Kirchenthumbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Management Community :	Kirchenthumbach
Height :	467 m above sea level NHN
Area :	67.43 km 2
Residents:	3231 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91281
Area code :	09647
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 129
Market structure:	45 districts
Market administration address :	Bahnhofstrasse 18 91281 Kirchenthumbach
Website :	kirchenthumbach.de
Mayor :	Jürgen Kurzinger ( SPD )
Location of the Kirchenthumbach market in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district

Kirchenthumbach is a market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and a member of the Kirchenthumbach administrative community , to which the communities Schlammersdorf and Vorbach also belong.

geography

Geographical location

Kirchenthumbach is located in the Upper Palatinate North region .

Community structure

Kirchenthumbach is divided into 45 districts:

Aicha Altkreisendorf Asbach Bar mill Tin mill Burggrub Dammelsdorf Ernstfeld Fronlohe

Görglas Göttersdorf Grünthanmühle Hazel mill Haunza Mill Heinersberg Heinersreuth Höflas Kirchenthumbach

Knittelhof Krücklasmühle Lenkenreuth Luisenhof Metzenhof Metzenmühle Metzlasreuth Neukreisendorf Oberaichamühle

Oberlenkenreuth Obertreinreuth Penzenreuth Pfaffenstetten Cleaning mill Röthenlohe Rothmühle Sassenreuth Sommerau

Care Street house Tagmanns Thieroldsreuth Thurndorf Treinreuth Unteraichamühle Wölkersdorf Tin shaft

There are the following districts : Burggrub, Fronlohe, Kirchenthumbach, Metzenhof, Neukreisendorf, Sassenreuth, Thurndorf, Treinreuth, Heinersreuth.

Metzlasreuth, aerial photo (2016)

Neukreisendorf, aerial photo (2016)

history

Until the church is planted

Kirchenthumbach (1725 still Thumbach) was a nursing office before 1800 and belonged to the Amberg Rent Office of the Electorate of Bavaria . Kirchenthumbach has had market rights with important proprietary rights since the beginning of the 15th century . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

See also : Kirchenthumbach Castle

Incorporations

In 1946 the municipalities of Metzenhof and Treinreuth and parts of the area of ​​Moos were incorporated. On July 1, 1972, Sassenreuth was added. Neukreisendorf and Thurndorf followed on January 1, 1978, Heinersreuth on May 1, 1978.

Population development

year	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	3452	3518	3403	3489	3479	3418	3367	3263	3261

Between 1988 and 2018, the population fell from 3384 to 3241 by 143 or 4.2%.

politics

City council and mayor

16 voluntary citizens sit on the municipal council. The municipal council election on March 16, 2014 led to the following result with a turnout of 81.0%:

Political party	Share of votes	Seats
SPD	23.6%	4th
CSU	16.5%	2
Christian voter community	24.8%	4th
Citizens' Community Thurndorf	12.4%	2
Community of voters of the former Gde. Sassenreuth	11.5%	2
Community of voters of the former Gde Heinersreuth	6.4%	1
Free voters - apolitical voter bloc	4.9%	1

Mayor is Jürgen Kurzinger (SPD). In 2014 he succeeded Fritz Fürk (Christian voter community). He is also a member of the municipal council.

coat of arms

Blazon: "In red on a silver stepped base a blue roofed silver pinnacle tower, on which a label with the Bavarian diamonds is placed."

The coat of arms has been known since the 15th century.

Architectural monuments

• Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary (Kirchenthumbach)
• Metzenhof Castle (exited)

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Kirchenthumbach

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In 2016, according to official statistics, there were no employees subject to social security contributions in the manufacturing sector or in trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic areas, 64 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1,319 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one in the manufacturing sector and five in the construction sector. In 2010 there were 96 farms with an agricultural area totaling 3,018 hectares, of which 1,731 were arable land and 1,287 were permanent green areas.

traffic

From 1904 to 1969 (passenger traffic 1962) Kirchenthumbach was the terminus of the Pressath – Kirchenthumbach railway .

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2017):

• a Catholic kindergarten with 151 children and fifteen employees in five groups
• a crèche with twelve places
• a primary and middle school with fifteen teachers and 123 students in six classes, the middle school is closed

The US military training area Grafenwoehr

Near the village there is the Grafenwoehr Training Area of the US Army .

Personalities

• Max Frey (1799-1871); senior Bavarian and Greek administrative officials in various positions, knight of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown , father of the poet Martin Greif .
• Max von Stadlbaur (1808–1866), Roman Catholic theologian
• Josef Prüschenk (1908–1966), Member of the Bundestag (CSU)
• Charles Schumann (* 1941), bartender and restaurateur
• Johann Friedrich Eisenhut (1667–1749), purveyor to the Imperial Court of Vienna

literature

• Paulinus Fröhlich: Kirchenthumbach: Contributions to the history and cultural history of the market Kirchenthumbach . Laßleben, Kallmünz 1951.
• Pictures from old times. Kirchenthumbach market 1996.
• Stories from old times. Kirchenthumbach 1997.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Kirchtumbach , in: Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery , Volume 2  - Sources and full texts

• Aerial views of the market
• Entry on the coat of arms of Kirchenthumbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Kirchenthumbach: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

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. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/202445&attr=OBJ&val= 974
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 460 .
4. ^ 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. 652 and 653 .
5. ↑ The children's home. In: pfarreikirchenthumbach.de. Retrieved June 20, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Our day nursery. In: pfarreikirchenthumbach.de. Retrieved June 20, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Kirchenthumbach elementary and middle school. (No longer available online.) June 1, 2017, archived from the original on April 6, 2017 ; Retrieved June 20, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.