Witzmannsberg
Witzmannsberg is a municipality in the district of Passau, Lower Bavaria, and a member of the administrative community Tittling.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Finance
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Witzmannsberg lies in the Donau -Wald Bavarian Forest on the northeastern district border to Freyung -Grafenau west across the Ilz. The community is located near the B85 and the access road to the motorway 3 To Passau or to Grafenau in the opposite direction it for 22 km, to Vilshofen on the Danube 26 km and 24 km of forest churches.
Community structure
The municipality Witzmannsberg has 29 officially named districts:
- Adlhof
- Adlmühle
- Allmunzen
- Asenbaum
- Edhof
- Grossenzersdorf
- Eppendorf
- Farnham
- Gatzerreut
- Grubhof
- Court
- Ilzrettenbach
- Kafering
- Kriestorf
- Leithen
- Lueg
- Niederham
- Obermühlbach mill
- Pfefferhof
- Pötzersdorf
- Rappenhof
- Schneider mill
- Top village
- Trasfelden
- Under Mühlbach mill
- Waltendorf
- Witzingerreut
- Witzmannsberg
- Wolfersdorf
There is only the district Witzmannsberg.
History
Since 1310 Witzmannsberg is detected as a noble residence. The owners of the manor changed frequently. In the map of Philipp Apian in 1568, it is registered as Witzmansperg.
By 1688, the marriage Trauner came into the possession of Witzmannsberg. This built here a castle with a chapel. Since 1762 it belonged to the counts of Taufkirchen. The village was part of the Electorate of Bavaria and formed a closed Hofmark whose seat was Witzmannsberg. In the municipality, there was also the noble seats Grossenzersdorf and Walt village. The castle was burnt down in 1742 by the Pandurs - Colonel Franz von der Trenck and later demolished. Created in 1818 the current municipality.
Population Development
Policy
Parish council
The council has been working for the municipal election on 2 March 2008 as follows:
- CSU: 6 seats ( 52.1 % of the vote )
- UW: 3 seats (26.5% of the vote)
- CDU: 3 seats ( 21.4 % of the vote )
Mayor
Mayor Josef Shoe ( CSU), who was elected at the municipal election in 2008 in the first round with 67.78 % of the valid votes.
Finances
The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 321 thousand in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 41 T €.
Culture and sights
In 1704 Ignatius had Freiherr von Traun, owner of Hofmark Witzmannsberg, a chapel built in a hollow. Due to a well-house next door it is called Bruendl Chapel. According to legend, the sick daughter of an earl was cured by the water of a overnight sprung source. When it snowed it to Mary Snow in the middle of August and only a single point on the Danglwiese remained free of snow, was the seen as a sign to build a chapel here.
The crowned by an onion dome Chapel of Mary, Health of the Sick has a Rococo altar from 1765 with a copy of the miraculous image of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. It was extensively renovated in 1976.
See also: List of monuments in Witzmannsberg
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 34 in the area of trade and transport any social insurance contributions at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 101 in the manufacturing sector, there was no, in construction 2 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 62 farms with an agricultural area of 1124 ha, of which 723 ha of permanent green space.
Education
There are the following facilities (as of 1999):
- Kindergartens: 60 kindergarten places with 56 children
- Elementary schools: 1 with 3 teachers and 67 students