Berngau

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Management Community :	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Height :	436 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.12 km 2
Residents:	2594 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92361
Primaries :	09181, 09188
License plate :	NM, PAR
Community key :	09 3 73 114
LOCODE :	DE BQI
Community structure:	8 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Ramoldplatz 6 ; 92361 Berngau
Website :	www.berngau.de
First Mayor :	Thomas Meier
Location of the municipality of Berngau in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate

View of Berngau

Town hall in Berngau

Berngau is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and a member of the administrative community Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz .

geography

The place is about 5.5 km southwest of Neumarkt. The state road 2238 from Freystadt Neumarkt crosses the area from west to east. The source of the Sulz is located northwest of Berngau .

Community structure

Berngau has eight officially named districts:

There are the districts of Berngau, Mittelricht, Röckersbühl and Woffenbach.

history

Until the church is planted

Berngau was first mentioned in a document in 1142. The place had been the center of an imperial estate since the 12th century and a so-called imperial court mark until the 17th century , which had been in the possession of the Wittelsbachers since 1280 . Berngau belonged to the Amberg Rent Office and the Neumarkt Regional Court in the Electorate of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Röckersbühl was incorporated with parts of the Mittelricht community, which was dissolved on April 1, 1933. On July 1, 1972, Tyrolsberg was added from the dissolved municipality of Woffenbach, which was called Tyrolsberg until January 4, 1950 .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 1,714 to 2,613 by 899 inhabitants or by 52.5%.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 members. Since the local elections on March 16, 2014, it has been composed as follows:

CSU : 11 seats
Free voters Berngau : 3 seats

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a black shield head, inside a sloping bar made of red and silver in two rows, a black eagle growing in gold."

Culture and sights

Church institutions

Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul in Berngau

Parish church of St. Peter and Paul with the 56 m high church tower
Small chapel in Wolf indicative that the Brother Klaus is dedicated
Filial church St. Leonhard in Mittelricht
Branch church of the Holy Trinity in Röckersbühl
Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Tyrolsberg
Wegekapelle on Neumarkter Strasse

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

The so-called Keltenschanze is located north of Dippenricht . Such a ring wall can also be found on the Buchberg .

Sports

There is a sports club in the community, the FSV Berngau. Its largest sub-area is the football department.

Fire brigades

In the municipality there is the volunteer fire brigade Röckersbühl-Mittelricht and as a supraregional base fire brigade the FF Berngau-Tyrolsberg, which is one of the oldest fire brigades in the Neumarkt idOpf district. counts.

education

There is a primary and secondary school as well as a kindergarten in the municipality of Berngau. The community also runs a library.

Personalities

Johann Rackl (* 1931 in Allershofen, † September 27, 2011), Catholic clergyman, 1975 to 2002 organ expert for the diocese of Eichstätt
Albert Deß (* 1947 in Röckersbühl), politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag 1990–2004, since 2004 MEP

Web links

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

Wikisource: Bernaw in the Topographia Bavariae (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ "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 ).
↑ Mayor. Berngau municipality, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
↑ Bavarian State Library Online
^ History. Berngau municipality, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 533 f .
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Berngau in the database of the House of Bavarian History