Geiersthal
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Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ' N , 12 ° 59' E |
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| State : | Bavaria | |
| Administrative region : | Lower Bavaria | |
| County : | rain | |
| Height : | 506 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 22.37 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2234 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 100 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 94244 | |
| Area code : | 09923 | |
| License plate : | REG, VIT | |
| Community key : | 09 2 76 122 | |
| Community structure: | 32 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Rathausstrasse 5 94244 Geiersthal |
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| Mayor : | Richard Gruber (FW Bavaria / FWG Geiersthal) | |
| Location of the municipality Geiersthal in the district of Regen | ||
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Geiersthal is a municipality and a village in the Lower Bavarian district of Regen and a state-approved resort .
geography
Geographical location
The community is located in the Danube Forest region in the middle of the Bavarian Forest above the Black Rain Valley, around eight kilometers southeast of Viechtach , 22 km north of Deggendorf , 13 km northwest of the district town of Regen and nine kilometers from Bodenmais . From a geographical point of view, the northern part of the municipality belongs to the Rear Bavarian Forest and the southern part to the so-called rain depression . The highest point in the municipality is the Frankenberg near Frankenried at 748 m above sea level. NN. The places Geiersthal , Kammersdorf and Teisnach have almost completely grown together.
Direct neighboring communities are Drachselsried in the north, Böbrach in the northeast, Teisnach in the east, Patersdorf in the south, Kollnburg in the south-west and Viechtach in the north-west.
Community structure
There are 32 parish parts:
There is only the Geiersthal district .
history
Until the church is planted
The first verifiable mention of the place comes from the year 1209. In the parish register of the diocese of Regensburg from the year 1286 the parish of Geiersthal is also mentioned. The mother parish counted in 1300, including Geiersthal 13 places that grew to 50 villages by the middle of the 18th century.
Geiersthal belonged to the Straubing Rent Office and the Viechtach Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .
19th and 20th centuries
The lawyer Friedrich Freiherr von Wulffen (1790–1858) comes from Geiersthal . From 1843 to 1846 he was district president of Lower Bavaria and was a member of the right-wing center of the Frankfurt National Assembly in 1848/49. From 1855 he was president of the highest court in Bavaria, the Higher Appeal Court in Munich.
Negotiations had been going on since 1886 to move the parish seat from Geiersthal to Teisnach, which had become the most important place in the parish since the Teisnach paper mill was founded in 1881. Finally, a new parish church was built in Teisnach, while the nave of the dilapidated Geiersthal parish church was demolished under police protection. The remaining apse was converted into a cemetery chapel. In 1903 the parish seat was relocated to Teisnach.
Population development
Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 2,079 to 2,238 by 159 inhabitants or 7.7%.
- 1961: 1854 inhabitants
- 1970: 1852 inhabitants
- 1987: 2085 inhabitants
- 1991: 2179 inhabitants
- 1995: 2230 inhabitants
- 2000: 2311 inhabitants
- 2005: 2293 inhabitants
- 2010: 2235 inhabitants
- 2015: 2189 inhabitants
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of the first mayor and 14 members. Since May 1, 2020, the members have been distributed as follows:
- CSU : 4 seats (30.15% of the vote)
- SPD / Free Citizens: 3 seats (22.79% of the vote)
- Free community of voters: 5 seats (24.40% of the votes)
- Citizens' list: 2 seats (10.93% of the vote)
mayor
Richard Gruber (FWG) has been the first mayor since May 2020. Second mayor is Ludwig Weindl (FWG) and third mayor is Sylvia Augustin (CSU).
Administrative community
The village belonged from 1 May 1978 Böbrach and Teisnach for managing Community Teisnach , but which was canceled on January 1, 1980th
coat of arms
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Blazon : "Standing in silver on a red three-mountain, a fallen, curly red tip, inside a gold-armored silver vulture." |
Architectural monuments
Soil monuments
economy
According to official statistics, there were 87 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector and 79 in the trade and transport sector. There were a total of 770 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were two companies in the manufacturing sector and four in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 55 farms with an agricultural area of 781 hectares, of which 528 hectares were permanent green space.
In 2013 there were 521 socially insured employees in Geierstal.
The largest employer is Kuchler Service GmbH, which is active in the areas of waste disposal, transport, industrial cleaning and agricultural trade.
traffic
Road traffic
The most important road connection in the municipality is the B 85 , which leads through the Linden district. This leads from Passau via the district town of Regen in the direction of Cham. The B 11 to Deggendorf branches off from this near Patersdorf not far from the municipal boundary .
The two largest districts Geiersthal and Kammersdorf are connected to the federal highways via the regional road REG 19 and the state roads 2136 and 2636. These two state roads also connect the community with the neighboring towns of Bodenmais, Drachselsried, Patersdorf and Teisnach.
Rail transport
The Gotteszell – Viechtach railway line of the Länderbahn runs across the municipality . Between 1991 and 2016 this was only used in special traffic. The bus stops Teisnach Rohde & Schwarz (Berging district), Böbrach , Gumpenried-Asbach and Nußberg-Schönau are located in the municipality . However, these are remote in the rain valley. The closest train station to the main town is Teisnach . As part of the rail test operation that began on September 8, 2016, regular passenger trains will again stop at the stops.
The otherwise closest regularly served train station with connections along the Plattling – Bayerisch Eisenstein railway line by Waldbahn trains is in Gotteszell, twelve kilometers away .
education
The following institutions exist (as of 2012):
- Kindergarten with 50 kindergarten places with 45 children
- Elementary school with four teachers and 63 students
leisure
In the Berging district there is a large disco and a leisure center with a kart track, laser tag and bowling alley.
Personalities
- Michael Dachs (1876–1941), composer and music theorist, was born in the district of Grandmühle. He wrote a widespread and still available harmony theory and composed a. a. several fairs.
- Franz Xaver Glasschröder (1864–1933), Bavarian historian and archivist
literature
- Geiersthal Culture and Homeland Working Group (ed.): 800 years of Geiersthal. A Christian primordial cell in the Bavarian Forest. 700 years of the Geiersthal parish. 100 years of the Geiersthal-Teisnach parish. Geiersthal Culture and Homeland Working Group, Geiersthal 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-026170-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ^ Geiersthal community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 5, 2018.
- ^ Parish. Geiersthal community, accessed on July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of Geiersthal in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Bavaria - Table 13111-001 Employees subject to social insurance contributions: municipalities, employees at work, reference dates, accessed on May 11, 2015
Achslach | Arnbruck | Bayerisch Eisenstein | Bishop corn | Böbrach | Ground corn | Drachselsried | Frauenau | Geiersthal | Gotteszell | Kirchberg in the forest | Kirchdorf im Wald | Kollnburg | Langdorf | Lindberg | Patersdorf | Prackenbach | Rain | Rinchnach | Ruhmannsfelden | Teisnach | Viechtach | Zachenberg | Zwiesel