Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Nuremberg country
Height :	395 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.31 km 2
Residents:	2837 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91284
Area code :	09156
License plate :	LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key :	09 5 74 140
Market structure:	11 parts of the community
Market administration address :	Unterer Markt 9 91284 Neuhaus adPegnitz
Website :	www.neuhaus-pegnitz.de
First Mayor :	Josef Springer ( CSU )
Location of the Neuhaus adPegnitz market in the Nürnberger Land district

Neuhaus with Veldenstein Castle

Neuhaus an der Pegnitz (officially: Neuhaus adPegnitz ) is a market in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

geography

Before the municipal reform, the market belonged to the Eschenbach district in the Upper Palatinate .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting in the north clockwise): Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate , Königstein , Hirschbach (all districts of Amberg-Sulzbach / Upper Palatinate), Hartenstein , Velden (both districts of Nürnberger Land), Pegnitz (district of Bayreuth / Upper Franconia)

Community structure

The market has 11 districts :

Bärnhof Dark mill Hammer scrap Yards Krottensee Mosenberg

Neuhaus an der Pegnitz (main town) Ranna Rehberg Rothenbruck Brick hut

The following districts were demolished between 1960 and 1991:

• Fish stone
• Upper fire
• Rinnenbrunn
• Underfiring

history

Rothenbruck and Krottensee

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Rothenbruck was incorporated. On July 1, 1972, Krottensee was added.

Yards

Höfen, formerly a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Pegnitz , was incorporated on May 1, 1978. It was created as a clearing village in the second half of the 15th century. In January 2006 it had 136 inhabitants.

Mosenberg

Mosenberg, a clearing village from the 15th century, used to be part of the municipality of Höfen. It lies in a narrow strip of land on the Pegnitz and is known as the "worm extension of the Nuremberg region ". To the west of this strip of land lies Upper Franconia , to which it originally belonged, the eastern bank of the Pegnitz belongs to the Upper Palatinate. The Ranna station , which was closed in 1992 and from which a branch line to Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate used to branch off, is located in the area of ​​Mosenberg . Mosenberg had 288 residents in January 2006.

politics

Market council

Local election 2020

Turnout: 72.33%

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

39.24%

24.80%

23.41%

12.55%

CSU

SPD

BNU

Green

The market council of Neuhaus adPegnitz consists of 14 councilors and the first mayor. The local elections in 2008, 2014 and 2020 resulted in the following allocation of seats:

	CSU	SPD	Community of Neuhaus and the surrounding area	Green	total
2008	6th	5	3	-	14 seats
2014	6th	5	3	-	14 seats
2020	6th	3	3	2	14 seats

mayor

Josef Springer (CSU) has been the first mayor since May 2008. He was confirmed in office in the local elections on March 15, 2020 with 77.43% of the valid votes. The turnout was 72.79%. The mayor is an additional member of the municipal council. The predecessor was Heidi Suttner (SPD).

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by blue and red, above a red-armored and red-tongued golden lion growing on the dividing line , below a round, four-pinned, silver tower on a green three-mountain with a black arched gate set in silver stones with a half-drawn, golden portcullis."

Culture and sights

View of St. Peter and Paul Church

Buildings

The Veldenstein Castle above the market town and the Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul are well worth seeing .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Neuhaus an der Pegnitz  and List of ground monuments in Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

Nature and leisure

Flood plain in the nature reserve

The place is the starting point for numerous cycling and hiking trails.

Geological targets are:

• The Maximiliansgrotte on the border to the city of Auerbach
• The stone city rock formation
• The Bismarck grotto near Rinnenbrunn
• The thistle grotto
• The Pegnitzau nature reserve between Ranna and Michelfeld

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In Neuhaus an der Pegnitz there is a centrally located train station on the Nuremberg – Cheb railway line . Trains in the direction of Nuremberg and every hour in the direction of Bayreuth and Hof stop several times an hour .

Established businesses

The largest brewery is the Kaiser brewery . The municipal brewing rights have been preserved to the present day. A beer star hanging on the house indicates in which restaurant the communal beer is served. There are currently three communal restaurants, only two of which are regularly active. Kaiser Bräu also has communal brewing rights and once a year pours out the typical Märzen beer for the benefit of the local sports clubs .

Personalities who have worked on site

• Hermann Göring (1893–1946) National Socialist politician, grew up in Neuhaus and lived with his family for a long time at Veldenstein Castle

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Neuhaus . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 747 ( digitized version ).
• Nuremberg country . Karl Pfeiffer's Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Hersbruck 1993. ISBN 3-9800386-5-3

Web links

Commons : Neuhaus an der Pegnitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Neuhaus an der Pegnitz  - travel guide

• Entry on the coat of arms of Neuhaus an der Pegnitz  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• The karst area southeast of Neuhaus / Pegnitz
• Neuhaus an der Pegnitz: Official statistics of the LfStat
• Information on Neuhaus station in the BEG station database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Community Neuhaus an der Pegnitz in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
3. ↑ only the former station area, not identical to the neighboring Ranna (Auerbach) in the Upper Palatinate
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 459 .
5. ↑ Local elections in Bavaria on March 15, 2020 , accessed on August 15, 2020.