Hofkirchen (Danube)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ' N , 13 ° 7' E |
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| State : | Bavaria | |
| Administrative region : | Lower Bavaria | |
| County : | Passau | |
| Height : | 309 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 32.7 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 3710 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 113 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 94544 | |
| Area code : | 08545 | |
| License plate : | PA | |
| Community key : | 09 2 75 127 | |
| Market structure: | 57 districts | |
Market administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 1 94544 Hofkirchen |
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| Mayor : | Josef Kufner ( CSU ) | |
| Location of the Hofkirchen market in the Passau district | ||
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Hofkirchen is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau .
geography
Geographical location
The place is located in the Danube Forest region directly on the Danube and on the southeastern edge of the Gäuboden . The market is located around 30 km northwest of Passau , 25 km southeast of Deggendorf and seven kilometers from Vilshofen an der Donau . It is also seven kilometers to the federal motorway 3 (exit Iggensbach or Garham ).
Neighboring communities
- Künzing ( District Deggendorf )
- Winegrower ( District Deggendorf )
- Iggensbach ( district of Deggendorf )
- Eging at the lake
- Vilshofen on the Danube
Community structure
There are 57 parish parts:
There are the districts : Hilgartsberg, Hofkirchen and Garham.
history
Until the 19th century
Hofkirchen was first mentioned in a document on November 5, 1005. Around 1200 it came into the possession of the Bishops of Passau, who left it to the Wessenbergers. After their extinction in 1240, Rapoto III. von Ortenburg the village, but gave it back to the bishop on February 19, 1241 and presumably took it as a fief . After his death in 1248, the Wittelsbach family received the advocacy, in 1256 the fief and in 1262 by comparison the rule over Hofkirchen. The place was already known as a market before 1300, but it was not until 1387 that Duke Albrecht II granted it the right to hold a weekly market on all Mondays. In 1421 Hofkirchen was pledged for the first time together with Hilgartsberg to a Bavarian compatriot, but has since become a ducal market again and received further rights. Towards the end of the 15th century, the Weißenfelder were enfeoffed with Hilgartsberg and Hofkirchen. As a result, conflicts arose over the position of the Hofkirchen market, as it had its own magistrate rights. The situation only calmed down when the Fuggers took over Hilgartsberg in 1626.
Today's parish church was built with the help of the nobles von Puchberg and other benefactors and consecrated in 1498. On October 18, 1745, Emperor Franz I's ornate ship docked in Hofkirchen, and the monarch and his entourage moved into overnight quarters in what is now the Buchner inn. The Kaiserstraße still reminds of this day. In Hofkirchen there was also a castle built at the beginning of the 15th century, which was acquired by the market town and demolished at the beginning of the 19th century.
The formation of the community
At the time of the Electorate of Bavaria, the Hofkirchen market belonged to the Straubing Rent Office and the Hengersberg Regional Court . In the course of his extensive administrative reforms, Minister Montgelas had the kb Graflich Fuggerische Patrimonialgericht Hilgartsberg built in the Kingdom of Bavaria, which had existed since 1806 . In 1821 Joseph Eligius Graf Fugger zu Glött sold this to the Bavarian state. The last remnants of aristocratic rule over the Hofkirchen community, formed in 1818 by the Bavarian community edict, had thus expired. With the start of Danube steam navigation in 1837 and the opening of the Straubing – Passau railway line on the other bank of the Danube in 1862, the Hofkirchen market lost its importance. A new source of income was found in the cultivation of the Weber card , which the haulier Josef Reischer (1775–1850) brought to Hofkirchen, where it thrived.
Incorporations
On October 1, 1970, the merger with the municipality of Hilgartsberg , on May 1, 1978, the incorporation of most of the former municipality of Garham .
Population development
In the period from 1988 to 2018, the market grew from 3,167 to 3,691 by 524 inhabitants or 16.6%.
- 1961: 2619 inhabitants
- 1970: 2842 inhabitants
- 1987: 3122 inhabitants
- 1991: 3344 inhabitants
- 1995: 3502 inhabitants
- 2000: 3539 inhabitants
- 2005: 3632 inhabitants
- 2010: 3623 inhabitants
- 2015: 3581 inhabitants
politics
Market council
In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 2,092 of the 3,090 residents eligible to vote in Markt Hofkirchen exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 67.70%.
First Mayor
In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Josef Kufner was elected with 65.18% of the vote.
coat of arms
The description of the coat of arms given to the market by Duke Georg von Bayern-Landshut in 1481 reads: "In blue, a single-towered silver church with red roofs in side view."
Parish partnership
The partner municipality is Hofkirchen an der Trattnach in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Culture and sights
The late Gothic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary , built at the beginning of the 16th century, has a complicated mesh rib vault of the latest Gothic. The glass paintings in the choir also date from the beginning of the 16th century.
On the western outskirts of Hofkirchen, on a hill with a view of a bend in the Danube, the Seehof estate was once located. By 1959, the Hofkirchen war cemetery was laid out on the former site of the noble residence as a resting place for almost 3,000 victims of the First and Second World Wars .
Economy and Infrastructure
Economy including agriculture and forestry
There are two industrial areas in Hofkirchen and Garham and another industrial area in Garham. In 2017 there were 1,308 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 1,457 people were in an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of out-commuters was 149 more than that of in-commuters. 73 residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were 69 farms. 1647 hectares of the municipal area were used for agriculture.
education
There are the following institutions (as of 2018):
- Kindergartens: two with 135 kindergarten places and 147 children
- Elementary schools: two primary schools with a total of nine teachers, seven classes and 127 students
Others
In Hofkirchen and Garham there are two heated outdoor pools with three pools.
medicine
In Hofkirchen there is a practice for general medicine (with an integrated outpatient care service from Caritas), a dental practice and a veterinary practice.
Web links
- Market management
- Hofkirchen (Donau): Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ^ Markt Hofkirchen in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 5, 2018.
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 586 .
- ^ 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. 621 .
- ↑ City council election 2020
- ↑ City council election 2020
- ^ The municipal council of the Hofkirchen market. Municipality of Hofkirchen (Donau), accessed on August 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Mayoral election 2020
- ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Hofkirchen (Danube) in the database of the House of Bavarian History
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