Run on the Pegnitz

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Coat of arms of the city of Lauf adPegnitz
Run on the Pegnitz
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Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 11 ° 17'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Middle Franconia
County : Nuremberg country
Height : 327 m above sea level NHN
Area : 59.81 km 2
Residents: 26,483 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 443 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 91207
Primaries : 09123, 09126
License plate : LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key : 09 5 74 138
LOCODE : DE LAF
City structure: 29 parts of the community

City administration address : 		Urlasstrasse 22
91207 Lauf adPegnitz
Website : www.lauf.de
First Mayor : Thomas Lang ( FW )
Location of the city of Lauf adPegnitz in the district of Nürnberger Land
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Lauf an der Pegnitz ( listen ? / I , officially Lauf adPegnitz , Franconian : Laff an der Bengadz ) is the district town of the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land and has around 28,000 inhabitants. The Franconian city ​​is located around 17 kilometers east of Nuremberg and is part of the Nuremberg metropolitan region . Audio file / audio sample

geography

City structure

The city of Lauf has 29 officially named districts :

The hamlet of Ziegelhütte is not an official district.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities of Lauf are (beginning in the north clockwise): Eckental , Schnaittach , Neunkirchen am Sand , Ottensoos , Leinburg , Röthenbach an der Pegnitz , the community-free area Schönberg , again Röthenbach, Rückersdorf , the community-free areas Rückersdorfer Forst , Günthersbühler Forst and Geschaidt as well Heroldsberg .

Waters

The city is traversed in the central urban area from east to west by the eponymous Pegnitz. The Bitterbach , which cut the Bitterbach Gorge into the Burgsandstein in a narrow forest in the northwest of the urban area, flows in the western area . The picturesque incision was opened to the public in the early 1950s. The marked path along the stream is part of the geo-ecological nature trail Bitterbachschlucht.

history

View by Mathäus Merian (around 1648)

Until the 19th century

Even before the city was founded, several mills were built on the Pegnitz, which flows there with a steep gradient . The settlement, which emerged in the 11th century, was elevated to the status of a city under Emperor Charles IV as part of his New Bohemian territory in 1355. He also had the Wenzelschloss with its unique coat of arms hall built on a Pegnitz island off the coast, probably on Staufer foundations .

After the collapse of the New Bohemian rule, Lauf came under the rule of the Landshut line of the House of Wittelsbach as a Bavarian office. In 1504, during the Landshut War of Succession , the imperial city of Nuremberg was able to secure control of Lauf as an ally of the Munich line of the Wittelsbach family. During the Second Margrave War , Lauf was captured twice by the troops of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Albrecht Alcibiades and set on fire on June 3, 1553. In 1806 Lauf became part of the new Kingdom of Bavaria and became the seat of various offices and courts.

The city was already economically important in pre-industrial times. In addition to mills, there were also hammer mills on the Pegnitz . In the 16th century the hammer mill was owned by Heinrich Ayrer (1481–1554), who sold the factory in 1534. Industrialization took place in Lauf around 1870.

20th century

As part of the regional reform , the city expanded through incorporations. Today Lauf is the largest municipality and district seat of the greatly enlarged district of Nürnberger Land, which has been created since 1972. Before that, Lauf was the seat of the district of Lauf an der Pegnitz .

Incorporations

Population development

In 2003, 26,070 people lived in Lauf, in 2018 it was 26,515. Between 1988 and 2018 the city grew from 22,593 to 26,515 by 3,922 inhabitants or 17.4%.

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , the majority of the population in 2011 was 43.8% Protestant , 24.6% Roman Catholic and 31.6% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. On December 31, 2018, 22% of the residents were Catholic, 39% Protestant and 39% belonged to another or no religious community.

politics

Local election 2020
Turnout: 60.95% (2014: 61.34%)
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30th
20th
10
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28.40%
27.11%
24.42%
13.26%
5.00%
1.79%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
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   2
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  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+ 5.70  % p
-3.57  % p.p.
+ 5.48  % p.p.
-9.28  % p
-0.14  % p
+1.79  % p

City council

The city council consists of 30 city councilors and the first mayor.

CSU SPD FW GREEN FDP left total
2002 14th 8th 5 2 1 30 seats
2008 11 7th 6th 5 1 30 seats
2014 9 7th 6th 7th 1 30 seats
2020 8th 4th 7th 9 1 1 30 seats

(Status: local elections in March 2020 )

mayor

The first mayor of the city of Lauf has been Thomas Lang (FW) since May 1, 2020. He was elected for the first time in a runoff election on March 29, 2020. His predecessor Benedikt Bisping was the first mayor of a Bavarian district town from 2008 to 2020 to be appointed by the Greens .

The second mayor is Nina Bezold (CSU) and the third mayor is Alexander Horlamus (SPD).

coat of arms

The oldest seal in the city of Lauf dates from the middle of the 14th century. It shows two towers and the city wall and in between the small arms of the kings of Bohemia, who owned the city at that time. Since then this arrangement has remained the same, only the small coat of arms was replaced by the coat of arms of the new rulers. When the dukes of Bavaria acquired the city in 1473, the Bohemian lion was replaced by the diamonds of the Wittelsbach family. In 1504 Lauf became the property of the city of Nuremberg. Since then, the small Nuremberg coat of arms has been on the shield.

Partner municipality and twin cities

Lauf maintains partnerships with the French Brive-la-Gaillarde , the Swedish Nyköping , the Greek Drama and the Upper Palatinate Tirschenreuth . Furthermore, since 2015 the cities of Lauf and Loket have been linked by a memorandum for exchange and cultural cooperation.

Culture and sights

Theaters and museums

Dehnberger Hof Theater

The Dehnberger Hof Theater is located in an old hop farm in the Dehnberg district . In the lavishly renovated property, in-house productions as well as guest performances by national stage greats are performed. There are also concerts from classical music, jazz and other genres. In addition to this venue, there is a small theater called Glückserei on the market square, which offers numerous in-house productions.

The Lauf industrial museum was set up below the old town and shows the life and work of urban workers and craftsmen from around 1890 to around 1970.

Buildings

In the area of ​​the historic market square, the two city gates are very well preserved, as are some beautifully renovated half-timbered houses and the old town hall. The steeple of St. John's Church , which is also located inside the historic old town, is visible from afar . Also noteworthy are individual side streets with half-timbered ensembles, mills, Jewish tower and remains of the former city wall, as well as parts of the former hospital with church ruins from the 14th century. Rock cellars were created under most of the properties on the market square. These go back to the 15th century and were initially used as shelters and later as storage and beer cellars . After the Second World War, they were forgotten until they were restored towards the end of the 20th century by dedicated owners in collaboration with the city and the Altstadtfreunde Lauf association. The association organizes guided tours through these cellars on request.

The Lauf Castle , one located on an island in the river water castle , built by Charles IV. 1356-1360 as a stopover of the Golden Road between Nuremberg and Prague . The complex rises above a slightly warped triangular floor plan. The passage through the castle is open in the summer months from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and the castle has been available for weddings since summer 2014.

The historical water supply, which was built in 1907 in the Tauchersreuth district, is a technical feature.

  • Market square with the Hersbrucker Tor in the background

  • Nuremberg Gate on the edge of the historic old town

  • Old town hall on the market square

  • Wenzelschloss on the Pegnitz

Architectural and ground monuments

Regular events

On the last weekend in June, the Laufer Altstadtfest takes place around the market square with an extensive range of musical and culinary offers, followed a week later with the Kunigundenfest, a special parish fair for the region. Highlights are the parade and a performance by students from the Laufer schools on the Kunigundenberg on Sunday and Monday as well as the fireworks at the end of the parish fair on Tuesday. The origins of this festival go back to the 15th century.

In the middle of September the Hammernkirchweih with the "Rußigen-Aidt" takes place in front of the Wenzelschloss, which is organized by the marching band of the TSV Lauf.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

An important branch of the economy in Lauf is the manufacture of technical ceramics . Several companies of supraregional importance are based in the city area, for example CeramTec or the Sembach company .

Other important employers in Lauf are the companies Emuge (manufacturer of taps and milling tools), EuWe Eugen Wexler (manufacturer of high-tech injection-molded components in the automotive sector), Tadano Faun (manufacturer of mobile cranes) and Thomas Sabo (dealer with jewelry, watches and Perfume).

media

education

Christoph-Jacob-Treu-Gymnasium (E-tract)

In addition to five elementary schools and two middle schools, the city has a secondary school (Oskar-Sembach-Realschule) and a grammar school (Christoph-Jacob-Treu-Gymnasium).

The educational offer also includes a Montessori school , a three-level business school, the Nürnberger Land vocational school, the Nürnberger Land technical college and a vocational school for emergency paramedics .

The Richard-Glimpel-Schule (special educational support center) and the Dr. Bernhard Leniger School (support center of the Lebenshilfe for people with disabilities, Kreisvereinigung Nürnberger Land e.V. with a focus on intellectual development).

traffic

Lauf has been part of the Nuremberg S-Bahn network since 1987

Lauf has had three train stations since joining the transport association for the greater Nuremberg area : The Lauf train station (Pegnitz on the left) was opened in 1859 by the Bayerische Ostbahnen AG on the route from Nuremberg via Amberg and Schwandorf to Regensburg . In 1877, the Lauf train station was added on the right side of the Pegnitz (Pegnitz on the right) on the route via Schnabelwaid to Bayreuth and towards Marktredwitz and Eger . With the opening of the Nuremberg S-Bahn in 1987, the Lauf West stop was created on the "left Pegnitz line". Since December 2010 the S-Bahn line 1 has been running both via Hersbruck (left Pegnitz) to Hartmannshof and via Nürnberg Hbf to Bamberg . The train station on the right of the Pegnitz is the stopping point for the regional trains R3 to Neuhaus (Pegnitz) and R31 to Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach . The "right Pegnitz line" has not yet been electrified. According to the Transport Investment Report 2012, electrification is planned, but without a specific date.

In addition to the rail connection, Lauf has several city ​​bus routes that connect all parts of the town with the city center and the train stations.

With the Autobahn junctions Lauf / Hersbruck and Lauf of the BAB 9 Munich  - Nuremberg - Berlin , the city is connected to the trunk road network. The junction Lauf / Hersbruck (No. 49, formerly Lauf-Nord) is about one kilometer east of the city. The Lauf junction (No. 50, formerly Lauf-Süd) is located directly on the Laufer industrial area in the southern part of the city. The route between the two junctions is signposted as a bypass of the federal highway 14 Nuremberg - Hersbruck and thus replaces the B 14 in the urban area of ​​Lauf.

The Franconian Marienweg leads through Lauf an der Pegnitz .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

People in connection with Lauf an der Pegnitz

  • Martin Lauer (1937–2019), athlete and Olympic medalist 1960 (4 x 100 meter relay), born in Cologne, lived in Lauf for decades
  • Matthias Egersdörfer (* 1969), cabaret artist and actor, grew up in Lauf

literature

Web links

Commons : Lauf an der Pegnitz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Lauf an der Pegnitz  - travel guide
Wikisource: Lauf in der Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ^ Municipality of Lauf an der Pegnitz in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Lauf , in: Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk & Bertold von Haller: Castles and mansions in the Nuremberg countryside .
  4. ^ Johannes Voigt: Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-Kulmbach , Decker, Berlin 1852, Volume 2, Section 6, p. 55.
  5. ↑ Doris Wolfangel: Dr. Melchior Ayrer (1520-1579). Medical dissertation Würzburg 1957, p. 7.
  6. ↑ Peter Fleischmann: Lauf (city and maintenance office) . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 ( online ).
  7. ↑ a b c d e Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 719 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g Wilhelm Volkert (Ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, municipalities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 509 f .
  9. ^ Pegnitz-Zeitung, as of June 30, 2003
  10. ^ City of Lauf ad Pegnitz Religion , 2011 census
  11. ↑ Run in Numbers Population Structure , accessed on October 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ Announcement of the final results of the city council election on March 15 , 2020, accessed on June 5, 2020
  13. ↑ Thomas Lang replaces the Green Benedikt Bisping. BR24, March 29, 2020, accessed June 5, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Town hall reports: Deputy Mayor , accessed on June 5, 2020
  15. ^ City partnerships of the city of Lauf , accessed on June 25, 2011
  16. ↑ Memorandum: http://www.lauf.de
  17. ^ German Bundestag (ed.): Transport investment report for the reporting year 2012 . Informed by the Federal Government (=  printed matter . No. 18/580 ). Bundesanzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, February 18, 2014, ISSN  0722-8333 , p. 144–145 ( Online [PDF; 66.2 MB ; accessed on May 12, 2017]).
  18. ↑ As a teenager I found Lauf a bit tight. n-land.de, May 20, 2018, accessed June 5, 2020 .