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Drought woe Geroldsgrün municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 2 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 40 ″  E
Height :	500 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	95179
Area code :	09267
Silberstein

Dürrenwaid is a village in northeast Bavaria in the administrative district of Upper Franconia . Since 1972 it has been part of the Geroldsgrün municipality in the Hof district .

geography

Dürrenwaid is located in the west of the district of Hof on the border with the district of Kronach , to which it belonged until 1972. Nestled in the valley of the Ölsnitz, the village is 500  m above sea level. NN .

history

Dürrenwaid was a separate municipality in the Kronach district until 1972. In 1921 citizens of Dürrenwaider founded a settlement cooperative due to a lack of building land and cleared the Silberhügel forest department above the Ölsnitztal. Silberstein came into being. In 1968 the Christ Church on the edge of the forest was consecrated. During the regional reform in Bavaria, Dürrenwaid lost its independence on July 1, 1972 and joined Geroldsgrün in the Hof district. In addition to the main town, the districts Silberstein, Dürrenwaiderhammer and Langenbachtal belonged to the former municipality of Dürrenwaid . Together they had about 500 inhabitants. In 1976 Dürrenwaid / Silberstein received the award of a state-approved resort from the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior .

politics

Since the incorporation, three councils from Dürrenwaid have been represented in the Geroldsgrüner municipal council. Currently these are: Ludwig Wich (SPD), Hans-Peter Wich (CSU) and Wilfried Löhner (SPD). The first mayor of Geroldsgrün Helmut Oelschlegel (SPD) also comes from Dürrenwaid.

Culture and sights

societies

Today in Dürrenwaid the TSV Dürrenwaid, the Franconian Forest Association, the volunteer fire brigade, the choir, the ManchesterUnitedFriends and the boys' association exist. FC Steinbach-Dürrenwaid was dissolved after relegation from the district league.

Regular events

During the year various festivals are organized by the local associations. Every year there is a sports festival, a fire brigade festival, the solstice fire and the raising of the maypole. The cultural highlight of the year is the local Kärwa . It is traditionally celebrated on the third weekend in September (or two weeks before Thanksgiving).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 500 .