Marktredwitz

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Marktredwitz
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Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '  N , 12 ° 5'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains
Height : 529 m above sea level NHN
Area : 49.53 km 2
Residents: 17,228 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 348 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95615
Area code : 09231
License plate : WUN, MAK, REH , SEL
Community key : 09 4 79 136
LOCODE : DE MAZ
City structure: 27 districts

City administration address : 		Egerstrasse 2
95615 Marktredwitz
Website : www.marktredwitz.de
Lord Mayor : Oliver Weigel ( CSU )
Location of the town of Marktredwitz in the Wunsiedel district in the Fichtel Mountains
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Old Town Hall and Bartholomew Church on the market
Marktredwitz from the west
Marktredwitz from the southeast
Leopoldstrasse in Marktredwitz

Marktredwitz ( northern Bavarian Rawe (r) tz ) is a large district town in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains . As its largest city, it forms an important economic center in the district and is located on the Bavarian Porcelain Route .

geography

Geographical location

Marktredwitz lies in the Fichtelgebirge on the edge of the Selb-Wunsiedler plateau in the Kössein valley . At the edges of the valley rise the mountain ranges of Kosseine and Steinwald .

The Tirschenreuth district , which already belongs to the Upper Palatinate , borders directly on Marktredwitz . Together with the district town of Wunsiedel, Marktredwitz forms a joint regional center . Other nearby regional centers are Hof (Saale) , Bayreuth and Weiden in the Upper Palatinate .

To the east lies Karlovy Vary more than 60 km away . The border with the Czech Republic is about 15 kilometers east of Marktredwitz.

Neighboring communities

In the immediate vicinity of the city, clockwise, starting in the northwest:

City structure

The city of Marktredwitz is divided into 27 districts:

There are also the residential areas Kaiserstein, Blumensiedlung, Eigenheim and Strehlenberg.

history

Until the 19th century

Marktredwitz was first mentioned in a document in 1140, at that time still as Redwitz ("Radewitze"). The local noble family was the von Redwitz family , which later also belonged to the Franconian knight circle . Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian transferred Redwitz in 1339 to the Waldsassen monastery under the abbot Franz Kübel , who sold the town to the Free Imperial City of Eger just two years later . As a result, Marktredwitz henceforth belonged as an exclave to the Egerland and thus to the Austrian crown land of Bohemia . In 1788 the Chemische Fabrik Marktredwitz (CFM), one of the very first chemical factories , was founded. In 1816 Redwitz came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in exchange for the city of Vils , which Bavaria gave to Austria .

20th century

The place received city rights in 1907. The market title, which has been used for centuries, became part of the place name on December 16, 1907. After twelve years, the city of Marktredwitz became a district on December 1, 1919.

Before the elevation to the city, the place was called Markt Redwitz. The colloquial term "Rawetz" goes back to the old place name. In the course of time, the cities of Marktredwitz and Waldershof have moved closer together due to construction work and form an agglomeration with almost 22,000 inhabitants. The Wunsiedel -Marktredwitz-Waldershof area covers many supraregional areas of responsibility and has the status of a possible regional center .

In the course of the municipal reform , Marktredwitz lost its status as an independent town on July 1, 1972 and was incorporated into the Wunsiedel district. It is the largest city in the county. In 1985, severe environmental damage was discovered on the premises of the Marktredwitz Chemical Factory (CFM). In particular, the soil and water were polluted with mercury . The factory was closed, the premises and the surrounding area were completely renovated. The Köseine shopping center (KEC) is now located on the renovated area.

21st century

In 2006 the cross-border garden show Marktredwitz-Cheb took place in Marktredwitz . On November 14, 2019, the BR opened a regional studio in Marktredwitz, from which two correspondents report on topics from the districts of Wunsiedel and Tirschenreuth.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1939, the previously independent municipality of Dörflas near Marktredwitz and parts of the municipality of Oberredwitz were incorporated; on July 1, 1972 Leutendorf was added. The municipality of Thölau was incorporated on July 1, 1974, Korbersdorf on January 1, 1975 and Wölsau on January 1, 1976. Parts of the dissolved community of Lengenfeld near Groschlattengrün followed on July 1, 1976, Wölsauerhammer and parts of the dissolved community of Haid with fewer than 50 inhabitants on January 1, 1977. Brand near Marktredwitz and Lorenzreuth were incorporated on January 1, 1978.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the population decreased from 18,605 to 17,217 or by 7.5%.

politics

City council

After the local elections on March 15, 2020 , the 24 seats of the city council will be distributed among the individual parties and electoral associations as follows:

new town hall
* CSU 10 seats
* Free voters 5 seats
* SPD 4 seats
* PER MAK 2 seats
* Green 2 seats
* AfD 1 seat

Lord Mayor

Oliver Weigel (CSU) has been the Lord Mayor since the local elections in 2014. His predecessor Birgit Seelbinder (independent) was in office from May 1, 1990. At that time she had prevailed against her predecessor Hans-Achaz Freiherr von Lindenfels (Free Voters / CSU), who had been in office for 20 years.

Town twinning

City friendships exist with Chichester in Great Britain, Bassano del Grappa in Italy and Cheb (Eger) in the Czech Republic.

Culture and sights

Old town, Egerstrasse

Museums

The Egerland Museum is located in the Egerland Culture House in Fikentscherstraße. Souvenirs from the Egerland have been collected there since 1946. It exhibits folk culture and trades of the Egerland (today Cheb, Czech Republic), porcelain, glass, jewelry, pewter, traditional costumes and domestic industries. A generous extension and a multimedia department were added in 2000.

The Goethe room is located in the New Town Hall, which was built in 1794 as the home of the factory owner W. C. Fikentscher in the classical style. There lived Johann Wolfgang von Goethe during his visit to Marktredwitz from 13 to 18 August 1822. In Goethezimmer paintings and other objects are on display, reminiscent of the visit of the famous guest.

Churches

Interior of the St. Bartholomew Church
  • Anna Church now Holy Spirit (Oberredwitz)
  • St. Bartholomew
  • Theresienkirche
  • St. Joseph
  • Resurrection Church (Pfaffenreuth)
  • Heart of jesus

Historical buildings

Architectural monuments

Parks and green spaces

  • The city park is located in the middle of the city between the train station and the old town. There is a fountain and a war memorial in the park.
  • The Auenpark was created for the cross-border garden show Marktredwitz-Cheb. The park includes an artificial lake, a labyrinth and a kiosk, as well as large sunbathing areas.
  • The Kösseineauen lie south of the Kössine shopping center. Since 2018 some houses have been built on them.

Sports

Marktredwitz has an indoor pool (Germany's first ozone indoor pool) and an outdoor pool, which was renovated in 2006 as part of the construction work for the Marktredwitz-Cheb State Horticultural Show . A number of gymnasiums and sports halls as well as sports fields round off the program for sporting activities. With the reopening of the Auenpark on May 24th 2007, the city offers another local recreation area in a central inner city location.

The oldest club in Marktredwitz is the Schützengesellschaft 1551 e. V., which celebrated its 450th anniversary in 2001. The Turnschaft 1887 e. V. is the club with the largest number of members in the city and offers various sports as well as an amateur theater and a carnival guild. The carnival society Narhalla Rot-Weiß Marktredwitz e. V. and its garden, as well as the carnival guild Marktredwitz-Dörflas, regularly take part in tournaments organized by the Franconian Carnival Association . SV 04 Marktredwitz e.V. offers a wide range of different sports. V., in which the former tennis club Grün-Weiß Marktredwitz e. V. was added as a new department. In 2010, however, the tennis division broke up again and since then has provided TC Fichtelgebirge e. V. represents an independent club. The sports offer is rounded off by FC Wacker 2004 e. V., a successor club to the traditional club SC Wacker Marktredwitz from 1913. The Motorsport Club Marktredwitz e. V. offers space for friends of automobile , karting and motorcycle racing .

Ice hockey: There was an ice hockey team in Marktredwitz as early as the 1950s . The team Wacker Marktredwitz took part in the game operations of the Bavarian Ice Sports Association ( BEV ) from 1970 to 1976 and played in the Bavarian State League ( BLL ). Since 2012 there is an ice hockey hobby club in Marktredwitz, the EHC-Meteor-Marktredwitz, which participates in the hobby leagues DNHL and the Grenzlandliga. The EHC plays its home games in the Mitterteich ice rink .

The Marktredwitz local group of the German Alpine Club (DAV) Section Greiz offers a wide range of courses on the climbing wall in the Dörflaser gym from September to May, as well as the opportunity to go to the "mountain" over the winter.

Regular events

From the annual maypole erection to the people's and rifle festival to the settlers festival, which takes place at the Marktredwitzer Kirwa (parish fair) at the end of August, there is something to do all year round. The Old Town Festival, which has been held in mid-July since 1982, enjoys a special status. Many Marktredwitzers and also guests from outside take part in this traditional festival.

Every two years on the first weekend in September the Egerlandtag takes place, the national meeting of the Egerlanders, and since 1988 the two-day rock , punk and metal festival Sticky Fingers at the local recreation area Weidersberg every year .

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Marktredwitz

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

One of the most important companies based in Marktredwitz is Edeka Handelsgesellschaft Nordbayern-Sachsen-Thüringen mbH, Diska division . Marktredwitz is one of the main locations of CeramTec AG in Germany, which is represented there with the chemical engineering, electronics and medical technology divisions and manufactures components from technical ceramics . The headquarters of Scherdel GmbH , an international company in the automotive supplier industry, is also located there . With the main plants in Marktredwitz and the surrounding area (approx. 20 km) it is the largest employer in Marktredwitz. The VR-Bank Fichtelgebirge-Frankenwald is also based in the city.

traffic

Street

Marktredwitz has a direct connection to the A 93 Hof - Regensburg . The B 303 and the B 15 run around the town.

In the planning for a Fichtelgebirgsautobahn, a route near Marktredwitz (expansion of the B 303 into a federal motorway) is also being examined. Should this route be awarded the contract, a motorway junction with the A 93 and the Fichtelgebirgsautobahn would arise near Marktredwitz .

Public transport

Marktredwitz is, partly due to the secondary schools, the central hub for all regional bus routes in the southern district of Wunsiedel and the northern district of Tirschenreuth. Marktredwitz also has a city bus route. The bus station is located at the station forecourt.

rail

Bahnhofsplatz

The Marktredwitz station is an important railway junction. This is where the Nuremberg – Cheb and Weiden – Oberkotzau lines meet , with direct train connections to Cheb , Hof , Munich , Regensburg and Nuremberg .

air

The city of Marktredwitz is centrally located between German and Czech airports. In half an hour to two hours you can reach the airports of Eger (20 km; reopened on August 19, 2010), Hof-Plauen (50 km), Karlsbad (75 km), Nuremberg (125 km), Leipzig-Altenburg ( 145 km) and Leipzig-Halle (200 km); However, there are no scheduled flights in Eger, Hof or Altenburg, and only connections in CIS countries from Karlsbad .

bicycle

Marktredwitz lies on the Euregio Egrensis long-distance cycle route . In 2016, Marktredwitz was the starting point for the BR bike tour .

Medical supplies

In addition to many general practitioners in general practice, Marktredwitz also has specialists in various fields. With the Fichtelgebirge Clinic , which is divided into the two houses Marktredwitz and Selb , Marktredwitz has an efficient clinic of care level III.

education

  • primary school
  • Alexander von Humboldt Middle School (since the school year 2010/2011 the main school became a middle school)
  • Fichtelgebirgsrealschule
  • Otto Hahn High School
  • Fachoberschule Marktredwitz (since September 2008)
  • Marktredwitz Vocational School (since September 2011)
  • professional school
  • Municipal singing and music school
  • Erich Kästner School (special educational support center)
  • Lebenshilfe school
  • Nursing school at the Fichtelgebirge Clinic
  • Municipal library

Personalities

Honorary citizen

→ Main article: List of honorary citizens of Marktredwitz

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

literature

Web links

Commons : Marktredwitz  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Marktredwitz  - travel guide

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. ↑ the Bavarian language area. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .
  3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111206/190223&attr=OBJ&val= 1304
  4. ↑ Compare list of Frankish knight families # R , a gender of the same name, but not related, was Redwitz , originating in Redwitz an der Rodach
  5. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 598 .
  6. ↑ https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/br-studio-fichtelgebirge-in-marktredwitz-eroeffnet,RhoeBNB
  7. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 601 .
  8. ^ 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 .
  9. ↑ rodi-db.de, league membership Wacker Marktredwitz
  10. ↑ Chronicle EHC-Meteor-Marktredwitz