Altenschneeberg

Altenschneeberg Municipality Tiefenbach Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 32 ′ 56 ″  E
Height :	750 m
Residents :	77  (Jan 7, 2013)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	93464
Area code :	09673
Altenschneeberg houses on the northern slope of the Schneeberg

Altenschneeberg Chapel

Altenschneeberg is a district of the municipality of Tiefenbach in the Upper Palatinate district of Cham , Bavaria .

Geographical location

The approximately 50 buildings of Altenschneeberg are partly on the upper slope of the Schneeberg, partly scattered over the plateau between Platte (818 m) and Schneeberg (765 m). The approximately 10 kilometer long, north-south facing and over 800 meter high Frauenstein-Schneeberg massif separates the 520 meter high Aschatal in the west, in which the villages Schneeberg , Haag and Winklarn are located, from the 500 meter high valley of the Bavarian Schwarzach in the east where Tiefenbach is. Only one road connects the two valleys by crossing the mountain range: It leads from Tiefenbach via the village of Hoffeld on the pass to Haag . From this road branches off a narrow spur road to Altenschneeberg on the crest of the massif.

Altenschneeberg summit of the castle hill

history

Altenschneeberg Castle, which once stood on the summit of the Schneeberg, was first mentioned in writing in 1237. In 1270 it was the center of the Schneeberg Office, which included both places in the western Ascha Valley: Ascha, Schneeberg, Winklarn, Kulz, Nunzenried, Muschenried and Haag, as well as places in the eastern valley of the Bavarian Schwarzach: Tiefenbach, Breitenried, Kagern, Weiding, Schönau and the included Frauenstein and Irlach located on the mountain ridge. The lords of Altenschneeberg Castle were probably the aristocratic Zenger family who lived there from 1400 onwards. So called z. B. Tristan I. the Zenger in 1425 to help the Hussites in a feud he fought with the Munich dukes. The Hussites marched through the villages around Altenschneeberg, robbing, murdering and pillaging. They were not expelled until 1433 in the battle of Hiltersried . In 1557 the Altenschneeberg Castle was a ruin, which was used as a quarry by the surrounding towns. B. for the construction of the church tower in Heinrichskirchen . In 1803, Altenschneeberg was sold to the royal Bavarian Lieutenant General Carl Wilhelm Graf von Eckart on Leonberg, whose daughter Katharina Eugenie married the French General Graf Du Moulin. Since then, Altenschneeberg has been part of the lordship of the Counts Du Moulin-Eckart , whose descendants now (2012) live in Winklarn Castle .

On July 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Altenschneeberg was incorporated into the municipality of Tiefenbach .

Culture and sights

From the castle Old Schneeberg is now (2012) only a Castle Hill was obtained with a few stones built on the observation deck of wood. From Altenschneeberg, beautiful hiking trails lead to the Frauenstein castle ruins . At the highest point in Altenschneeberg there is a restaurant with a view of the Aschatal. Art in construction: At the edge of the forest, 150 meters north of the aforementioned restaurant is the community's drinking water tank. It was from that in Amberg -born artist Hans Daucher with a mosaic frieze decorated, the designs shown on "water".

Mosaics

literature

• Heribert Batzl (Ed.): The Oberviechtach district in the past and present. Publishing house for authorities and economy R. Alfred Hoeppner, Aßling / Obb. and Munich 1970.
• Richard Bierl, community Tiefenbach / Bavaria (ed.): Chronicle of the community Tiefenbach / Bavaria. Carl Mayr, book and offset printing company, Amberg 1980.

Web links

Commons : Altenschneeberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Altenschneeberg and Hoffeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tiefenbach residents' registration office, reference date: January 7, 2013
2. ↑ Heribert Batzl: History of the Winklarn market and the surrounding towns. In: Heribert Batzl: The Oberviechtach district in the past and present. P. 90.
3. ↑ Heribert Batzl: History of the Winklarn market and the surrounding towns. In: Heribert Batzl: The Oberviechtach district in the past and present. Pp. 90-91.
4. ↑ Heribert Batzl: History of the Winklarn market and the surrounding towns . In: Heribert Batzl: The Oberviechtach district in the past and present. P. 92.
5. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 588 .