Burgstall (Hirschau)

Burgstall City of Hirschau Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '55 "  N , 11 ° 53' 17"  E
Height :	449 m above sea level NN
Residents :	74  (2011)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	92242
Area code :	09622
Burgstall is located in the Mimbach district in the southwest of the municipality

Burgstall is a village and a district of the city of Hirschau in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria .

origin of the name

The place of a former castle is called the Burgstall . It does not always have to be a knight's castle, it can also have been a prehistoric or medieval refuge or earth castle .

Around 1285 Burgstall was mentioned as the "Purchstal" belonging to the Vilseck Office , and in 1326 also as the "Purchstal", but belonging to the Hahnbach Office . The spelling "Burgstall" appeared as early as 1444 (Vogtei Hahnbach). Before the current name Burgstall finally became naturalized, the place was mentioned in 1569 as "Purgkhstall" (Vogtei Hahnbach), in 1647 as "Purgstall" and in 1773 as "Purkstall" (in each case Landrichteramt Amberg).

history

The assumption that there used to be a fortification in the place was confirmed by aerial photo archeology .

Burgstall belonged to the municipality of Mimbach until it was dissolved on January 1, 1972 and partly incorporated (with the districts of Hirschau and Krondorf ) into Hirschau.

Attractions

See also: List of architectural monuments in Hirschau # Burgstall

Chapel of St. Martin

In the Burgstall there is a neo-baroque St. Martin chapel from 1925, which is a listed building. Between 1993 and 1995 it was renovated inside and out. The turret is completely clad with copper sheet. The altar also dates from 1925 and shows St. Martin on horseback . In front of the altar are the figures of the Mother of God and Jesus . Burgstall belongs to the parish of Gibbach.

Economy and Infrastructure

Burgstall is the starting point of the Naab-Vils-Weg .

traffic

Burgstall is about one kilometer from Bundesstraße 14 . There is a junction between Hirschau andhabenbach that takes you to Burgstall.

Burgstall is connected to local public transport with two bus routes. These are line 55 of the RBO between Amberg and Weiden via Schnaittenbach ( VGN line 455) and line 64 of the RBO between Schnaittenbach and Sulzbach-Rosenberg (VGN line 463).

The nearest train stations are in Freihung (13 km) and Amberg (13 km).

Web links

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

• Alois Laumer: Atzmannsricht, Krickelsdorf, aerial view of Upper Palatinate. In: www.oberpfalz-luftbild.de. Retrieved October 23, 2012 (aerial photos from Burgstall). 
• Burgstall. In: hirschau.de. City of Hirschau, accessed on November 17, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Burgstall - website of the city of Hirschau
2. ↑ Districts - city of Hirschau, district of Amberg-Sulzbach (AS) - Bavarian authorities guide. In: behoerdenwegweiser.bayern.de. Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior , accessed on November 27, 2012 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Hans Frank: Historical book of place names of Bavaria Upper Palatinate . City and district of Amberg. Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History. 1st edition. Buchdruckerei Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz via Regensburg 1975, ISBN 3-7696-9891-6 , p. 19.20 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Naab-Vils-Weg. In: owv-hv.de. Oberpfälzer Waldverein - Hauptverein -, accessed on November 6, 2012 . 
5. ^ Entry at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
6. ↑ Cultural gems in our region! Burgstall Chapel, Hirschau. In: die-goldene-strasse.de. AOVE GmbH, accessed on November 7, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Weiden - Schnaittenbach - Amberg. (pdf; 28 kB) Verkehrsgemeinschaft Amberg-Sulzbach (line 455 - VGN). (No longer available online.) In: znas.de. Zweckverband Nahverkehr Amberg-Sulzbach, August 7, 2012, archived from the original on June 20, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2012 . 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.  
8. ↑ Schnaittenbach - Sulzbach − Rosenberg. (pdf; 17 kB) Verkehrsgemeinschaft Amberg-Sulzbach (line 463 - VGN). (No longer available online.) In: znas.de. Zweckverband Nahverkehr Amberg-Sulzbach, November 22, 2011, archived from the original on June 20, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2012 . 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.