Haarbach

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '  N , 13 ° 9'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Bavaria
County : Passau
Height : 380 m above sea level NHN
Area : 47.71 km 2
Residents: 2574 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 54 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 94542, 94501
Primaries : 08535, 08542Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : PA
Community key : 09 2 75 125
Community structure: 64 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Main street 11
94542 Haarbach
Website : www.gemeinde-haarbach.de
Mayor : Franz Gerleigner ( CSU )
Location of the community of Haarbach in the district of Passau
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The Catholic Parish Church of St. Martin

Haarbach is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau .

geography

Geographical location

The place Haarbach is located in the Danube Forest region around 28 km west of Passau , 18 km north of Rotthalmünster , 20 km east of Pfarrkirchen and 17 km south of Vilshofen an der Donau . This means that the municipality is on the edge of the Bavarian Tuscany (Lower Rottal), in the middle of the Klosterwinkel and the Holzland in the typical Lower Bavarian hilly landscape.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are:

Community structure

There are 64 parish parts:

There are the districts of Haarbach, Sachsenham, Uttlau and Rainding.

history

Until the church is planted

Haarbach was first mentioned in a document in 820, in a document from the Mondsee Monastery in Upper Austria.

In 1508 Alban von Closen inherited the Hofmark Haidenburg from his father-in-law Georg von Frauenberg , to which Haarbach belonged at that time. The Hofmark Haarbach was acquired in 1737 or 1738 by the Collegiate Foundation of St. Wolfgang . The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria, but formed a closed Hofmark of the St. Wolfgang Monastery located in the district of Erding and dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . In 1818 today's political community was established.

Incorporations

On February 1, 1970, the previously independent communities Sachsenham and Uttlau were incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 2,399 to 2,523 by 124 inhabitants or 5.2%.

  • 1961: 2561 inhabitants
  • 1970: 2503 inhabitants
  • 1987: 2372 inhabitants
  • 1991: 2431 inhabitants
  • 1995: 2517 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2529 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2625 inhabitants
  • 2010: 2577 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2587 inhabitants

politics

City council election 2020
(in %)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
30.60
26.73
24.86
17.81
UWH
WGR
WGU
WGW
Current distribution of seats in the Haarbach municipal council (March 15, 2020)
    
A total of 14 seats
  • UWH : 4
  • WGR : 4
  • WGU : 3
  • WGW : 3

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of the first mayor and 14 members. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 1,494 of the 2,190 residents eligible to vote in the municipality of Haarbach exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 68.22%.

mayor

  • 1996–2020: Fritz Pflugbeil (CSU)
  • 2020– 0000: Franz Gerleigner

The first mayor is Franz Gerleigner (CSU). He has been in office since May 1, 2020. In the 2020 mayoral election on March 15, he received 90.23 percent of the vote.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms, introduced in 1971, reads: “Split by a looped blue tip with a silver St. Andrew's cross inside; in front a red shortened and overturned point in silver, behind in gold a stunted black branch with two leafy branches on both sides. "


Culture and sights

  • Every year on a Sunday at the end of October there is a big Leonhardiritt to the pilgrimage church in Grongörgen .
  • In the community of Haarbach there is a carnival club, which is based in the Rainding district.
  • The St. Andrew's Church in the Oberuttlau district has a remarkable painting from the late Gothic period.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 2011, according to official statistics, there were five in the field of agriculture and forestry, 162 in the manufacturing sector and 128 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic areas 63 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 960 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in manufacturing and eight in construction. In addition, there were 76 farms in 2010 with an agricultural area of ​​2114 ha.

education

There are the following educational institutions (status: 1999):

  • Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 76 children
  • Elementary schools: one with 13 teachers and 259 students

Sons and daughters of Haarbach

Web links

Commons : Haarbach  - 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. ^ Municipality of Haarbach, list of official parts of the municipality / districts in the BayernPortal of the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital, accessed on August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 474 .
  4. ↑ a b Municipal council election 2020
  5. ↑ Mayoral election 2020
  6. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Haarbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History