Wernberg-Köblitz
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Wernberg is a market in the Upper Palatinate district Schwandorf.
- 2.1 Origin of the name
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 3.1 Mayor and Market Council
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 3.3 community partnerships
- 5.1 Established businesses
- 5.2 traffic
Geography
Geographical location
Wernberg is located about 30 km west of the border with the Czech Republic, in the central Upper Palatinate Forest.
Community structure
The municipality has 26 officially named districts:
- Alletshof
- Damelsdorf
- Deinsdorf
- Diebrunn
- Feistelberg
- Friedersdorf
- Glaubendorf
- Gröbmühle
- Kettnitzmühle
- Kötschdorf
- Losau
- Maierhof
- Neunaigen
- Oberköblitz
- Oberndorf
- Prügelhof
- Rats mountain
- Saltendorf
- Schiltern
- Schmalhof
- Schwarzenberg
- Trad
- Unterköblitz
- Wernberg
- Wohlbach
- Woppenhof
There are also the solitudes Kühlohe, Scharlhof forest and peace that are not officially named districts, however.
History
The district Wernberg was first documented in 1280 on the sale of the castle at the Konrad Paul Strand. However, by the discovery of a copper coin in the well of the castle from the time of Ptolemy VII ( 221-247 AD) is every indication that the Romans no later than the third century AD, a Limes advanced observation and border posts on the " Werder " have built. The place Wernberg evolved over time under the same castle at the junction of the old postal, military and trade route Nuremberg-Prague and Regensburg Eger (now crossing A6 / A93 ). In 1567 Wernberg was granted market rights, as well as a toll and customs station. The taxische imperial Reichsposthalterei was established in 1705. The predominantly inhabited by artisans, day laborers and nearly half a dozen economics citizens place was awarded in 1406 a " mayor and aldermen ," ie, a mayor and council members. The intersection of the two streets is a church in the late Gothic period was built, about 1500-1530, which St. Mother, Anna, was ordained and was provided as a branch church of Oberköblitz from. The coat of arms was Wernberg awarded in 1560. At the time, the place had 28 taxable homeowners. Until the 30 Years War (1618-1648 ) Wernberg showed a slow but continuous upward trend. The war and postwar turmoil led but to an economic decline, as the resulting conflagration on June 10, 1687, which laid the whole town in ruins. All documents on the origin and antiquity of the village were destroyed. End of the 17th century, the hard blows of the population were overcome and put it back on an upward trend. The market town of Wern Hill was built, like almost all the churches of Bavaria, 1817 - 1818th It was formed out of the market Wern mountain and the village Wohlbach. The municipality was part of the district court order Nabburg older, from the 1862 eponymous district office, the later county Nabburg emerged. The local government reform also had a significant impact on the community. In 1972, the former municipality Losau was incorporated into the market town Wernberg and with effect from 1 January 1974, the market town Wernberg was finally out of the market Wernberg and the community Oberköblitz formed.
Origin of the name
The names " Oberköblitz and Unterköblitz " are of Slavic origin and indicate Slavic settlements. The earliest documentary reference is found in 1277 in the name of " Koblitz ", then in 1279 as " Chobolst ", 1280 as " Coeblitz " in 1324 as a parish Chöblitz and 1438 as Oberköblitz. The castle Wernberg, the namesakes of the district Wernberg is guided in old documents under different names, such as " Are mountain " or " Wernberch " which means: the castle at Werder.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1974, the formerly independent communities Oberköblitz and Wernberg were incorporated into the new market Wernberg. On January 1, introduced in 1978, parts of the disbanded community Saltendorf added. On 1 May 1978, the majority of the dissolved municipality Glaubendorf followed.
Prior to 1972 Losau in the market Wernberg, Neunaigen in the community Oberköblitz and Woppenhof were on 1 January 1971 your village in the municipality Glaubendorf and on January 1, incorporated into the municipality Glaubendorf.
Policy
Mayor and Market Council
25 September 2011 was the first ballot was George Butz (CSU ) elected with 1,188 of 1,378 valid votes for mayor. Term of office expires on 28 November 2017.
The Market Council consists of the mayor and 20 market councils, the following parties or groupings belong: 7 CSU, 4 SPD, 3 CDU Wernberg, 2 group of voters Nine Aigen - country, 2 Wählergemeinschaft Salt Village, 1 Wählergemeinschaft Glaubendorf - Woppenhof - Losau, 1 List Free civil Union - Ecological- Democratic Party.
Coat of arms
Blazon: ". Argent, on a half- black under a blue gear side by side with a three-storey church building tower roof and a corner asked red crenellated tower, which is placed a silver shield, is a blue bar "
The coat of arms became applicable on 3 January 1975. Köblitzer In it both the former, and the old coat of arms Wernberger have reflected found.
Community partnerships
The market Wernberg has a total of two Gemeinde-/Städtepartnerschaften. Already since 1977, is a partnership connection with the homonymous municipality Wern in Carinthia ( Austria ). Unlike 2010, the second partnership was added with the neighboring Czech town Bor ( Haid ).
Attractions
- Wernberg Castle, historic castle and hotel operation
- Church of St. Anna, Wernberg
- Church of St. Emmeram Oberköblitz
Economy and infrastructure
Established businesses
- Distribution center logistics center (LOC ) Conrad Electronic SE and the store Conrad Electronic Wernberg
- Unterköblitz is the seat of flat glass Wernberg
Traffic
Wernberg is connected by the Federal Highway 93 and the Federal Highway 6 to the Highway Traffic network ( Cross Upper Palatinate Forest ). Through the station Wernberg on the railway line Regensburg Oberkotzau with links to Regensburg Schwandorf and farm pastures. It trains the Vogtlandbahn.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Sir Michael (1862-1937), businessman and politician