Döhlau

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Döhlau (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 11 ° 57'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	court
Height :	549 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.25 km 2
Residents:	3845 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	252 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95182
Primaries :	09286, 09281, 09283
License plate :	HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key :	09 4 75 120
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Am Rathaus 2 95182 Döhlau
Website :	www.doehlau.de
Mayor :	Marc Ultsch ( SPD )
Location of the community Döhlau in the district of Hof

Coat of arms of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau from Siebmacher's coat of arms book

church

Döhlau is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Hof , is located in the Bavarian Vogtland and borders directly on the district town of Hof on Bundesstraße 15 .

geography

location

The municipality is in a scenic location in the extreme north of the Fichtelgebirge at the foot of the Kotzauer Berg (675 m above sea level). The Nonnenbach flows through the village and flows into the Saale shortly afterwards . In a part of Döhlau that lies to the right of the Saale, the Saale forms the border river to Moschendorf (Hof) , which lies to the left of the Saale.

Döhlau is located in the urban area of Hof .

Districts

The community is divided into seven parts:

Döhlau Kautendorf Lahmreuth Neutauperlitz

Neudöhlau Stumpfhof Tauperlitz

The three districts are Döhlau, Tauperlitz and Kautendorf. Stumpfhof and Lahmreuth consist of agricultural properties. Neutauperlitz has grown together with Tauperlitz, Erlalohe is only a few meters away. Erlalohe is divided, one part belongs to Döhlau, the other part belongs to Hof. Neudöhlau and Lahmreuth are far outside of Döhlau.

history

The first documented mention of Döhlau dates back to 1348. The place gave its name to the family of the Rabensteiner zu Döhlau who replaced the von Döhlau family . The von Uttenhofen family sat on the Tauperlitz hilltop tower castle , which was destroyed around 1343. The Lords of Pühel owned a manor in Döhlau . The place fell with the Hohenzollern , since 1791 Prussian principality of Bayreuth in the Treaty of Tilsit in 1807 to France and in 1810 came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

On May 1, 1978, the formerly independent municipality of Tauperlitz and parts of the dissolved municipality of Kautendorf were incorporated with part of the municipality of Draisendorf, which was incorporated on January 1, 1972.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 3,416 to 3,856 by 440 inhabitants or 12.9%. On December 31, 2004 the community had 4,204 inhabitants.

politics

City council election 2020

(in %)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.20

33.72

31.08

CSU

SPD

PFG

Municipal council

The municipal council has 16 members. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 2,240 of the 3,159 residents eligible to vote in the municipality of Döhlau exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 70.91%.

Parties:	Allocation of seats 2014–2020	Distribution of seats since 2020
SPD	6 seats	5 seats
Party-free community Döhlau / Kautendorf / Tauperlitz (PFG)	5 seats	5 seats
CSU	5 seats	6 seats

Döhlau Castle

mayor

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, there was no clear decision between the mayoral candidate of the CSU , Fritz Walther (32.51%), the candidate of the SPD , Marc Ultsch (47.35%) and Lindner (20.14%) von the PFG. In the runoff election on March 29, 2020 between Walther ( CSU ) and Ultsch ( SPD ), Marc Ultsch won with 63.77% of the vote. His opponent won 36.23%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a silver shield head, inside a pinned black bar, in red three armored silver legs set in a three-pass, angled by three silver heraldic lilies."

Culture and sights

• Parish Church Döhlau
• Döhlau Castle (privately owned)
• Martinskirche Kautendorf
• Memorial stone Thea von Harbou in Tauperlitz

See also: List of architectural monuments in Döhlau and List of ground monuments in Döhlau

Quellitzsee

The Quellitzsee is located in the Tauperlitz district. It was dammed in the 1970s and serves as a local recreation area. There is a sunbathing lawn with a baby pool and a non-swimmer area as well as tennis and football facilities. On the last weekend of June, the Tauperlitzer Seefest takes place with rides, beer tents and beer gardens and fireworks.

societies

• Teamkral e. V., cycling club
• ASGV Döhlau e. V., General Sports and Singing Association
• Theater group of the BSC Tauperlitz. From March to the beginning of April, the Tauperlitz theater troupe plays a funny play in the Döhlau town hall hall every year.

education

• Community kindergarten Döhlau
• Von-Pühel School Tauperlitz

Sons and daughters of the church

• The actress and author Thea von Harbou was born in the Tauperlitz district on December 27, 1888 . She died on July 1, 1954 in Berlin .
• The painter Theodor Alt was born in the district of Döhlau on January 23, 1846 . He died on October 8, 1937 in Ansbach .

Thea of ​​Harbou

Painting old peasant couple at the snack from Theodor Alt

literature

• Karl Edelmann: Chronicle of the formerly independent community Döhlau . Döhlau 2008.

Web links

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

• Municipality of Döhlau
• Döhlau: Official statistics of the LfStat

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 municipal council 2020 to 2026. Döhlau municipality, accessed on June 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html?val=1222&attr=590&modus=automat&tempus=20100828/153306&hodie=20100915/082041
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 556 .
5. ^ 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. 688 .
6. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
9. ^ Entry on the Döhlau coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History