Berg (Upper Franconia)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	court
Height :	636 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.91 km 2
Residents:	2116 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95180
Area code :	09293
License plate :	HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key :	09 4 75 113
Community structure:	30 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Kirchplatz 2 ; 95180 Berg
Website :	www.berg-ofr.de
First Mayor :	Patricia Rubner ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Berg in the district of Hof

Berg is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Hof and is located in the Bavarian Vogtland about twelve kilometers northwest of the district town of Hof on the A 9 motorway (junction 31 Berg / Bad Steben ).

geography

Highest elevation

The highest point in the Berger municipality is the 644 m high hill between the roads to Rothleiten and Issigau .

Neighboring communities

Adjacent municipalities are:

Rosenthal am Rennsteig ( Saale-Orla district / Thuringia )	Hirschberg ( Saale-Orla district / Thuringia )
Issigau
Naila	Selbitz	Köditz

Community structure

District Eisenbühl with the local mountain Gupfen (2007)

The municipality is divided into 30 districts (and four other named places):

Plucking
Hadermannsgrün
Holler
( Lerchenhaag )
Lohwiese
(Ludwigshöhe)
Maihof
(Medium deep green)
moss
(Deep green)
Rothleiten
Rudolphstein

history

Until the church is planted

The earliest known evidence for the place is the Latin word ... de Monte and dates from the year 1234 (more on this in the place name section ). The place is named for the von Berg family . As part of the Principality of Bayreuth , Berg belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 . Berg fell to France in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1978, the previously independent community of Gottsmannsgrün was incorporated. On May 1, 1978, Bruck , Bug , Eisenbühl , Hadermannsgrün , Rudolphstein , Schnarchenreuth and Tiefengrün were added.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 2525 to 2066 by 459 or by 18.2%. On December 31, 1996, Berg had 2,793 inhabitants.

Place name

The place name is occupied with "... de Monte" (1234 and 1246; lat. For from / from mountain), "... ze dem Perge" (1320), "... in Monte" (1347; lat. For in mountain ), " Pergen "(1348)," ... to the mountain "(1358)," Perck "(1430)," ... to the Perg "(1542) and" ... to the mountain "(1579).

The origin of the name is the Middle High German word bërc (for mountain ).

The area around Berg is also known as the Berger Winkel.

politics

Municipal council

The local elections on March 15, 2020 led to the distribution of seats in the Berg municipal council shown in the diagram (n.k. = not running):

City council election 2020

Turnout : 74.05%

%

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

40.6%

16.7%

26.6%

16.1%

CSU

SPD

ÜWG

JBW

Allocation of seats from 2020 in the Berg municipal council

A total of 14 seats

SPD : 2
JBW : 2
ÜWG : 4
CSU : 6

Allocation of seats in previous elections
Parties and groups of voters	2002	2008	2014
CSU	6th	6th	6th
SPD	4th	4th	3
ÜWG ^*	4th	4th	3
Youth for the Berger Winkel (JBW)	n. k.	n. k.	2
total	14th	14th	14th

^* Non-partisan voter community Berger Winkel

mayor

Patricia Rubner (CSU) has been mayor since April 12, 2017; she is the successor of Peter Rödel ( ÜWG ), who held the office for 18 years and was no longer running for reasons of age. In the 2020 local elections, Ms. Rubner was confirmed in office with 63.85% of the valid votes.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver over a green three-mountain, a red sloping bar ."

The mountain stands for the place name. The sloping beam is taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Berg ("von dem Perge") , a family that has been documented in the 14th century. Decisive for the reproduction of the coat of arms were above all seals by Ott vom Berge from the years 1358 and 1381. The coat of arms has been used since 1956.

Community partnerships

Berg maintains a community partnership with Bergs Kommun in the province of Jämtlands län in Sweden .

Economy and Infrastructure

Industry

Since 2011, Berg has been the headquarters of the international rope manufacturer LIROS. The Beyer Baustoffe GmbH quarry is located in the municipality .

Fire Department and Red Cross

In the municipality of Berg there are volunteer fire brigades in Berg ( base fire brigade ), Bruck, Bug, Eisenbühl, Gottsmannsgrün, Hadermannsgrün, Rudolphstein, Schnarchenreuth and Tiefengrün.

The Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) maintains a standby in Berg.

In 2005 the Bavarian Red Cross and the volunteer fire brigades established a helper on-site location (HvO) and in 2007 the non-profit- making association HvO Berg e. V. founded.