsen.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Georg Schmid ( CSU).

Parish council

After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members. The turnout was 75.2 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Culture and sights

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Weigendorf

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in manufacturing and 116 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 465 in the manufacturing sector there was one, in the construction of three plants. In addition, in 1999, there were 36 farms with an agricultural area of 432 hectares.

Dolostone Christian Knorr von Rosenroth Ammerthal Birgland Ebermannsdorf Edelsfeld Ensdorf, Bavaria Etzelwang Freihung Freudenberg, Bavaria Gebenbach Hahnbach Hirschau Hohenburg, Bavaria Poppenricht Schnaittenbach Vilseck Integrated Authority File
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