Kaikenried

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Kaikenried
Teisnach market
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 48 ″  N , 13 ° 1 ′ 47 ″  E
Height : 600 m above sea level NN
Residents : 521  (December 1, 2016)
Incorporation : 1818
Postal code : 94244
Area code : 09923

Kaikenried (Bavarian Goignraid) is a church village in the Lower Bavarian market Teisnach in the Regen district .

View of Kaikenried

geography

Kaikenried is located in the Danube Forest region in the middle of the Bavarian Forest . It is also located in the area of ​​the Bavarian Forest Nature Park and belongs to the Lower Bavaria district . Before the district reform in 1972, Kaikenried belonged to the Viechtach district . The village is flanked in the north-east by the river Schwarzer Regen , in the south-west by the stake and the Flinzbach brook and the federal highway 85 . Some mountains in the area are the morning mountain (650 m above sea level ), the Berliner Kreuz (683 m above sea level) and the high cross (609 m above sea level). Kaikenried is located on the south-west slope of the Haller Mountains, one of the highest points being the Berlin Cross. The Hallerberg slopes towards the northeast towards the Regen river, and its forest extends right up to the village. Neighboring towns of Kaikenried are Aschersdorf , Bärmannsried , Hofstatt , Rollersau , Altenmais , Triendlmühle , Taubeneckern and Busmannsried .

traffic

The REG 18 , which runs from the B 85 near Arnetsried towards Teisnach, runs through the village . There are also the cross-connection roads in the direction of Altenmais to Sohl or Arnetsried, as well as the communal connection road in the direction of Zuckenried in the Patersdorf community , which runs over the so-called "Unteren Stein".

history

The first known written mention of Kaikenried is dated to the year 1232. In 1811 Kaikenried became an independent municipality, seven years later the municipality was combined with Teisnach and Sohl to form the municipality of Teisnach, but the seat remained in Kaikenried until 1912. In 1982 the 750th anniversary of the town's foundation was celebrated. In the years 1995 to 1998 there was a village renewal in which the streets and squares of the place were redesigned.

The request to build the first chapel in 1739 and several chapels followed. The current church was built in 1960.

Nativity scene in the church in Kaikenried, 2005

Customs and traditions

Since a large part of the population is Roman Catholic , various Catholic holidays are celebrated throughout the year. Carnival is also celebrated, with various associations holding carnival balls, and carnival weddings also take place at longer intervals . During the Advent season and until after the New Year , the associations in the village and in the surrounding area hold Christmas tree auctions, in which objects, natural objects, vouchers and, last but not least, a Christmas tree are auctioned off to the highest bidder . In addition, the " Krippenbauer- Verein" exhibits numerous nativity scenes, the largest and most famous of which can be found in front of the altar of the Kaikenried church. This is a nativity scene, first built in 1993, in which several historical buildings were rebuilt in detail. There were several media reports about this crib. On the day of national mourning there is a memorial at the war memorial at the Church of the Assumption of Mary. Furthermore, there is the traditional tradition of setting up the maypole on the day before May 1st, the solstice fire and the ringing of the wolf .

Public facilities

The Kaikenried volunteer fire brigade , whose fire station is in the center of the village, is responsible for safety in the area of ​​fire protection and technical assistance in the area and in the neighboring villages . There is also a club house that is owned by the community and is available for the clubs. The Sparkasse Regen-Viechtach also has a branch in the building. The siren to alert the fire brigade is also installed on the roof of the clubhouse . Next to the clubhouse is the so-called "old fire station" (was built by the fire brigade in 1969 on the same place as the previous fire station and was used until 1989). The building yard of the Teisnach community has a branch here. The local carrier pigeon club uses the same premises . The horticultural association has also installed a fruit press in the old fire station, where cider can be pressed regularly in autumn even for non-association members .

energy

After a wood chip heating system built by the citizens of Kaikenried went into operation in Teisnach in January 2006 , they built a wood chip heating system in Kaikenried with an output of 300 kW-th. This went online in December 2006. A biogas plant with combined heat and power followed in June 2010 . In addition to the Landromantik Wellness Hotel Oswald, the inn in the center of the village, the Muscle Sore gym, two community buildings (the fruit press and the club house with savings bank), a tenement house with 7 apartments and 11 single-family houses are connected to the local heating network.

partnership

Kaikenried maintains friendly relations with the East Westphalian - Lippe town of Barntrup . In 1964 the Kaikenried community donated church bells to the then newly founded Catholic community in Barntrup, which completed the completion of the first Catholic church there in 400 years.

Associated with Kaikenried

  • Alois Kölbl (1884–1957), music writer
  • Alois Achatz (* 1964), artist
  • Michael Seitz (* 1976 in Munich), author ("The Lost Children") grew up in Kaikenried

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Horticultural Association Kaikenried
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