Amber (Wunsiedel)

Amber City of Wunsiedel
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 21 ″  N , 12 ° 3 ′ 18 ″  E
Residents :	239  (2000)
Postal code :	95632
Area code :	09232
Location of Bernstein in Bavaria

The parish village of Bernstein is part of the district town of Wunsiedel in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains in northeast Bavaria . In 2000 there were 239 people living in Bernstein.

Geography and transport links

Bernstein is located six kilometers northeast of the core town of Wunsiedel on the state road St 2180, into which the St 2965 joins from the south. The A 93 runs east of the village . The Göpfersbach flows to the north and east .

history

The Bernstein settlement is located on a historic long-distance trade route from Franconia to the Bohemian region. In 1221 the documentary witness was called "Albertus de Bernstein", and in 1389 the "Rorer zum Pernstein" appeared. In 1818 the political community Bernstein was founded, in 1978 it was incorporated into Wunsiedel.

Attractions

• Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Jacob
• Old gravestones made from Wunsiedler marble
• In the middle of the village the Freibauerbrunnen, a granite fountain
• Former castle building (see Bernstein Castle )

In the list of architectural monuments in Wunsiedel , nine architectural monuments are listed for amber .

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Amber bey Wunsiedel . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 365 ( digitized version ).
• Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Amber . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 656 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Bernstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Migration motif investigation in Wunsiedel ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Supreme building authority in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport, 2012, p. 7. Retrieved on May 27, 2015. 
2. Jump up ↑ Obtainers' fountain in amber