Karlskron

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
Height :	370 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.52 km 2
Residents:	4983 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	129 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	85123
Primaries :	08450, 08453, 08454
License plate :	ND, SOB
Community key :	09 1 85 140
LOCODE :	DE KAK
Community structure:	15 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 34 ; 85123 Karlskron
Website :	www.karlskron.de
First Mayor :	Stefan Kumpf ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Karlskron in the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Karlskron is a municipality in the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in Upper Bavaria .

geography

location

The municipality of Karlskron is located in the Ingolstadt planning region .

Community structure

The community has 15 officially named parts of the community : the parish villages of Adelshausen , Karlskron and Pobenhausen , the settlements of Deubling , Fruchtheim , Josephenburg , Probfeld and Walding , the villages of Aschelsried , Brautlach , Grillheim , Karlsruh and Mändlfeld and the hamlets of Bofzheim and Wintersoln .

There are the districts Adelshausen (with Adelshausen, Aschelsried and Wintersoln), Karlskron (with Bofzheim, Brautlach, Deubling, Fruchtheim, Grillheim, Karlskron, Josephenburg, Karlsruh, Mändlfeld, Probfeld and Walding) and Pobenhausen.

history

Karlskron was founded at the end of the 18th century as the first of the colonist settlements in the Donaumoos . The first houses were built from 1791 along the newly built Moosstrasse from Reichertshofen to Lichtenau. Based on the elector Karl Theodor , the colony was named Karlskron. On May 26, 1794, the elector personally inspected the progress of the moss colonization, as a memorial plaque on today's town hall reminds of. This oldest building in Karlskron was first the moss court, then the seat of the court lord Franz Seraph Grill, 120 years of the convent of the poor school sisters and has been the seat of the municipal administration since 1973.

As early as 1793 the colonists had requested a church, a pastor and a teacher from the Donaumoos culture commission for the 40 families because of the long distances to neighboring towns. In 1804 a parish curate was established, from 1806 - interrupted by the Napoleonic Wars - the parish church was built until 1815.

The communities of Pobenhausen and Adelshausen were incorporated on May 1, 1978.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2019 the municipality grew from 3567 to 4983 by 1416 inhabitants or 39.7%.

politics

mayor

Stefan Kumpf (CSU) has been the mayor since May 1, 2014. He had four competitors on March 15, 2020 and was re-elected in the first ballot with 66.67% of the votes for the term of office from May 2020 to April 2026.

Municipal council

The local elections on March 16, 2014 led to the following result for the distribution of the 16 seats of the municipal council:

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
CSU	31.8%	5
SPD	15.2%	3
GREEN	12.2%	2
Free voters	26.7%	4th
COMPAKT - Karlskron List (CLK)	14.1%	2

The local election on March 15, 2020 had the following percentage result with distribution of seats:

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
CSU	40.9%	6th
GREEN	12.4%	2
SPD	11.0%	2
Free voters Karlskron	25.2%	4th
COMPAKT - Karlskron List (CLK)	10.5%	2

coat of arms

Blazon : Under a silver shield head, in it side by side three green clovers, in black a growing, red armored golden lion, which holds a golden crown with its front paws.

History of the coat of arms : the three clovers in the main shield symbolize agriculture, which used to be the most important branch of the economy. The golden lion in the black field, executed in the Palatinate colors, was adopted in a reduced form from the coat of arms of the Wittelsbach rulers. The street village of Karlskron was created from 1790 during the reign of Elector Karl Theodor through systematic cultivation of the Danube moss. Most of the first colonists came from the Rheinpfalz. The place name Karlskron refers to Elector Karl Theodor, who promoted the settlement and agricultural use of the Donaumooses. A plaque on the town hall reminds of his visit to Karlskron in 1794. The crown in the lion's paws speaks for the second part of the community name.

Coat of arms : since 1972
Legal basis: Decision of the municipal council and approval of the Swabian government
Evidence: Letter from the Swabian government of March 24, 1972
Elements from the family coat of arms: Wittelsbacher

Architectural monuments

Personalities who have worked in this church

Johann Peter Kling (* 1749 in Hergenfeld, † 1808 in Probfeld), mathematics professor, member of the Mannheim Academy of Sciences, electoral court chamber councilor in Mannheim, electoral forest chamber director in Munich, Donaumoospioner.