Park stone

This article describes the Parkstein market in Bavaria. For other meanings, see Parkstein (disambiguation)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '  N , 12 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Management Community :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Height :	541 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.85 km 2
Residents:	2318 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92711
Area code :	09602
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 144
Market structure:	13 districts
Market administration address :	Schlossgasse 5 92711 Parkstein
Website :	www.parkstein.de
Mayor :	Reinhard Sollfrank (FWG)
Location of the Parkstein market in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district

Parkstein (Bavarian: Backstoi) is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and a member of the Neustadt adWaldnaab administrative community .

location

Parkstein is located around the basalt cone of the same name of volcanic origin in the Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park and in the Geopark Bavaria-Bohemia on the edge of the Weiden basin .

Community structure

The municipality of Parkstein has 13 districts:

• Spring height
• Grünthal
• Hagen
• Hammerles
• Neumühle
• Niederndorf
• Park stone
• Pinzenhof
• Foreman
• Scharlmühle
• Disappearance
• Sogritz
• Parts

Neighboring communities

City of Weiden , City of Pressath , communities Schwarzenbach , Kirchendemenreuth , Altenstadt ad Waldnaab

history

Parkstein (2014)

Parkstein was probably settled around the year 1000. According to legend, an imperial hunting party became aware of the beautiful basalt cone while chasing a boar, so one of the hunters decided to build Parkstein Castle there. The local castle was first mentioned in a document in 1053. In 1052, Duke Konrad of Bavaria burned the castle down. Emperor Heinrich IV had the imperial castle rebuilt at the end of the 11th century. In the following years Parkstein had many owners, including Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and the Wittelsbach family . As was customary in the Middle Ages, the place was pledged several times. From 1421 to 1714, as a result of the Bavarian War, there was a condominium between the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Electoral Palatinate , the Parkstein-Weiden community office . The Brandenburg share came to the Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg in 1505 and became part of Pfalz-Sulzbach in 1615 . In 1623 Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg again acquired the part of the Electoral Palatinate. In the course of the Thirty Years' War the castle fell into disrepair, and by the end of the 18th century only the foundation walls were left. In 1714 Pfalz-Neuburg sold its share to Pfalz-Sulzbach, the condominium was thus ended. The Parkstein Nursing Office came to Kurbayern in 1777 . In 1808 the Parkstein district court was relocated to the district town of Neustadt ad Waldnaab.

The place was the seat of one of the seven courts of the Community Office Parkstein-Weiden, in which the Parksteiner Landrichter ruled together with twelve jury in cases of high and low jurisdiction . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipality Parkstein was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

The place Oed was incorporated in 1946. On May 1, 1950, the community Hammerles was formed from parts of the communities Parkstein and Schwand. On July 1, 1972, most of the dissolved community of Schwand was incorporated. On January 1, 1978, the municipality of Hammerles, which was spun off in 1950, came back.

Population development

Parkstein recorded rising population numbers for many years, which could be explained by the designation of building areas in a scenic location, by the close proximity to the city of Weiden and above all by the settlement of the expanding Winkler company group ( Witron , FAS, etc.). The population development has stagnated since 2000.

Between 1988 and 2018 the market grew from 1,831 to 2,301 by 470 inhabitants or 25.7%.

1849: 0763 1925: 0924 1950: 1184 1961: 1077 1970: 1148 1987: 1749 1991: 2046 1995: 2106 2000: 2240

2002: 2315 2004: 2331 2005: 2330 2006: 2319 2007: 2320 2008: 2428 2009: 2418 2010: 2265 2011: 2265

2012: 2275 2013: 2301 2014: 2309 2015: 2331 2016: 2286

religion

84.0% Roman Catholic, 9.1% Protestant, 6.9% with or without a denomination.

politics

mayor

Reinhard Sollfrank (FWG) has been the first mayor (honorary) since 2020. The predecessor was Tanja Schiffmann (CSU), who succeeded Hans Schäfer (CSU) in 2014.

Market council

The market council consists of the first mayor and 14 market council members. The 2020 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats:

• FWG: 6 seats
• CSU: 4 seats
• SPD: 2 seats
• Greens: 2 seats

coat of arms

Blazon: In red, a leaping black boar on a rising green three-mountain.

The coat of arms was awarded in 1435.

Culture and sights

Every year the Basalt Theater Parkstein organizes an open-air theater on the basalt wall. In 2013 the museum "Vulkanerlebnis Parkstein" opened its doors in the renovated "Landrichter's Palace".

Buildings

• Parkstein Castle (fell into disrepair in 1756) once stood on the top of the basalt cone , of which only the foundation walls of the large castle complex can be seen.
• Judge's Palace (1762)
• Catholic parish church of St. Pankratius (1638/1789)
• Catholic mountain church St. Maria to the 14 helpers in need (1852)

See also : List of architectural monuments in Parkstein

Natural monuments

According to Alexander von Humboldt , Parkstein is located on “Europe's most beautiful basalt cone”. In 2004, the Free State of Bavaria included it as No. 20 in the list of the 100 most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria . The basalt cone is 24 million years old and consists of nepheline basalt with olivine injections, basalt tuff and porcelain jasper . The basalt columns are beautifully shaped on the 38 m high cliff. Since July 2013, the history of its origins has been shown in the "Parkstein Volcano Experience" museum.

Column basalt, park stone

Sports

• Parkstein fishing association
• SV Parkstein
• Parkstein tennis club

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1985: Walter Winkler, entrepreneur from Parkstein
• 1998: Leonhard Schinner, pastor in Parkstein
• 2004: Hildegard Winkler, entrepreneur, Parkstein
• 2004: Karl Lukas, Former Mayor, Parkstein

sons and daughters of the town

• The musician Franz Joseph Strauss , father of Richard Strauss , was born in Parkstein on February 26, 1822 .
• The musician Norbert Vollath was born there on September 25, 1956 .

literature

• Bernhard M. Baron , Parkstein im Spiegel der Literatur , in: Oberpfälzer Heimat Vol. 51 (2007), pp. 37–48, ISBN 3-937117-49-0

Web links

Commons : Parkstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aerial photos of the place
• Association for Mineralogy and Geology Weiden
• Parkstein market
• Parkstein volcano experience
• Entry on Parkstein's coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Parkstein: Official statistics of the LfStat

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. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/163150&attr=OBJ&val= 982
3. ↑ Jochen Rösel: Parkstein-Weiden, community office , in: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. (September 8, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wilhelm Volkert (Ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 537 .
5. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 652 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} The Parksteiner Marktgemeinderat. Parkstein Market, accessed June 8, 2020 .