Zenting

Zenting is a town in Lower Bavaria Freyung -Grafenau and a member of the administrative community Thurmansbang.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located in the Danube- forest in the heart of the Bavarian Forest. The village is nestled in a sunny, south from the boiler, which is dominated in the north of Brotjacklriegel ( 1,016 m) and ash blocks ( 945 m). Zenting is located around 35 km north- west of Passau, 13 km from Tittling, 18 km south-west of Grafenau, 26 km north of Vilshofen on the Danube and 15 km from the A3 (exit Iggensbach ).

Neighboring communities

  • Schoellnach ( Landkreis Deggendorf )
  • Schoefweg
  • Innernzell
  • Thurmansbang
  • Eging am See ( district of Passau )

Community structure

The municipality has 27 Zenting officially named districts:

  • Blumau
  • Burgdorf
  • Daxstein
  • Ellerbach
  • Fradlberg
  • Gera thing
  • Gessenreuth
  • Horror village
  • Scary mountain
  • Haberöd
  • Hasling
  • Hauer mill
  • High Reuth
  • Hörperting
  • Lina
  • Reaping
  • Manzenreuth
  • Neuhof
  • Poxöd
  • Ranfels
  • Simmering
  • Mühle
  • Steinhofgründe
  • Unteraign
  • Walter village
  • Wind
  • Zenting

There are the districts Ranfels and Zenting.

History

On the way from the Danube River in the once dreaded " Northern Forest " offered the place a rest and supply opportunity for merchants and travelers. For the first time Zenting is mentioned in a document from the year 1151 as a possession of the Counts of Formbach by Count Adalbert ( Egbert III. ) The monastery Osterhofen gifted with it. The fortunes of the town were determined from 1151 to 1783 from Osterhofen monastery. This was in 1176 built a church, which was consecrated in 1178 by the Bishop of Passau, Theobald.

The monastery stood Zenting ( cents Ingen ) to a Hofmark. After the dissolution of the monastery in 1783 Hofmark 50 years belonged then to the rule of Women Foundation of St. Anna in Munich, before Zenting was acquired in 1833 by the state. The Baroque parish church of St. James the Greater and St. Margaret was expanded in 1831. Zenting, in ecclesiastical terms originally branch of Schoellnach, 1798 and 1895 Expositur parish.

Nationwide became famous for the town Zenting, because it's come 1920 into one of the rich 's first citizens' petition and decide. So demanded in February 1920, a total of 81 316 eligible voters to conduct a vote on the early election of the council. The background was that had stood just a list to choose from in the previous local elections. As between the submission of the citizens' initiative and referendum, however, the mayoral election was completed by the local council then responsible, eligible voters on referendum themselves had no interest. Thus, in the vote made even a single citizen of his right to vote.

Today, the place enjoys increasing popularity in the tourism industry.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, until then independent municipality was Ranfels eingegliedert.Zum August 1, 2013 was a part of the dissolved unincorporated territory Sonnewald to the municipality to do so.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor 's Leopold Ritzingerfeld (CDU Zent. - Ranf. - Dax. ). He was the successor of Franz Pfeffer (CDU Community ) in 2002.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 383,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 40,000.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Split of silver and red; a front left inverted, withstand sighted, fire-breathing, red reinforced green dragon with a spiked tail, behind a slanted left golden pilgrim's staff, beseitet top and bottom of each facing a golden shell.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Zenting

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 155 in the area of ​​trade and transport 55 persons work at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 379 in the manufacturing sector, there were none, the construction sector 7 operations. In addition, in 1999, there were 65 farms with an agricultural area of 719 ha, of which 594 ha of permanent green space.

Traffic

Bus number 6143 in the region Ostbayern GmbH offers weekdays links to the train station about 30 km west of Deggendorf on the railway platform Ling- Bavarian Eisenstein. Other stations nearby are Vilshofen on the railway line Regensburg -Passau, located 25km south, and Grafenau as a terminus of the line Zwiesel -Grafenau, 18 km north-east.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2009):

  • Kindergartens: 25 kindergarten places with 21 children
Aschenstein Grafenau, Bavaria Pilgrim's staff Eppenschlag Freyung, Bavaria Grainet Hinterschmiding Jandelsbrunn Mauth Neureichenau Perlesreut Ringelai Saldenburg Spiegelau Waldkirchen
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