Kirchenbirkig

Kirchenbirkig City of Pottenstein Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 34 " N , 11 ° 24 ′ 4" E
Height :	465 m above sea level NHN
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	91278
Area code :	09243

Village oven from Kirchenbirkig

Kirchenbirkig (derived from Kirche im Birkenwald ) is a church village in Franconian Switzerland , about three kilometers south of the town of Pottenstein in Upper Franconia (Bayreuth district).

Kirchenbirkig has about 430 inhabitants and was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into the town of Pottenstein on January 1, 1972. The children from the surrounding villages are also taught in the local primary and secondary school .

As a special tourist attraction, the village's own oven is lit every second Thursday of the month and onion cakes and bread are baked and sold.

history

930: Otto von Wihsenstein had the tithe from the Diocese of Würzburg as a fief in Kirchenbirkig

May 1738: There was a contagious epidemic in Kirchenbirkig and Weidenloh

1737: The school house fell victim to a fire

1739: A large part of Kirchenbirkig burned down

1881: Foundation of the Kirchenbirkig volunteer fire brigade , which also looks after the towns of Trägerweis and Weidenloh

1936–37: The parish church of John the Baptist received a large extension

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Pottenstein (Upper Franconia) there are four architectural monuments for Kirchenbirkig .

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 550 .

Web links

Commons : Kirchenbirkig (Pottenstein) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 550 .