Arzberg (Upper Franconia)

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Arzberg (Upper Franconia)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 12 ° 11'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains
Height : 481 m above sea level NHN
Area : 43.2 km 2
Residents: 5127 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 119 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95659
Area code : 09233
License plate : WUN, MAK, REH , SEL
Community key : 09 4 79 112
City structure: 25 districts

City administration address : 		Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 6
95659 Arzberg
Website : www.arzberg.de
First Mayor : Stefan Göcking ( SPD )
Location of the city of Arzberg in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains
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Arzberg from a bird's eye view

Arzberg ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge . It is located about 13 km east of the district town of Wunsiedel on the Bavarian Porcelain Route . Audio file / audio sample

geography

Geographical location

Arzberg lies on the southeastern edge of the Fichtelgebirge Horseshoe at an average of 470 m above sea level. The Schirnding-Pomezí nad Ohří border crossing to the Czech Republic is four kilometers away. Arzberg is the starting point for excursions to Eger and the spa triangle Karlsbad - Marienbad - Franzensbad . The closest regional centers are Hof (approx. 45 kilometers), Weiden (approx. 50 kilometers) and Bayreuth (approx. 60 kilometers). Arzberg is about 17 kilometers from Cheb and about 60 kilometers from Karlsbad, both in the Czech Republic .

The city lies in the valley of the Röslau . The dominant image of the place is the Kirchberg with the Protestant church, the old powder tower, the former night watchman's house and remains of the fortified church . The local recreation area Feisnitz reservoir southwest of the cabbage forest is a scenic attraction .

City structure

There are 25 districts:

history

Until the 19th century

Arzberg was first mentioned in a document in 1268. As early as 1408 it was granted city rights by the Burgrave of Nuremberg . Kaspar Brusch (ius) wrote in 1542:

“The Reßlau, an almost bright and fish-rich water [...] rises above Farendorff [...] from a mountain called Farenleut, which is a piece of the Fichtelberg, runs to Farendorff and Leipelsdorf [...] drinks in itself the Zweiffersbach, the Schnellenbach, runs from there to the residential area. Below the residential area on the Reßlau Dela and Laurentzenreuth [...] Below Laurentzenreuth, the Reßlau takes on the Goldbach. Below Seussena, a village, it again absorbs two beautiful streams [...] from Seussna the Reßlau continues and runs towards Arzberg [...] in it a very fortress and with a high strong wall preserved church today is still found and seen. "

From 1792 to 1796, the universal scholar Alexander von Humboldt lived temporarily in the city in his capacity as chief miner for the Prussian principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth . He recorded his good memories of this place in these lines: “I live on the high mountains in Arzberg, a village in the Fichtelgebirge . The deposits are so interesting, I can enter several times during the year. I stumble with joy. "

Iron ore mining flourished there in earlier centuries. Former iron hammers were used as pipe smiths in the Gsteinigt, for example, from the 14th to the 17th century . A restored historic hammer forge was set up next to the town hall. Some street names and the remains of the machine house of the last mine are reminiscent of this time.

In 1838 a new economic development began with the production of porcelain .

20th and 21st centuries

The proximity of the Falkenau lignite mining area in Bohemia and the favorable water conditions on the Röslau were decisive for the construction of a coal-fired power station. The Arzberg power plant was commissioned in 1915 and closed in 2003. On September 1, 2006, the two cooling towers and boiler house 7, and on December 12, 2006, boiler house 6 and the 190 m high reinforced concrete chimney were blown up.

In spring 2018 there was a flood due to heavy rain and the swelling of streams and rivers in Arzberg. Within a short period of time, the city center was completely flooded and people were not injured. Fire brigades from all over the district were involved in operations.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1977, the previously independent community of Röthenbach and parts of the dissolved community of Haid were incorporated. On April 1, 1977, parts of the dissolved community of Kothigenbibersbach , which had around 25 inhabitants at that time, were added. The communities Bergnersreuth, Schlottenhof and Seußen as well as parts of the dissolved communities Fischern and Grafenreuth followed on January 1, 1978. On January 1, 1995 a part of the dissolved area of Arzberger Forst followed .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, Arzberg's population fell from 6904 to 5152 by 1752 or 25.4%.

politics

City council

The city council consists of the first mayor and 20 members. These are distributed as follows ( local election 2020 ):

mayor

The first mayor of the city of Arzberg is Stefan Göcking (SPD).

coat of arms

Blazon: “In silver with a border decorated with silver and red, a gold-crowned, red-armored black lion, who holds up in his paws a black kelhaue with a gold handle; a black ore mountain ascending on the right edge of the picture. "(until 1968:" In blue on a green ground, a red armored golden lion holding a black wedge hoe with a golden handle in its paws ; a black ore mountain ascending on the right edge of the shield. ")

The coat of arms reminds of the time when the city belonged to the burgrave of Nuremberg and ore mining was still flourishing. The red and silver shield border and the red armored lion are borrowed from the coat of arms of the burgraves of Nuremberg. The Erzberg and the hoe that the lion is holding symbolize the name (Arzberg is derived from Erzberg) and the flourishing mining industry from the Middle Ages to 1941.

In its present form and tincture , the coat of arms corresponds to the earliest images from around the 15th century. It was redesigned in 1965 by Emil Richter due to the changes that were made in the course of history and that led to errors in the design of the coat of arms.

Sponsored city

  • In 1961 the sponsorship for the expelled Sudeten Germans from the town of Sandau in the Marienbad district (today Dolní Žandov ) was taken over.

Twin cities

  • In 1977 a town partnership was notarized with the Austrian municipality of Arzberg in Styria .
  • In 2006 a city partnership with South Bend , Indiana, USA followed.
  • In 2008 the Czech town of Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald) was added as a further twin town.

Buildings and sights

Kirchberg

Arzberger Kirchberg

On the Arzberger Kirchberg there is a fortified church from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century with defensive wall, powder tower and late Baroque Protestant parish church from 1790/92, which replaced a late Gothic church that was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . Church interior and pulpit altar are coordinated. The two-story galleries swing towards the pulpit altar.

From the middle of the 16th to the beginning of the 19th century, Arzberg remained closed to Catholics. A change did not come until 1810, when the area became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1875 a catholic church in neo-Gothic style was built in Arzberg, which is dedicated to Maria Immaculata. The wooden figure depicting Mary with the child dates from the 15th century.

The oldest architectural monument in the city is the powder tower with a conical roof from the late Middle Ages, a corner tower of the churchyard fortifications on the best-preserved southeast side. On the south side of the church complex is the Benckendorff crypt from 1782 with 14 marble grave slabs behind a forged iron gate and the Beckendorff-Niclot alliance coat of arms.

Architectural monuments

Attractions

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Iron ore mining flourished around Arzberg in earlier centuries. Alexander von Humboldt worked for five years as head miner in Arzberg and founded a mountain school there. Linen and wool weaving, gunsmithing and oven pottery were other prominent trades of the time. Products by the gunsmith Gesell and the stove potter Stöhr can still be found in large museums today.

In 1839 a new economic development began with the production of porcelain and made Arzberg the second largest porcelain town. Today only the Arzberg-Porzellan company is located with a branch. In addition to this industry, there is a gingerbread factory, a nail factory, the oldest in Bavaria, a glass melting port factory, stone construction companies, construction businesses, wood processing companies and sausage and meat products production.

The Arzberg power plant was in operation from 1915 and was shut down and dismantled in 2003. Because of the nuclear phase-out that was decided after the Fukushima disaster, replacement capacities must be created. There are currently plans to build a modern combined cycle power plant at the former power plant site.

traffic

railroad

Arzberg is on the main railway line Nuremberg – Prague . Cross-border express and express trains used to provide a connection to the IC network of Deutsche Bahn and the Czech rail network. The single-track line between Marktredwitz and Cheb passes Arzberg on a high embankment.

Arzberg has a multi-track train station that is served every two hours during the day. After the abolition of the Arzberg and Seußen stations by the Federal Railroad in 1985, the Arzberg station was again served by local trains of the Vogtlandbahn from 2001 , which commuted between Marktredwitz and Cheb, but were partly continued to Marienbad . Sussen is still without traffic stops. The Upper Palatinate Railway has been running between Marktredwitz and Cheb since December 2014 .

After the lignite power station was shut down in 2003, freight trains no longer stop in Arzberg. The porcelain manufactory's sidings were closed in the mid-1960s.

Road traffic

Arzberg is about five kilometers away from the federal highway 93 with the junctions Mitterteich , Marktredwitz , Wunsiedel and Thiersheim . From the federal highway 303 from Marktredwitz to Schirnding, two junctions open up the town center and the commercial area. In Marktredwitz the B 303 crosses the A 93 Regensburg - Hof .

Bus transport

The regional bus transport is carried out by the transport company of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Fichtelgebirge . Arzberg has a bus station.

Air traffic

The nearest international airport in Germany is Nuremberg Airport , in the Czech Republic it is Karlsbad Airport .

Electromobility

There is an electric charging station right next to the bus station in the city center.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Arzberg, Oberfranken  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Arzberg (Upper Franconia)  - travel guide
Wikisource: Arzberg in the Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ^ City of Arzberg: Mayor and city councilors of the city of Arzberg. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Library Online (BLO)
  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. 700 and 701 .
  5. ↑ City of Arzberg: Announcement of the final results of the election of the city council on March 15, 2020 (PDF) April 1, 2020, accessed on August 7, 2020 .
  6. ↑ https://www.hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail?rschl=9479112
  7. ↑ Opportunity for gas power plant . In: Frankenpost , August 26, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.