Altenstadt an der Waldnaab

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '  N , 12 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Height :	419 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.04 km 2
Residents:	4795 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	218 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92665
Area code :	09602
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 111
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 6 92665 Altenstadt adWaldnaab
Website :	www.altenstadt-waldnaab.de
First Mayor :	Ernst Schicketanz ( SPD )
Location of the community of Altenstadt an der Waldnaab in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab

Altenstadt an der Waldnaab (officially: Altenstadt adWaldnaab ) is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab .

The place should not be confused with Altenstadt near Vohenstrauss, 18 kilometers away .

geography

Geographical location

Altenstadt an der Waldnaab is located in the Northern Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park .

Community structure

There are seven districts:

• Altenstadt an der Waldnaab
• book
• Haidmühle
• Kotzau
• Meerbodenreuth
• Sauernlohe
• Süßenlohe

The districts are Altenstadt an der Waldnaab and Meerbodenreuth.

Neighboring communities

The community borders the communities Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Störnstein , Weiden in the Upper Palatinate , Parkstein and Kirchendemenreuth .

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Panorama of Altenstadt

history

Until the church is planted

Nothing is known for sure about the origin of the place, which was located in Nordgau (Bavaria) . Presumably, there was a first settlement around the year 900 n. Chr. It is noteworthy that at the municipality associated with Calvary and along the Windisch Eschenbacher road prehistoric shards (dating LATENE B / C1 and Urnfield) and a plurality of annealed and non-annealed Silex nuclear stones and Silexabschläge and Tools of end-Paleolithic and Mesolithic origin have been found. It can be assumed that there was a Stone Age open-air station there , where flint tools were made. According to the Tabula Peutingeriana , the area around the birth of Christ was in the settlement area of ​​the Nariskers .

In the year 1000 the place already had a Christian church and was initially called Traindorf. This place name possibly goes back to driving or drifting , i.e. a place to change horses. Traindorf was on three important old trade and military routes, the so-called Golden Road from Prague via the Choden region to Nuremberg , Magdeburger Strasse from Regensburg to Magdeburg and the Eisenstrasse, which came from Auerbach to the Golden Road in Traindorf. In the 13th century the current name Altenstadt was created. Until 1261 Altenstadt or Traindorf was owned by the Counts of Alt (en) dorf, later that of Ortenburg . Then Altenstadt an der Waldnaab became the property of Duke Ludwig der Strenge, whose son, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian , pledged the rule to the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg . Later it was in the feudal area of ​​the Bohemian Crown and was immediately imperial. The fiefdoms at this time were the lords of Pflugk , von Guttenstein - Vrtba (noble family) and the knights of Heideck. Subsequently, until 1806, Altenstadt belonged to the duchy imperial county of Störnstein under the Lobkowitz Princely House and was sold to Bavaria in 1807.

According to the Rhine Confederation Act of 1806, Altenstadt an der Waldnaab was in the Kingdom of Bavaria under the Wittelsbachers until 1918 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

19th and 20th centuries

The construction of the station and the connection to the railway network in 1862 encouraged the settlement of numerous glassworks in the region, which also brought an economic boom for Altenstadt. The companies Beyer & Co. and Hofbauer produced globally valued lead crystal with corresponding sales and income. A shift in consumer tastes resulted in the loss of outlets for lead crystal items and the loss of hundreds of jobs in the 1980s and 1990s.

Religions

Altenstadt has two Catholic and one Evangelical Lutheran churches. A Muslim religious community emerged after the end of World War II. The majority of the residents are Roman Catholic.

Changes to the municipality

The district of Mühlberg was spun off from the Altenstadt community on April 1, 1972 at the request of its residents and has since belonged to the neighboring town of Neustadt an der Waldnaab. On July 1, 1975, the previously independent municipality of Meerbodenreuth was incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 3480 inhabitants
• 1970: 4090 inhabitants
• 1987: 4217 inhabitants
• 1991: 4619 inhabitants
• 1995: 4701 inhabitants
• 2000: 5105 inhabitants
• 2005: 5055 inhabitants
• 2010: 4884 inhabitants
• 2015: 4776 inhabitants

Because of its close proximity to Weiden in the Upper Palatinate , Altenstadt is a popular place to live.

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 4,265 to 4,793 by 528 inhabitants or by 12.4%.

politics

Altenstadt town hall

City council and mayor

The municipal council consists of 16 members. In the local elections on March 15, 2020:

• CSU : six seats
• SPD : six seats
• Free voters : four seats

Ernst Schicketanz (SPD) was confirmed as mayor with over 52% of the votes until 2026.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver above a slanted red eagle, below a slanted black ploughshare".

The coat of arms has been used since 1959.

Culture and sights

The Romanesque fortified church " Assumption of Mary "

Altenstadt is on Glasstrasse . The most famous sight is the Romanesque fortified church of the Assumption of Mary , which was built around 1150. In the church are the graves of the von Heideck family and a baptismal font from the 12th century. Until the opening of the Heimatmuseum, the so-called Alten Forsthaus was the home of the Heimatverein, the so-called Anton-Wurzer-Zimmer. In 2014 the collection was moved to the museum in the "Old School House". Other sights are the plague column from 1697 and the Way of the Cross on Calvary. In the Golden Street (Zlata stezka) between the elementary school and the kindergarten, which was officially inaugurated in March 2008, the course of the Golden Street from Nuremberg to Prague is illustrated extensively on 14 boards .

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Altenstadt an der Waldnaab

Soil monuments

→ Main article : List of ground monuments in Altenstadt an der Waldnaab

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

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In 1998 339 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1601 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were three companies in the manufacturing industry (as well as mining and quarrying of stones and earth), and two in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999 there were 23 agricultural holdings with an agricultural area of ​​602 hectares. Of this, 362 hectares were arable land and 239 hectares were permanent green space.

traffic

A 93 near Altenstadt (junction 21b)

Altenstadt is on the federal motorway 93 ( Hof - Kiefersfelden ). As part of the new construction of the northern bypass of Altenstadt and Neustadt and the junction 21a ( Neustadt ), the previously heavily polluted town center was closed to heavy traffic in 2005 and freed from cross-regional through traffic. An application to the federal government to downgrade the inner-city section of Bundesstrasse 15 (Hof– Rosenheim ) to a state road and to designate the northern bypass to the A 93 as B 15 has not yet been approved. The federal road 22 leads from Würzburg to Cham .

Since December 9, 2007, Altenstadt has had a stop on the Weiden – Oberkotzau railway line with connections to Hof, Nuremberg and Regensburg. There is also a direct connection from Hof ​​to Munich with the Alex once a day .

Educational institutions

• two kindergartens (catholic kindergarten Arche NoaH and kindergarten of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Regenbogenland )
• primary school
• Secondary school with an M-branch

Sports

• SG Eichenlaub Meerbodenreuth eV (shooting sports)
• 1. SKC Altenstadt / Neustadt (bowling)
• SKC white-blue (sports bowling)
• SV Altenstadt adWaldna from 1949 eV

Personalities

• Anton Wurzer (1893–1955), Upper Palatinate dialect and local poet
• Michael Hardt (1878–1962), local history researcher and chronicler

Web links

Commons : Altenstadt an der Waldnaab  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage
• Entry on the coat of arms of Altenstadt an der Waldnaab  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Altenstadt-Waldnaab: Historical Search for Traces - The Young Palatinate in Bavaria (House of Bavarian History)
• Altenstadt an der Waldnaab: Official statistics of the LfStat

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. ↑ town of Altenstadt adWaldnaab: Mayor Ernst Schicketanz. Retrieved May 14, 2020 . 
3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/165613&attr=OBJ&val= 964
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 652 .
5. ^ The Goldene Gasse enriches the Goldene Strasse in Altenstadt ad Waldnaab. (No longer available online.) Tourismusarbeitsgemeinschaft Oberpfälzer Wald, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 9, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ SG Eichenlaub Meerbodenreuth eV Accessed on May 16, 2019 .