Hohenmirsberg

Hohenmirsberg City of Pottenstein Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 35 " N , 11 ° 26 ′ 23" E
Height :	538 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	224
Incorporation :	January 1, 1978
Postal code :	91278
Area code :	09243

View from the observation tower on Hohenmirsberg

Hohenmirsberg is a district of the town of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in northern Bavaria .

Geography and transport links

Hohenmirsberg is about 4.5 km northeast of the core town of Pottenstein on the state road St 2163. The A 9 motorway with junction 43 Trockau runs 4 km east .

history

Hohenmirsberg is probably one of the oldest parts of the municipality in Pottenstein. The old place name "Munrichesberg" probably comes from the personal name "Munrich". The place on an old escort road is mentioned for the first time in 1124 in connection with the person of an Eberhard. At that time, Bishop Otto I probably acquired the place for the diocese of Bamberg . During the Second Margrave War , Hohenmirsberg was plundered and burned on September 24, 1553. The parish church of St. Martin is built in 1720–22. The tower dates back to the time the parish was established in 1472.

Incorporations

Until the municipal reform , Hohenmirsberg was an independent municipality with the districts Pullendorf and Steifling in what was then the district of Pegnitz . This was dissolved in 1972. On January 1, 1978, it was incorporated into Pottenstein.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Pottenstein (Upper Franconia) six architectural monuments are listed for Hohenmirsberg .

On the Hohenmirsberger Platte northeast of Hohenmirsberg , a 614 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in Franconian Switzerland , the Geozentrum Hohenmirsberger Platte has been located since 2008 with an approx. 22 m high wooden observation tower , which on its top also carries the transmitting antenna for the Main wave on the frequency 93.3 MHz with 100 watt ERP Fossil tapping area and a 5 km long geopath with geology and nature pavilion and display boards.

The observation tower on the Hohenmirsberger Platte is currently possibly the only wooden tower in Germany that is used to broadcast radio programs.