Großenschwand

Großenschwand Tännesberg market Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 45 ″ N , 12 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E
Height :	544 m
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	92723
Location of Großenschwand in Bavaria

Hochspeicher and Großenschwand (2015)

Großenschwand (2015)

Großenschwand is a district of the Tännesberg market in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district in the Upper Palatinate .

location

The place is about two kilometers from the main town Tännesberg on the federal road 22 .

history

The place arose from a clearing in the 11th century. The name ending ( "-schwand") indicates Schwendbau , a onetime common form of box construction , back. In documents from the years 1394 to 1399 the place at that time can be found as part of the domain of the Paulsdorfer under the name "Groszen Swant" and is documented with 16 farms . In 1821 51 families lived in the village. The volunteer fire brigade was founded on April 20, 1890 . At that time Großenschwand belonged to the royal district office of Vohenstrauss . The place had a total of 221 inhabitants in 1933.

On July 1, 1972, in the course of the municipal reform, the previously independent municipality Großenschwand was dissolved and moved to the Tännesberg market. The Vohenstrauß district , to which the municipality belonged, was also dissolved.

Others

Until 1993 the place had the postcode 8481, today 92723.
There is a Catholic chapel in the village . It is a listed building .
In addition to the volunteer fire brigade, there is also the local warrior association and the Catholic rural youth movement KLJB.

Attractions

"Rabenleite" high storage facility as part of the Pfreimd power plant group

High rope climbing garden

literature

Rich. Hoffmann, Georg Hager: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VIII District Office Vohenstrauss. Munich 1907
Georg Hager: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, VII district office Oberviechtach. Munich 1906
Dieter Bernd: Vohenstrauss . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 39. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7696-9900-9 ( digitized version ).

Emma Mages: Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Old Bavaria. Issue 61, Oberviechtach, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Name of clearing
↑ Main State Archives Munich I, holdings: Upper Palatinate documents, No. 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1921.
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 586 .

[1] Name of clearing

[2] Main State Archives Munich I, holdings: Upper Palatinate documents, No. 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1921.

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 586 .