Leinburg

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Leinburg (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 11 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Nuremberg country
Height :	392 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.44 km 2
Residents:	6630 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	225 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91227
Primaries :	09120, 09187, 09158
License plate :	LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key :	09 5 74 139
Community structure:	17 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Haidelbacher Strasse 3 91227 Leinburg
Website :	www.leinburg.de
First Mayor :	Thomas Kraußer ( CSU )
Location of the community of Leinburg in the district of Nürnberger Land

View of Leinburg from the south-east

Leinburg is a municipality in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

geography

Geographical location

Leinburg is about 20 kilometers east of Nuremberg , directly on the Moritzberg (Frankenalb) , a foothill of the Franconian Jura . The Moritzberg at 603 m is the highest point in the wider area. The Haidelbach rises south of the district Entenberg on the northern slope of 588  m above sea level. NHN high mountain Balcher in the forest area Langes Ried and then flows through almost the entire municipality from east to west.

Community structure

Leinburg Town Hall, 2016

The community has 20  districts ,

Diepersdorf Duck mountain Ernhofen Forester's house Fuchsmühle Gersberg Gersdorf

Heiligenmühle Krämersweiher Leinburg Oberhaidelbach Pötzling Pühlhof Reuth

Scheerau Unterhaidelbach Weihersberg Weißenbrunn Winn

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting in the north clockwise): Lauf an der Pegnitz , Ottensoos , Engelthal , Offenhausen , Altdorf near Nuremberg , Röthenbach an der Pegnitz .

history

Surname

The name of the place could indicate the local linen production and the associated flax cultivation, which in the past was carried out on the slopes of the Moritzberg.

Exiles

After the Thirty Years' War, Leinburg became the new home of numerous exiles from Austria who had to emigrate because of their Protestant faith.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Unterhaidelbach was incorporated with its districts Weihersberg and Pühlhof. The following six municipalities, which were independent until the regional reform in Bavaria , merged on May 1, 1978 with their respective districts in the new unified municipality:

• Leinburg with the districts of Heiligenmühle, Fuchsmühle , Krämersweiher and Forsthaus
• Diepersdorf is the largest part of the municipality and was first mentioned in 1079 when King Heinrich IV gave Dieprehdesdorf to Ebbo as a gift. The hamlet of Scheerau was part of the former community of Diepersdorf.
• Duck mountain
• Gersdorf, which was first mentioned in a document from the burgraves of Nuremberg in 1265. In the 12th century, the place was under the rule of the Hohenstaufen , then under the Duke of Bavaria and the Margrave of Brandenburg , who was also burgrave of Nuremberg. Gersdorf belonged to the imperial city of Nuremberg in the 15th century. There are several interpretations for the name of the place, it could be derived from the highest peak of the Nonnenberg, the Geierstein, but also from the earlier cultivation of barley . Reuth (small town with around 20 inhabitants on the northern slope of the 539 meter high Reuther Mountain; first documented mention in the 13th century), Pötzling and Gersberg belonged to the former community of Gersdorf .
• Oberhaidelbach
• Weißenbrunn with the districts of Winn and Ernhofen

development

• 1939: 2770 inhabitants
• 1950: 3720 inhabitants
• 1961: 3649 inhabitants
• 1970: 4365 inhabitants
• 1975: 4875 inhabitants
• 1988: 5605 inhabitants
• 1991: 5767 inhabitants
• 1995: 6207 inhabitants
• 2005: 6464 inhabitants
• 2010: 6412 inhabitants
• 2015: 6521 inhabitants

politics

mayor

Mayor has been Thomas Kraußer (CSU) since May 1, 2020. His predecessor is Joachim Lang (FWG).

The previous mayors of Leinburg (since the regional reform):

• 1978–1987: Konrad Oberst
• 1987-2005: Alfred Allgeyer
• 2005–2020: Joachim Lang
• since 2020: Thomas Kraußer

Municipal council

The council of Leinburg consists of 20 councilors and the first mayor.

	CSU	SPD	FWG	AfD	total
2020	7th	6th	6th	1	20 seats
2014	6th	7th	7th		20 seats
2008	6th	6th	8th		20 seats
2002	7th	5	8th		20 seats

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020)

coat of arms

Description: Shared; above in blue a crowned half golden virgin eagle, below in silver a green hop tendril with seven semicircular umbels and a leaf.

The coat of arms has been used since 1986. The Nuremberg virgin eagle reminds us that the municipality used to belong to the imperial city of Nuremberg. The seven hop cones stand for the seven districts and the formerly active hop cultivation.

Town twinning

The partnership agreement with Wartberg an der Krems in Austria was signed on October 25, 1986 in the Diepersdorf gymnasium in the presence of District Administrator Klaus Hartmann , Mayor Konrad Oberst and Mayor Franz Dopf.

Culture and sights

brewery

The Leinburger brewery with the brewery inn Bub "bei Belle"

Beer has been brewed in the Bub brewery since 1617 .

Churches

The St. Leonhard church tower in Leinburg

• Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Leonhard in Leinburg.
• Catholic Church of St. Joseph in Leinburg.
• Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Entenberg.

Architectural and ground monuments

See also : List of architectural monuments in Leinburg  and List of ground monuments in Leinburg

Dialects

Franconian is spoken in Leinburg .

Baths

In the Weißenbrunn district of Leinburg there is a natural swimming pool , the water inlet of which is the Berglesgraben stream that rises east of the village . The bathroom was extensively renovated in 2011 and designed to be natural.

Protected areas

Natural monument, two wooden linden trees

There are two protected landscape components (Diepersdorfer Anger and Kirchloher Anger) and six natural monuments in the municipality .

South of Leinburg is the largest nature reserve in the Nuremberg region, lichen-pine forests, south of Leinburg .

Others

The valley and the stream of the same name originate south of Fuchsmühle

Regular events

• Traditionally, young couples dance out the kirwa tree at the Leinburg parish fair (Kirwaverein Leinburg). "Plotzknecht" and "Betz" appear. Church fairs also take place in the villages of Weißenbrunn, Entenberg, Gersdorf and Diepersdorf.
• The volunteer fire department Leinburg held annually on May 1, the Maibierfest before the fire station. Traditionally there are hearty Franconian specialties there.
• In the Unterhaidelbach district, the Unterhaidelbach volunteer fire brigade organizes a horse oak festival under the Friedenslinde every year in the third week of July.
• In Leinburg, various solstice celebrations take place in the village and in the individual districts at the solstice .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The community of Leinburg is located in the heart of the Nuremberg region between the three larger cities of Lauf, Altdorf and Hersbruck. The A 6 and A 9 motorways surround Leinburg in the south and north-west and offer access to the trunk road network via the Altdorf-Leinburg and Lauf junctions. The state road St 2240 connects Lauf and Altdorf, whereby a large part of it runs on the Leinburg area. At the height of Winn, the St 2404 branches off to Hersbruck. While more than half of the districts of Leinburg are on or close to a state road, some smaller towns such as Weihersberg or Scheerau are accessed via subordinate roads.

Leinburg has neither a railway line nor a train station. Regular buses go to the S-Bahn in Röthenbach and Altdorf.

health

There are three general medical practices in Leinburg and Diepersdorf, z. Some with internal medicine. One dentist each has settled in Leinburg, Diepersdorf and Gersdorf. There are no other specialists in the municipality, but in the surrounding towns.

Public facilities

schools

As early as 1720, lessons were given in the farmhouse of the shoemaker Reizmann, who was also the school owner. The old, still preserved school building on Haimendorfer Straße was built in 1868. A physiotherapy and massage practice is now housed there. In the immediate vicinity a new schoolhouse was built in 1911, which was renovated in 1966. A school gymnasium was built in 1977, another school building was added in 1990 and the triple sports hall was inaugurated in 1997. Another new school building, the renovation of the old building and the establishment of the new school yard took place in 2001/2002.

Voluntary fire brigades

The volunteer fire brigade in Leinburg is one of the largest fire brigades in the community and has been in existence since 1872. According to its own information, it is particularly active in youth work. Fire brigades can also be found in the districts of Diepersdorf, Entenberg, Gersdorf, Oberhaidelbach, Unterhaidelbach and Weißenbrunn.

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Leimburg . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 317 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Kohl (Hrsg.): Community of Leinburg with their places in the picture , community of Leinburg
• Eckhardt Pfeiffer (Ed.): Nürnberger Land . 3. Edition. Karl Pfeiffer's Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Hersbruck 1993, ISBN 3-9800386-5-3 .
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Leimburg . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 686-687 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Community of Leinburg
• Entry on the coat of arms of Leinburg  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Leinburg: 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. ↑ Figures, data & facts on the website of the municipality of Leinburg , accessed on May 6, 2020
3. ^ Friedrich Kohl: community of Leinburg with their places in the picture . Ed .: Community of Leinburg. S. 19 .
4. ^ Friedrich Kohl: community of Leinburg with their places in the picture . Ed .: Community of Leinburg. S. 51 .
5. ^ Friedrich Kohl: community of Leinburg with their places in the picture . Ed .: Community of Leinburg. S. 61 .
6. ^ Friedrich Kohl: community of Leinburg with their places in the picture . Ed .: Community of Leinburg. S. 117 .
7. ^ Friedrich Kohl: community of Leinburg with their places in the picture . Ed .: Community of Leinburg. S. 125 .
8. ^ Community of Leinburg in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
9. ↑ Leinburg. Community of Leinburg, accessed on April 15, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Konrad Barthel: Exiles and immigrants in the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office Altdorf near Nuremberg from 1626 to 1699 (sources and research on Franconian family history, 7) . Society for Family Research in Franconia, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-929865-46-7 , p. 9 u. passim .
11. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 542 .
12. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 720 .
13. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Leinburg  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
14. ↑ Friends of the Weißenbrunn Natural Pool. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .