Mitterauerbach

Mitterauerbach City of Neunburg vorm Wald Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  N , 12 ° 16 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	396 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	53  (Dec. 31 1990)
Postal code :	92431
Area code :	09672
Location of Mitterauerbach in Bavaria

Mitterauerbach (2017)

Mitterauerbach is a district of the city of Neunburg vorm Wald in the Schwandorf district in Bavaria .

geography

Mitterauerbach is located in the valley of the Auerbach, which rises about four kilometers further southeast on the 496 m high Bursching. The Auerbach flows further northwest through Unterauerbach and flows into the Schwarzach between Schwarzach bei Nabburg and Furthmühle .

history

Mitterauerbach was first mentioned in a document in 1270. Ludwig the Strict , Duke of Bavaria, and Heinrich XIII. (Bavaria) , Duke of Lower Bavaria, sold Mitterauerbach, Lindenlohe and Uckersdorf to the Walderbach monastery in 1270 .

Mitterauerbach was an independent parish even before 1482.

On March 23, 1913, part of Mitterauerbach, consisting of three houses and 23 residents, belonged to the parish of Kemnath near Fuhrn . The other part of Mitterauerbach with seven houses and 37 inhabitants belonged to the parish of Schwarzhofen . In 1913 Mitterauerbach had a total of 60 inhabitants.

In 1921 the part of Mitterauerbach that belonged to the parish of Schwarzhofen was re-parish to Unterauerbach. The part belonging to the parish Kemnath near Fuhrn was also re-parish to Unterauerbach in 1975.

On December 31, 1990 Mitterauerbach had 53 inhabitants. The local church is a branch church of the Unterauerbach parish. Evangelical residents belong to the parish of Neunburg vorm Wald.

Culture and sights

Church of the Assumption

Building history

Originally the church in Mitterauerbach was a Romanesque complex with a choir and tower. The oldest parts of the wall between the choir and the two entrances bear witness to this. Around 1400 the Romanesque choir was replaced by an elongated Gothic choir, the ribbed vault of which has been preserved with two bays, and the tower on the north side of the choir got its current appearance. At that time the church was a pilgrimage church dedicated to St. Leonhard . Around 1778 it was rebuilt and expanded and renamed "Mariä Himmelfahrt". The nave was lengthened and raised and the shape of the choir arch was changed. A medieval cross stone stands on the outer church wall, to the right of the entrance.

Furnishing

The furnishings of the church - high altar, side altar, confessional, pulpit and organ - essentially date from the 18th century. Frescoes , which were created between 1480 and 1500, decorate the vault of the choir. On them are depicted angels , church fathers , evangelist symbols and the four symbols of the virginity of Mary :

• a lion that gives life to its cubs by its breath,
• a pelican who feeds his young with his heart,
• an ostrich that lets the sun hatch its eggs and
• a phoenix, reborn from the ashes.

The lamb of God and rosette motifs are depicted on the keystones.

The high altar, a work of the Luybl brothers from Nabburg, with a late Gothic Madonna , is flanked by Saints Leonhard and Aegidius . The figure of the Virgin on the north wall of the nave dates from the 15th century. On its south wall there is a baroque cross and a figure of the shepherd patron Wendelin with animals. The organ is decorated with rococo carvings. The font, which is now used as a holy water font, dates from the 12th century.

See also: List of architectural monuments in Neunburg vorm Wald, section Mitterauerbach

photos

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  Assumption of Mary (2017)

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  Interior of the Assumption

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  Fresco pelican & lion

tourism

The Franconian Way of St. James leads close to Mitterauerbach. The pilgrimage route marked with a white scallop shell on a blue background leads from Unterkonhof to Wundsheim , which is two kilometers southwest of Mitterauerbach.

literature

• Anton Neckermann: Neunburg district in front of the forest. Publishing house for authorities and economy R. Alfred Hoeppner Munich-Assling, 1968
• Fränkischer Albverein (Ed.): On the Jakobsweg from Tillyschanz via Schwandorf to Nuremberg. Verlag Seehars, 97215 Uffenheim 1997, ISBN 3-927598-22-4

Web links

Commons : Mitterauerbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Anton Neckermann: Neunburg district in front of the forest. Publishing house for authorities and economy R. Alfred Hoeppner Munich-Assling, 1968
2. ^ Fränkischer Albverein (Ed.): On the Way of St. James from Tillyschanz via Schwandorf to Nuremberg. Verlag Seehars, 97215 Uffenheim 1997, ISBN 3-927598-22-4 , p. 32
3. ^ Antonius von Henle (Ed.): Register of the Diocese of Regensburg. Verlag der Kanzlei des Bischöflichen Ordinariates Regensburg, 1916, pp. 498, 375
4. ↑ Manfred Müller (Ed.): Register of the diocese of Regensburg. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariats Regensburg, 1997, pp. 734, 735
5. ↑ municipal boundaries. (No longer available online.) In: nineburg-evangelisch.de. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 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.  
6. ↑ Manfred Müller (Ed.): Register of the diocese of Regensburg. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariats Regensburg, 1997, p. 735
7. ^ Fränkischer Albverein (Ed.): On the Way of St. James from Tillyschanz via Schwandorf to Nuremberg. Verlag Seehars, 97215 Uffenheim 1997, ISBN 3-927598-22-4 , pp. 32, 33
8. ^ Fränkischer Albverein (Ed.): On the Way of St. James from Tillyschanz via Schwandorf to Nuremberg. Verlag Seehars, 97215 Uffenheim 1997, ISBN 3-927598-22-4 , pp. 33, 34
9. ^ Fränkischer Albverein (Ed.): On the Way of St. James from Tillyschanz via Schwandorf to Nuremberg. Verlag Seehars, 97215 Uffenheim 1997, ISBN 3-927598-22-4 , pp. 26, 27