Finsterau (Mauth)
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Finsterau
municipality Mauth
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| Height : | 998 m | |
| Residents : | 514 (1987) | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1978 | |
| Postal code : | 94151 | |
| Area code : | 08557 | |
Location of Finsterau in Bavaria |
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 The parish church of Mater Dolorosa
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Finsterau is a village located about 1000 meters above sea level in the municipality of Mauth in the Freyung-Grafenau district in the Bavarian Forest on the border with the Czech Republic . The Finsterau district includes the villages of Finsterau and Heinrichsbrunn .
history
The place was founded in 1704 as the last and northernmost settlement of "Großphilippsreut" (Mauth, Vierhäuser, Zwölfhäuser, Hohenröhren, Heinrichsbrunn, Finsterau) on the Bergreichenstein branch of the Goldener Steiges by Prince Bishop Johann Philipp von Lamberg with ten properties. The original place name was “Halbwald” because the settlement was halfway between Kreuzberg and Bergreichenstein. The name Finsterau first appeared in the middle of the 18th century.
Like all of Großphilippsreut, Finsterau is a forest hoof village on a ridge between Rotbach or Saußbach and Reschbach. The individual hubs , called house towns here, ran from the property to the streams.
The first schoolhouse, a simple wooden structure, was built in 1826. In 1836 a floor was added. In 1888 a considerably larger granite building took its place. Another building was added in 1935. From 1965 to 1967 a completely new, modern school building was built. The school in Finsterau belonged to the Mauth school district from 1969 and had to be closed in 2005.
The village chapel of Finsterau (today morgue) was built in 1888, the neo-Romanesque parish church Mater dolorosa from 1910 to 1912. The architect was Johann Baptist Schott . At 1,030 meters above sea level, it is the highest parish church in the Diocese of Passau . Finsterau has been a branch since 1896 and has been a parish since 1921 .
With effect from January 1, 1900, the Finsterau community was established from the Finsterau and Heinrichsbrunn settlements by hiving off the Mauth community.
The community had 692 inhabitants when it was established, compared with 1,116 in 1952.
In the course of the municipal reform , Finsterau came back to the municipality of Mauth on January 1, 1978.
mayor
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tourism
The Finsterau open-air museum, which opened in 1980, is located in the north-west of the village .
In the north there is a border crossing to Bučina in the Czech Republic for pedestrians and cyclists. Between the middle of May and the beginning of November, the route to the border crossing may only be used by hedgehog buses , a traffic concept in the Bavarian Forest National Park . Outside the operating hours of these Igel buses, the crossing can also be reached by private vehicle, but access is prohibited from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Driving over the border with motorized vehicles is prohibited. In 1994 a cross-country skiing center was created on the occasion of the senior world championships.
Since the road conditions in Finsterau are extreme due to the harsh winters, all-wheel drive vehicles are very popular in the community. The legendary “Quattro-Treffen” in Finsterau developed from this. Every year at the beginning of February, hundreds of Quattros and spectators meet at the old sports field in Finsterau to do drift laps in the legendary Finsterauer Kessel. The event is cult in Finsterau and is already known far beyond the country's borders.
coat of arms
The description of the coat of arms reads: Through a silver tip, inside a red count's crown, split by green and blue; in front a vertical golden stag pole, behind a golden pole.
Prince-Bishop Cardinal Johann Philipp Graf von Lamberg as the founder of Finsterau is portrayed with the aristocratic count's crown, the stag pole refers to the abundance of game in the Finsterau Forest and the golden stake stands for the " golden path " that leads from Passau to Bohemia.
societies
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Personalities
- Josef Opitz (1890 Praha - 1963 Tübingen ), Prague German art historian, university professor and painter, lived here from 1946 to 1953 after he fled Czechoslovakia in May 1945.
literature
- Bavarian Forest Association, Mauth section (Erich Dorner): On the Mauth - bey der Finster 'Au and in the Howareit , 1992.
- Hans Eller: 100 years of church history Finsterau. 1896-1996 , 1996.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 595 .
- ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 627 .
- ↑ Road to Buchwald: Trouble about extended closing times ( memento of the original from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The problem with the Passauer Neue Presse border crossing , December 8, 2011.
- ↑ Stefan Holzinger: Hundreds of people celebrate the Quattro meeting +++ video and photos. In: pnp.de. February 7, 2015, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ^ Martin Ortmeier: Josef Opitz in Finsterau 1946–1953. In: Josef Opitz and Art in the Komotauer and Kaadener Land 1350–1590. Anthology from the international scientific conference October 17-18, 2013 / Chomutov Regional Museum, 2015, ISBN 978-80-87898-11-6 , pp. 85–91.
