Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Height :	390 m above sea level NHN
Area :	137.09 km 2
Residents:	2197 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92366
Area code :	09472
License plate :	NM, PAR
Community key :	09 3 73 134
Market structure:	42 districts
; Market administration address :	Pfarrer-Ertl-Platz 3 ; 92366 Hohenfels
Website :	www.markt-hohenfels.de
Mayor :	Christian Graf ( Independent, party-free voter community )
Location of the Hohenfels market in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate

Hohenfels is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate .

geography

Geographical location

Hohenfels Castle

Hohenfels is the easternmost municipality in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate and is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Regensburg. The community belongs to the metropolitan region of Nuremberg .

Community structure

There are 42 parish parts:

There are the following districts : Großbissendorf, Hohenfels, Markstetten and Raitenbuch.

history

Keep of Hohenfels Castle

The ruins of Hohenfels Castle from the 12th century stand on a ridge in the town center .

The market Hohenfels was from 1383 part of the Palatinate and until 1799 seat of the Upper and Lower Court of the manorial Hohenfels. Hohenfels had a market court with extensive proprietary rights. The place was completely united with Bavaria in 1799. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

In 1945 the US military government set up a camp for displaced persons (DP) in the barracks of the military training area , in which former prisoners of war and forced laborers were housed until they returned to their countries of origin. A memorial stone has been commemorating their liberation since 1946, as has the “Polenkreuz”, which has been erected by inmates of the Hohenfels-Lechow camp in the Nainhof district since 1948.

Catholic minor church St. Sebastian

In the far north-east of the military training area and thus still in the municipality of Hohenfels are the Hohenburg castle ruins , which are located above the core town of Hohenburg in the neighboring district of Amberg-Sulzbach ; it dates from around the year 1000 AD.

Incorporations

The communities of Bergheim, Enslwang, Frabertshofen, Kirchödenhart and Unterödenhart were relocated in 1939 for the establishment of a military training area for the Wehrmacht . They were reclassified to the Hohenfels Army Estate District and dissolved on October 1, 1944. On January 1, 1950, the army goods district was dissolved and incorporated into the municipality of Nainhof-Hohenfels. The area was resettled in 1951, but was not incorporated into the Hohenfels community until October 1, 1970.

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities Großbissendorf, Markstetten and Raitenbuch were incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the market grew from 2,102 to 2,181 by 79 inhabitants or by 3.8%.

year	1961	1970	1987	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	2314	2381	2095	2124	2119	2170	2064	2130

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 members. In the municipal council election on March 15, 2020 , the result led to the following distribution of seats:

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)	27.24%	4th
Independent, party-free voter community	34.46%	5
Christian Free Voters	17.89%	2
Active citizens list	20.41%	3

mayor

As the successor to Bernhard Graf ( UPW ), Christian Graf ( UPW ) has been the mayor since May 1, 2020 . In the 2020 local elections, he was elected in a runoff election with 55.91% of the valid votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue a silver rock mountain with a high peak, to which a left-looking, red-tongued golden lion clings in a crouched position." The coat of arms has been known since 1560 and was confirmed again in 1743.

Town twinning

A partnership agreement with Strašice in the Czech Republic has existed since May 2010 .

religion

Parish Church of St. Ulrich

The Catholic parish church of St. Ulrich and the chapel of St. Sebastian are located in Hohenfels ; in Raitenbuch is the branch church of St. Agidius and in Großbissendorf St. Leonhard.

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In 2016, there were no employees in the fields of agriculture, forestry or manufacturing, and 27 employees in the field of trade, transport and hospitality at work. In other economic sectors 109 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 907 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company each in manufacturing and construction. In 2010 there were also 38 farms with an agricultural area totaling 2289 hectares. 1557 hectares of which were arable land and 732 hectares were permanent green space.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2017):

a kindergarten with 87 kindergarten places and 85 supervised children
a primary school with four classes, four teachers and 68 students

military

The Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), one of the largest military training areas in Germany, is located northwest of Hohenfels . This is under American administration and is mainly used by the US Army .

Web links

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

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 ).
↑ Congregation , accessed on August 20, 2020 .
↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111104/191213&attr=OBJ&val= 952
↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 148
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 438 .
^ 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. 650 .
^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate) in the database of the House of Bavarian History

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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] Congregation , accessed on August 20, 2020 .

[3] ttp://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111104/191213&attr=OBJ&val= 952

[4] Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 148

[5] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 438 .

[6] 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. 650 .

[7] Bavarian State Office for Statistics

[Wappen-8] Entry on the coat of arms of Hohenfels (Upper Palatinate) in the database of the House of Bavarian History