Mitterfels

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Straubing arch
Management Community :	Mitterfels
Height :	407 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.23 km 2
Residents:	2823 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	198 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	94360
Area code :	09961
License plate :	SR , BOG, MAL
Community key :	09 2 78 151
Market structure:	36 districts
; Market administration address :	Burgstrasse 1 ; 94360 Mitterfels
Website :	www.mitterfels.de
Mayor :	Andreas Liebl ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the Mitterfels market in the Straubing-Bogen district

Mitterfels is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen and the seat of the Mitterfels administrative community . Mitterfels is a state-approved climatic health resort .

geography

location

The market is located in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park on a rock plateau above the Menach . The exposed location earned the place the name “Bavarian Jerusalem” early on.

The highest point in the municipality is 496 m above sea level. NHN in the Kögl district , the deepest at 324 m above sea level. NHN in the district of Aichmühl .

Community structure

The municipality of Mitterfels has 36 parts of the municipality:

There is only the district Mitterfels.

Some of the former districts are Hochfeld , Leimgruben, Reinbach , Reitschul, Unterholzen , Weiherfeld , Ziegelhütte .

Neighboring communities

climate

Mitterfels is a state-approved climatic health resort . The annual mean temperature is 7 ° C – 8 ° C, the total annual precipitation is between 750 mm and 850 mm.

history

Until the church is planted

In 1104 the Counts von Bogen founded the nearby Oberalteich monastery . The Castle Mitterfels first mentioned 1194th This fell to the Wittelsbach family when the Counts of Bogen died out in 1242 . Mitterfels was the seat of a nursing office from 1280 to 1799 and a regional court of the Electorate and Kingdom of Bavaria from 1799 to 1879 . During the Thirty Years War , Mitterfels fortress fell to the Swedes in 1633/34. In the 18th century, attacks by the Pandours were successfully repulsed. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 . It was formed from the locations of the Mitterfels tax district and individual locations from the Gaishausen (Vorder- and Hinterbuchberg), Haselbach (Einfürst) and Ascha (Auhof, Englberg, Hörmannsberg) tax districts.

19th to 21st century

The district court was dissolved in 1861, a district court existed in Schloss Mitterfels until 1973. Despite its central function as the administrative center, Mitterfels had no market or town rights . It was only raised to the market in 1968 . The castle complex, which is now owned by the municipality and the seat of the Mitterfels administrative community, is one of the region's most significant architectural monuments. The historical Hien-Sölde , a small farmhouse built in 1436 in log construction , is of national importance.

Incorporations

In 1876 the community Scheibelsgrub was incorporated. On May 1, 1978, the districts of Hagnberg, Kögl and Wiespoint of the dissolved community Gaishausen were incorporated into Mitterfels.

Population development

year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Residents	0949	1017	1047	1098	1136	1630	1583	1659	2047	2125	2221	2372	2459	2504	2478	2483	2468	2445	2421	2441	2467	2514	2609	2732	2799	2807

politics

The first mayor is Andreas Liebl (FWG), he received 66.78% of the valid votes in the 2020 mayoral election. His predecessor was Heinrich Stenzel ( Free Voting Association ), who succeeded Werner Lang ( CSU / Independent Citizens) in 2002 . The municipal council consists of the first mayor and 14 council members. After the 2020 local elections , the 14 seats will be distributed among the nominations as follows:

List / party	Seats
Free Association of Voters (FWG)	5
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) / Independent Citizens	4th
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) / Free Citizens	2
Christian voters Mitterfels	2
Green	1

Culture and sights

Mitterfels Castle emerged from the castle complex of the Counts of Bogen. The remains of the medieval castle complex are separated from the village by a 20 meter deep moat , which is spanned by a stone bridge built in 1791. The main tower collapsed in 1812. Remains of the curtain wall, the prison wing from the 18th century and the nursing home have been preserved. The castle, which was built in 1780 instead of an older building, was formerly a maintenance , regional and district court, has served as the town hall since 1973 and has been the seat of the Mitterfels administrative association since 1977.

The former prison was added to the tower kennel in the 18th century. It was a prison of the district court until 1879 and the district court of Mitterfels until 1949 . The local history museum with original prison cells has been located here since 1982.

The side church of St. George was built from a castle and palace chapel . It was rebuilt in 1734 and was a branch church of the Kreuzkirchen monastery parish until 1805 . From 1805 to 1970 it served as the parish church of the new Mitterfels parish until it was replaced by the new Hl. Geist building. The two-bay nave has a Tuscan pilaster structure and a lancet vault .

Since 2001, Singspiele and musicals have been performed in the Burggarten by the Burgtheaterverein Mitterfels.

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Mitterfels

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 35 employees in the field of agriculture and forestry, 126 in the manufacturing industry and 111 in the field of trade and transport. In other economic sectors this figure was 194 people. There were 699 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There were eight companies in the manufacturing sector and four in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 46 farms with an agricultural area of 728 ha, of which 355 ha were arable land and 371 ha were permanent green space.

traffic

The state road in 2140 and the state road 2147 intersect in Mitterfels. The distance to the A3 motorway is six kilometers. The federal highway 20 can be reached in five kilometers. By the railway Straubing-Miltach the place was tied in the period 1896-1984 to the railway network.

education

There is a day care center, two general schools and two public vocational schools.

In 2015, a total of 79 children were cared for in the day-care center with 92 approved places (75 kindergarten, 17 crèche). In the Mitterfels-Haselbach elementary and middle school , a total of 335 students were taught by 25 teachers in 2018/2019, of which 154 were taught by eight teachers in the elementary school. At the Staatl. In 2018/2019, seven teachers taught 56 students at the Mitterfels vocational school for nutrition and supply . Vocational school for child care in Mitterfels , 83 students were trained by seven full-time teachers. The district music school of the Straubing-Bogen district is based in Mitterfels.

Personalities

Connected to Mitterfels

Johann Kaspar Thürriegel (1722–1800), adventurer, clerk in Mitterfels
Hans Gutbrod (1877–1948), veterinarian
Gustav Kelber (1881–1961), Bavarian writer and lawyer
Johann Wartner (1883–1963), Member of Parliament, from the Scheibelsgrub district

Georg Fritz (1884–1967), painter and graphic artist

Hans Rieser (* 1934), Austrian sculptor

Wolfgang Hammer (* 1946), educator and author

Alexander Stern (* 1976), sculptor, painter and installation artist

Johanna Uekermann (* 1987), politician (SPD)

Born in Mitterfels

Johann Strassmaier (1846–1920), ancient orientalist
Wilhelm Bohl (1886–1958), theologian
Franz Mayer (1920–1977), legal scholar, first rector of the University of Regensburg
Adelheid Brunner (* 1957), judoka

The former parish church of St. Georg
The new parish church of the Holy Spirit
The town hall of Mitterfels
The former prison
Historic Hien-Sölde , built in 1436

literature

Markt Mitterfels, A selection of important statistical data . In: Bavarian State Office for Statistics (ed.): Statistics communal 2018 . March 2019 ( online [PDF]).

Web links

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

Mitterfels market
Mitterfels: Official statistics of the LfStat
Entry on the Mitterfels coat of arms in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Individual evidence

↑ "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 ).
↑ Markt Mitterfels in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on July 13, 2017.
↑ District. Municipalities and districts. Bavarian Surveying Administration, archived from the original on April 11, 2013 ; accessed on March 31, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 402 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Josepf Lipf (Editor): matrikel bishopric of Regensburg . Ed .: Diocese of Regensburg. Pustet, Regensburg 1838, p. 232-233 ( digitized version ).

^ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, GeoFachdatenAtlas

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 437 .

^ 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. 633 .

^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing - Local Elections

↑ Kindergarten of the parish Mitterfels. Parish community Mitterfels-Haselbach, accessed on April 19, 2014 .

↑ Mitterfels-Haselbach primary school in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on July 23, 2019.

↑ Middle School Mitterfels-Haselbach in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on July 23, 2019.

↑ State. Vocational school for nutrition and supply Mitterfels in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on September 24, 2019.

↑ State. Vocational school for child care Mitterfels in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on September 24, 2019.