Hartenstein (Middle Franconia)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Nuremberg country
Management Community :	Velden
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.75 km 2
Residents:	1459 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91235
Area code :	09152
License plate :	LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key :	09 5 74 129
Community structure:	15 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Höflaser Str. 1 91235 Hartenstein
Website :	www.hartenstein-mfr.de
Mayor :	Hannes Loos ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Hartenstein in the district of Nürnberger Land

Hartenstein (Middle Franconia), aerial photo (2016)

Hartenstein is a municipality and a place in the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land and a member of the Velden administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located on the Pegnitz River in the Hersbrucker Alb .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting clockwise in the north): Neuhaus an der Pegnitz , Hirschbach , Vorra , Kirchensittenbach , Velden .

Community structure

The community has 15 districts :

Engenthal Enzendorf Griesmühle Großmeinfeld Grünreuth Güntersthal Harnbach Hartenstein

Häuslfeld Höflas Kleinmeinfeld hole Lungsdorf Neuensorg Rupprechtstegen

landscape

Opposite the castle Hartenstein you from Hirtenberg meters, the highest elevation of Hartenstein with 563, in fine weather, an extensive view of the Franconian to Burg Hohenstein , to Burg Veldenstein in Neuhaus, according to Auerbach and the Fichtelgebirge. Points of interest include the Löwenfels on Pegnitz breakdown in Güntersthal that Andreaskirche ( cave register Frankish Alb (HFA), land registry number D 13), a Karst - Horizontal cavity at Rupprechtstegen, the wind hole for large My box (HFA, land registry number A 5), the fencers cavity (HFA, Cadastral number A 45) near Grünreuth, the Kühloch on the way to Hartenstein and the Bismarck grotto (HFA, cadastral number A 25) at the former Rinnenbrunn forestry department .
The Petershöhle (HFA, cadastral number A 22) has prehistoric significance.
Around the village and along the Pegnitz there are steep rock faces that climbers like to visit, such as the Hartenstein climbing wall at the Hartenstein cemetery and the Rote Fels at the entrance to the Anka valley on the Pegnitz near Rupprechtstegen. Rock walls, picturesque mountain ranges and the two dolomite rocks Baboon and Student near Enzendorf are located on romantic hiking trails. The Anka Valley and St. Andrew's Church at Rupprechtstegen are opposite the restaurant and Café Kraft. At the solitude of Höflas opposite Häuslfeld, a hiking trail leads over the hill, from where you can see Hartenstein Castle from its most beautiful side.

To the right of the Pegnitz, many hiking trails lead into the surrounding area. Mills developed along the Pegnitz very early, using the river's water power. One of the oldest is the mill at Rupprechtstegen, it goes back to a controversial dispute in 1260. During this time, the name of Rupprechtstegen was first mentioned in a document. It developed from the name of the first Reich ministerial on the Hertenstein Rupert der Herte and the footbridges across the river. The Neuensorg mill is one of the dolomite works , its origin was in the 13th century. Enzendorf is not as old as the other districts. The mill around which the place probably developed was probably the origin of the small village. Other mills are the Stiebermühle, the Grießmühle and the Harnbachmühle on streams that flow to the Pegnitz.

In 1946 a way of the cross to the chapel on the Frauenberg was set up at the instigation of the local pastor Nieser. The architect Seitz made the designs, the sculptor Max Renner created the sculptures. The Way of the Cross was dedicated on Sunday, October 12, 1947. A Passionsweg from Hartenstein to Neuhaus is still in use. The procession takes place every year in May; it is prayed for blessings for the crops and jobs. One year the Hartensteiners make a pilgrimage to Neuhaus and the next the Neuhausers to Hartenstein.

Hartenstein Youth Hostel, May 2012

In the Hartensteiner Oberbergen there is a nature adventure trail of 3.5 km length, which can be reached from the youth hostel , and a fitness trail.

Flora and fauna

In the flora can be found at the particular plant lady's slipper , the Cheddar pink that pulsatilla vulgaris , the map lichen that Waldanemone and juniper . Also worth mentioning is the so-called snake spruce near Großmeinfeld, which has been protected as a natural monument.

The fauna is strongly represented by the bird world, one can observe the black redstart and the wren , as well as different types of thrushes , sparrows, finches and tits . The different finch and titmouse species are widespread. In Hartenstein the eagle owl , the tawny owl and the long-eared owl occur. The Pegnitz has a rich fish population, which anglers appreciate and which also attracts the herons and the cormorants .

history

Until the church is planted

The Burg Hartenstein , 2007

Hartenstein Castle

The Burg Hartenstein came about before 1250; it served mainly as the seat of the Pfälzer Wittelsbacher for the area of ​​the surrounding villages in the Veldensteiner forest, which they owned from 1329. In 1325 the castle was defended against an onslaught of Nuremberg troops.

It was privately owned until 2001. In 1803, after secularization in Bavaria , the Hartenstein nursing office came to the Sulzbach district court . The Hartenstein nursing office was dissolved and three municipal districts were formed with the royal Bavarian municipal administrations Grünreuth, Hartenstein and Enzendorf. The community of Grünreuth included the village communities Loch, Groß- and Kleinmeinfeld, the community of Hartenstein the village communities Güntersthal, Engenthal and Gaißberg and the deserted areas Höflas, Häuslfeld and Neuensorg and the community of Enzendorf the village communities Lungsdorf and Rupprechtstegen as well as the Harnbach, the Stieber and the Semolina grinder.

19th to 21st century

In 1831 the parish village of Hartenstein had 252 residents and 47 houses.
With the construction of the railway line from Nuremberg to Neuhaus from 1871 to 1875, the area of ​​the upper Pegnitz valley was connected to the transport network.

Between 1862 and 1864, the Nuremberg publisher and editor of the Nuremberg Press , Ludwig Jegel, built a luxuriously equipped spa hotel in Rupprechtstegen on a cliff 40 meters above the Anka valley . Because of the poor accessibility, the guests stayed away and Jegel had to file for bankruptcy. Only after the construction of the railway did the hotel improve after several changes of ownership. The hotel quickly achieved world fame for a short time. High-ranking personalities such as Princess Gisela of Bavaria and Richard Wagner during his time in Bayreuth were guests of the hotel. Rupprechtstegen became a climatic health resort. In 1938 the spa hotel became a rest home for officers and civil servants of the Air Force , and during the war it served as an auxiliary hospital. In 1953 it became the property of the Nuremberg Regional Tax Office and was mainly used as a rest home for the customs officials. In 1966 it was officially called the Rupprechtstegen customs school . Until the closure in March 2001, customs officers were trained in the customs school for border control , border clearance and internal customs services . After more than five years of vacancy, a use as an alpine and communicative education center with a high-rope climbing garden and Burma suspension bridge is currently under discussion (December 2006) . In 1958 the house of the farmer's wife in Hartenstein was built, a functional building in which the community chancellery is located with a meeting room, plus a freezer, a slaughterhouse, a smokehouse, a laundry, a bakery, the garage for the volunteer fire brigade with the equipment room and a Caretaker's apartment. During the last regional reform in 1972, the three municipal administrations were merged and formed the current municipality with 15 parts of the municipality. in 2002 the community bought the castle. In 2004 the municipality of Hartenstein founded Burg Hartenstein AG. She should preserve the castle and make it accessible to the public. Today a knight's museum and a restaurant are set up in the castle.

Church: Most Holy Trinity, May 2012

Hartenstein on Hirtenberg, Oct. 2019

The Hartenstein parish includes the Holy Trinity Catholic Church with a kindergarten, a school, and the new and old town hall. The new town hall was inaugurated on July 28, 2000. At the same time, the buildings for the volunteer fire brigade, the school and the kindergarten were rebuilt. These three buildings are connected to each other for energy supply and are supplied by a solar system.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the municipality of Grünreuth and on July 1, 1977, as part of the regional reform, the municipality of Enzendorf was incorporated. On January 1, 2008, the community-free area of Hartenstein (1.96 km²) was dissolved and incorporated into the community.

politics

The municipal council of Hartenstein consists of twelve councilors and the first mayor.

	CSU	FWG Hartenstein	Civic community	total
2020	5	6th	1	12 seats

(As of: local election on March 15, 2014 )

mayor

The first mayor is Hannes Loos (CSU).

badges and flags

	Blazon : "Split of gold and black, in front a continuous blue wolf iron with barbs, behind a soaring, red crowned and armored golden lion"

The municipal flag approved at the same time is blue-yellow with the municipal coat of arms.

Buildings

• Tower clock from Rupprechtstegen
• At the Harnbachmühle, a half-timbered barn was rebuilt in the summer of 2010 as part of a summer construction site by mostly "traveling" craftsmen such as carpenters and joiners . This measure was initiated by the non-profit association Mühlenkraft e. V., who would like to have the masonry work carried out in the same way next summer.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Hartenstein  and List of ground monuments in Hartenstein

Sports

Hartenstein is located in the middle of the Northern Franconian Jura climbing area . Right near the village above the cemetery there is an important climbing destination, the Hartensteiner Wand.

traffic

With the construction of the railway line from Nuremberg to Neuhaus from 1871 to 1875, the area of ​​the upper Pegnitz valley was connected to the transport network. Rupprechtstegen received a train station . Today there is a stop on the Nuremberg-Neuhaus regional train line on the Nuremberg-Cheb line . This is served every hour in both directions. A Train & Bike station was built near this stop in 2009. A historic passenger car was set up to serve as a restaurant.

State road 2162, which runs through the upper Pegnitz Valley, runs through Rupprechtstegen.

Hartenstein is served by the regional bus line 440 (Hersbruck-Königstein) of the VGN .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

literature

• Alfred Aschenbrenner: Inbreeding as a problem of population policy: presented to d. Population d. Frank. Village of Hartenstein. M. Döres, Erlangen 1936.
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Hartenstein . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 504 ( digitized version ).
• Nuremberg country . Karl Pfeiffer's Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Hersbruck 1993. ISBN 3-9800386-5-3
• Stephan Sohr: Hopes in Hartenstein - A community in the Nuremberg region and its castle . In: Nürnberger Zeitung No. 65 of March 18, 2006, page 17 http://www.nz-online.de/artikel.asp?art=472898&kat=30
• Fritz Stremel: Hartenstein and its mountains. A home and hiking book . On behalf of the City Office for Physical Exercise, Nuremberg. Nuremberg: L. Spindler & Co., 1930. 182 p., With many pictures [in the text a. on panels], 1 geolog. Profile and 1 four-color route map
• Hans Winterroth: Burg Hartenstein , in: Mitteilungen der Altnürnberger Landschaft, No. 12, 1963, pages 26–30
• Hans Winterroth: Hartenstein - Chronicle of castle, fortress and village , 2nd edition. Schwabach, Selbstverlag, 1984, 116 p., With numerous. Fig. Of coats of arms, map sketches, lists, etc. a., 1st edition 1977 (Churbayerische fortress Hartenstein near Nuremberg)

Web links

Commons : Hartenstein (Mittelfranken)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hartenstein municipality
• “Rupprechtstegen” leisure tips & information
• Bismarck grotto
• Hartenstein (Middle Franconia): Official statistics of the LfStat
• Location of Hartenstein in the BayernAtlas (accessed on October 16, 2016)

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 Hartenstein in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
3. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann, Karl Friedrich Hohn (ed.): Topo-geographical-statistical lexicon from the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 1 : A-L . Palm and Enke, Erlangen 1840, p. 672 ( digitized - first edition: 1831).
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 481 .
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 719 .
6. ↑ https://www.nordbayern.de/region/hersbruck/kommunalwahl-2020-in-hartenstein-die-results-1.9943677
7. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Hartenstein (Middle Franconia)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
8. ↑ Entry on Hartenstein on the Kommunalflaggen.eu page
9. ^ Hardworking journeymen , Hersbrucker Zeitung, August 10, 2010