Edelsfeld

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Coat of arms of the community of Edelsfeld
Edelsfeld
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Edelsfeld highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 42'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Palatinate
County : Amberg-Sulzbach
Height : 528 m above sea level NHN
Area : 34.72 km 2
Residents: 1937 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 56 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 92265
Area code : 09665
License plate : AS, BUL , ESB , NAB , SUL
Community key : 09 3 71 119
Community structure: 26 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hirschbachstrasse 8
92265 Edelsfeld
Website : www.edelsfeld.de
Mayor : Hans-Jürgen Strehl ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the community Edelsfeld in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach
Auerbach in der Oberpfalz Königstein (Oberpfalz) Hirschbach (Oberpfalz) Etzelwang Weigendorf Birgland Kastl (Lauterachtal) Edelsfeld Edelsfeld Vilseck Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg Sulzbach-Rosenberg Eichen (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Freihung Hirschau Gebenbach Schnaittenbach Hahnbach Illschwang Freudenberg (Oberpfalz) Ursensollen Ebermannsdorf Ensdorf (Oberpfalz) Kümmersbruck Rieden (Oberpfalz) Hohenburg Schmidmühlen Poppenricht Ammerthal Amberg Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab Weiden in der Oberpfalz Landkreis Schwandorf Landkreis Bayreuth Landkreis Nürnberger Land Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalzmap
About this picture

Edelsfeld is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach, about 10 km north of Sulzbach-Rosenberg on the federal highway 85 .

Community structure

There are 26 districts:

The following districts : Edelsfeld, Holnstein, Kürmreuth, Namsreuth, Sigras, Steinling and White Mountain.

history

Until the church is planted

Edelsfeld belonged to the former Duchy of Neuburg-Sulzbach and its court Parkstein; since 1777 the area was part of the Electorate of Bavaria . For centuries the court brands Steinling, Boden and Edelsfeld were owned by the barons of Steinling zu Boden and Stainling ; with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 their property was withdrawn as a church fief. Her coat of arms shows a striding black rooster on three green hills in a golden field. In addition to the line that was based in many places in the Upper Palatinate, there was one at Nuremberg that also provided the mayor (Lutz Steinlinger) there. The family is 1984 with the last name bearer Friedrich VI. extinct. Since the loss of Steinling, the Freiherrn von Steinling were Bavarian and Hessian generals and ministers of war .

Messrs. Stromer von Reichenbach, as owners of Hofmark Holnstein, owned single-layer goods here (open Hofmark). In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the Steinling community was incorporated. On July 1, 1972, the community of Weißenberg and parts of the communities of Kürmreuth, Namsreuth and Sigras followed.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 1,482 to 1,920 by 438 inhabitants or 29.6%.

  • 1970: 1467 inhabitants
  • 1987: 1497 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1661 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1769 inhabitants
  • 2000: 1954 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2021 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1891 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1888 inhabitants

religion

There are two churches in the village, the Catholic and the Protestant Stephanuskirche. Today's Protestant St. Stephen's Church was a simultaneous church until 1910 . Edelsfeld is one of the nine communities in the northeast of the Upper Palatinate in which the majority of the population is Protestant.

politics

City council election 2020
(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
34.51
26.14
21.32
18.03
WGUG
Current distribution of seats in the municipal council (March 15, 2020)
    
A total of 12 seats
  • FWG : 4
  • WGUG : 3
  • CSU : 3
  • SPD : 2

Municipal council

The municipal council has twelve members. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 1,148 of the 1,582 residents entitled to vote in the municipality of Edelsfeld exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 72.57%

mayor

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Hans-Jürgen Strehl (FWG) was elected with 71.93% of the vote.

coat of arms

The coat of arms has been used in its current form since 1978.

Official description of the coat of arms

Coat of arms of Edelsfeld
 Blazon : “A growing silver church with a tower and apse in black; in front a golden ear of barley and behind a golden palm branch. "

Meaning of the symbols

The church motif in the coat of arms refers to the Romanesque church of St. Joseph (12th century) in the Niederärndt district, which later served as a simultaneous church . In the normal year of 1555, the sovereigns were two brothers, one of whom was Protestant and one Roman Catholic; according to the principle of cuius regio, eius religio , the church became simultaneous. It should symbolize the togetherness of the entire population. The barley ear indicates the cultivation of malting barley in the community, the palm branch refers to the St. Stephen's patronage of the church.

Edelsfeld is a founding member of the Working Group Obere Vils-Ehenbach (AOVE GmbH), an association of now nine municipalities for cooperation and joint development in the region.

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church of St. Stephen

Museums

  • Goglhof open-air museum in the Eberhardsbühl district

Architectural monuments

societies

  • 1. Edelsfeld football club - is the largest club in the village and celebrated its 60th anniversary in July 2019

Sons and daughters

Web links

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

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. ^ Municipal Council> Members. Edelsfeld community, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
  3. ^ Community Edelsfeld in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on July 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 578 .
  5. ^ Assumption of Mary: No public holiday in nine Upper Palatinate parishes , BR24, accessed on August 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ City council election 2020
  7. ↑ City council election 2020
  8. ↑ Mayoral election 2020
  9. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Edelsfeld  in the database of the House of Bavarian History