Geratskirchen

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '  N , 12 ° 40'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Rottal Inn
Management Community :	Massing
Height :	441 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.9 km 2
Residents:	850 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	84552
Area code :	08728
License plate :	PAN, EG, GRI, VIB
Community key :	09 2 77 122
Community structure:	46 districts
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 20 84323 Massing
Website :	www.geratskirchen.de
Mayor :	Johann Gaßlbauer ( FW )
Location of the municipality of Geratskirchen in the Rottal-Inn district

The parish church of St. Martin

The town hall of the municipality

Geratskirchen is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn and a member of the administrative community of Massing .

geography

Geographical location

Geratskirchen is located in the Landshut region in a small tributary valley of the Rott and borders Upper Bavaria in the south . The small town of Geratskirchen is located about 13 km southwest of Eggenfelden , 30 km southeast of Vilsbiburg , 18 km northeast of Mühldorf and 16 km north of Altötting .

Community structure

There are 46 parts of the parish:

Adersbach Ammersöd Asenkerschbaum Au Bettstetten Brandstetten Braunsberg Breitendorf Deck place Wet pit Freineck garden

Geratsberg Geratskirchen Großeggenberg Haneck Harpeding Heizbach Hermannsreut Herrnholz Hiltelsberg Hinterwimm Wood Wooden houses

Kleineggenberg Königshub Kroneck Küblgrub Leithen Tan Ohnatsberg Pillris Poxod Roismannsöd Shafts Bowl burn

Spatenöd Stadlthann Thann Advance grasslands Windbichl Wolfersegg Wölkerl Wurmsegg Zwecksberg

There is only the Geratskirchen district .

history

Until the 19th century

In 1347 Elisabeth von Geratskirchen married Rudiger Maroltinger. The Maroltinger or Moroltinger owned the Hofmark Geratskirchen for about 300 years. On February 24, 1637, Johann Mändl von und zu Deutenhoven took over the property, after his death on August 12, 1666 his son Hans Ulrich and in 1686 his son Anton Josef Adam Mändl, Freiherr von und zu Deutenhoven, Lord von Münchsdorf , Wolfsegg, Waldberg, Regenpeilstein and Geratskirchen followed.

The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria , but formed a closed Hofmark , whose seat was Geratskirchen. Maria Caroline Charlotte von Spreti, b. von Ingenheim acquired the fiefdom in 1729. In 1752 the ducal seats of Geratskirchen and Wolfsegg were divided, the new owners were the Freiherrn von Viereck. These also exercised the lower jurisdiction . In 1752 the village of Geratskirchen had 20 properties. On December 23, 1778, Franz Nono Adam Freiherr von Mändl received the fiefdom of Geratskirchen and Wolfsegg, which was taken over in 1780 by Count Arco .

In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , with the parish edict of 1818, today's parish was created, initially divided into the patrimonial parish of Geratskirchen I and the regional court parish of Geratskirchen II. The parishes of Geratskirchen I and II were merged on December 16, 1848. The lower jurisdiction of the Counts of Arco was not abolished until the same year, 1848.

20th century

On November 22, 1944, 49 bombs dropped by American planes in Stadlthann killed ten civilians.

On August 3, 1956, the Geratskirchen community was renamed Wald bei Winhöring . On January 1, 1967, she took on part of the dissolved community of Eggen. In the course of the regional reform in Bavaria , forest was incorporated into Pleiskirchen on January 1, 1972 . Since May 1st 1978 Geratskirchen belongs to the administrative community Massing.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 586 to 860 by 274 inhabitants or 46.8% - the highest percentage increase of all municipalities in the district in the period mentioned.

• 1961: 595 inhabitants
• 1970: 590 inhabitants
• 1987: 597 inhabitants
• 1991: 652 inhabitants
• 1995: 687 inhabitants
• 2000: 792 inhabitants
• 2005: 865 inhabitants
• 2010: 875 inhabitants
• 2015: 857 inhabitants

politics

Johann Gaßlbauer (Free Voters) has been the first mayor since April 28, 1999. In the 2020 mayoral election, he was confirmed in the first ballot with 88.6% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A red stake growing out of a blue wave shield base, which is covered with a growing golden bishop's staff, and a growing black cattail with green stems and leaves."

Architectural monuments

The late Gothic parish church of St. Martin was built in 1472 and extended to the west in 1880. It has Gothic and Baroque figures. An extension to the northern part of the church was carried out in 1908 and lined with "tuff" as the "Lourdes Grotto".

See also: List of architectural monuments in Geratskirchen

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Geratskirchen

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work subject to social insurance contributions in the manufacturing industry and in trade and transport. Ten people were employed in other economic sectors at the place of work, subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 257 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There were none in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 50 farms with an agricultural area of ​​831 hectares, of which 514 hectares were arable land and 315 hectares were permanent green areas.

Web links

Commons : Geratskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local government
• Geratskirchen: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)

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. ^ Community Geratskirchen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 20, 2018.
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 416 f .
4. ↑ 1st Mayor. Geratskirchen community, accessed on July 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Mayor / Lord Mayor in municipalities belonging to the district (as of May 1st, 2020). (xlsx) Bavarian State Office for Statistics, accessed on June 20, 2020 . 
6. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Geratskirchen  in the database of the House of Bavarian History