Leonberg (Upper Palatinate)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '  N , 12 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Tirschenreuth
Management Community :	Mitterteich
Height :	548 m above sea level NHN
Area :	51.33 km 2
Residents:	1022 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	20 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95666
Area code :	09633
License plate :	TIR, KEM
Community key :	09 3 77 137
Community structure:	20 districts
Association administration address:	Kirchplatz 12 95666 Mitterteich
Website :	www.gemeinde-leonberg.de
Mayor :	Johann Burger
Location of the community of Leonberg in the Tirschenreuth district

Leonberg is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth and has been a member of the Mitterteich administrative community since 1974 .

geography

The community is located between the towns of Mitterteich , Waldsassen and Tirschenreuth . From the village, which is situated on a slope, there is a broad view over the Wondrebsenke .

Leonberg

Community structure

Leonberg has 20 districts:

Altenhammer Ames mill Dobrigau Forkatshof Großensee Hofteich Hungenberg

Koenigshütte Grain mill Warrior mill Leonberg Münchsgrün Neuhof Neumühle

Pfaffenreuth Pienmühle Terschnitz Themreuth Wiendlhof Zirkenreuth

history

Leonberg in its current form was created on April 1st, 1971 through the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities of Leonberg, Großensees and Pfaffenreuth. Leonberg and Großensees were traditionally characterized by agriculture, while the economic focus in Pfaffenreuth was the Bayerland mine . Pebbles were extracted there until the early 1970s .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the population fell from 1,047 to 1,019 by 28 or 2.7%.

coat of arms

The municipality of Leonberg has had its own coat of arms since 1980.

Official, heraldic description of the coat of arms

"In silver a growing red dragon with a black hammer in its claws, covered with a lowered blue wavy bar."

Meaning of the coat of arms

The red dragon is the heraldic animal of the Waldsassen monastery . It indicates the relationship between the community and the monastery, which dates back to 1243. The hammer symbolizes mining, mainly operated in Pfaffenreuth, and the blue bar for the river Wondreb , which flows through the municipality.

All Saints Church ⊙

Culture and sights

Buildings

The baroque parish church of St. Leonhard is worth seeing in the village , as is the All Saints Church in the parish of Wernersreuth .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Leonberg

Protected areas

The nature reserve Wondrebaue southeast of Leonberg. The iron hat natural monument is a reminder of the mining industry in Pfaffenreuth. It is near the disused colliery.

traffic

The community of Leonberg can be reached via the federal roads 15 and 299 , as well as the A 93 (Mitterteich-Nord and -Süd exits).

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]/135444&attr=OBJ&val= 1088
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 580 .

Web links

Commons : Leonberg (Oberpfalz)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Leonberg (Upper Palatinate)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Leonberg (Upper Palatinate): Official statistics of the LfStat