Mitterteich

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Coat of arms of the city of Mitterteich
Mitterteich
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Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '  N , 12 ° 15'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Palatinate
County : Tirschenreuth
Management Community : Mitterteich
Height : 519 m above sea level NHN
Area : 39.38 km 2
Residents: 6580 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 167 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95666
Area code : 09633
License plate : TIR, KEM
Community key : 09 3 77 141
City structure: 11 districts

City administration address : 		Kirchplatz 12
95666 Mitterteich
Website : www.mitterteich.de
Mayor : Stefan Grillmeier ( CSU )
Location of the city of Mitterteich in the Tirschenreuth district
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Church of St. Jakob with tower from 1606 as the landmark of Mitterteich

Mitterteich ( Northern Bavarian Miderdeich ) is a town in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth and the seat of the Mitterteich administrative community .

geography

The city, known for its glass and porcelain production, is located on the Bavarian Porcelain Route in the Upper Palatinate Stiftland , approx. 30 km north of Weiden .

City structure

The municipality of Mitterteich has eleven officially named districts:

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Mitterteich from the north

history

Until the 19th century

Mitterteich was first mentioned in 1185 with the name "You" in a papal protective bull. The village came into the possession of the Waldsassen monastery in 1277 . In 1501, Mitterteich received market rights as the re-establishment of the monastery on the road from Nuremberg to Eger ( Cheb ) . These were extended on August 12, 1516 to include the rights to serve beer and hold weekly markets . At the same time, Abbot Andreas Metzel awarded the coat of arms that is still used today (with interruption) . In addition, the Mitterteicher got the right to exercise the lower jurisdiction. In 1565 a Lutheran parish was established in Mitterteich. The economic importance of the market continued to grow as a result of new market freedoms since 1568. It was allowed to hold cattle markets and trade in salt. In the Thirty Years' War which was market town almost completely destroyed. A Catholic parish was established in 1665. With the commissioning of the Mitterteich - Eger and Schwandorf - Mitterteich railway lines in 1864 and 1865, the industrial age began in Mitterteich as well. In 1882 a glassworks opened and began producing mirror and plate glass . In 1886, Ludwig Lindner founded the first porcelain factory (later Porzellanfabrik Mitterteich AG), which was followed in 1899 by the Julius Rother porcelain factory.

20th century

Mitterteich has been a city since 1932 . In 1951 a boys' school was built, and in 1955 a private grammar school for boys was founded in the neighboring Fockenfeld monastery . In 1964 the primary school was rebuilt and a secondary school in 1973. In 1977 the Mitterteich interim storage facility was built, in which, among other things, contaminated steel parts from the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant near Günzburg are temporarily stored. In 1988 extensive urban redevelopment was started to beautify the cityscape.

21st century

On March 18, 2020, the Tirschenreuth District Office imposed the first curfew in the Federal Republic of Germany for the city of Mitterteich due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tirschenreuth district , after twenty-five cases of the disease had previously been confirmed there. Since the end of March 2020, Tirschenreuth has been the district with the most corona infections per capita in Germany.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Großensterz was incorporated with the districts of Kleinsterz and Hammermühle. On July 1, 1972, part of the dissolved municipality of Pleußen with the districts of Steinmühle and Gulg was added. Parts of the municipality of Pechbrunn (Großbüchlberg, Kleinbüchlberg, Oberteich and Pechofen) followed on May 1, 1978.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the population fell from 7290 to 6596 by 694 or 9.5%.

Religions

In Mitterteich there is a Catholic and an Evangelical Lutheran parish. The Catholic parish church of St. Jakob was built in 1890, the Protestant church in 1897, both in neo-Romanesque style. There is also a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses . The majority of Mitterteicher belong to the Roman Catholic denomination.

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

After the 2020 local elections, four parliamentary groups are represented in the city council:

CSU SPD Free voters Voting community "Future Mitterteich" total

Stefan Grillmeier (CSU) has been the first mayor since May 1, 2020. By virtue of his office he is also a member of the municipal council.

coat of arms

Blazon: “Above a blue wavy bar in black is a silver pole with a black abbot's staff turned to the left; three green flowers next to each other in silver "

The coat of arms has been known since 1615 and was renewed in 1967.

Partner communities

  • United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cheddleton / Wetley Rocks, United Kingdom

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Porcelain museum in the former Mitterteich porcelain factory.

Buildings

  • Historic town hall (built 1731)
  • Marian column on the market square
  • Catholic parish church of St. Jakob (1890)
  • Evangelical Christ Church (1897)
  • Sagenbrunnen The blacksmith from Mitterteich
  • Heimatbrunnen at Johannisplatz
  • Cemetery chapel from 1780 with four depictions of the dance of death
  • War memorial from 1933 on Waldsassener Strasse

  • Legend fountain and parish church

  • Home well

  • War memorial

  • View of Mitterteich

  • The northwestern part of Mitterteich

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The southern part of Mitterteich

sport and freetime

From February 26 to March 1, 1959, the 26th German three-cushion championship took place under the direction of the local billiards club in the “Gasthof zum Bären” . The winner was August Tiedtke from Duisburg for the 15th time .

  • Ice rink (opened in 1993)
  • Heated outdoor pool
  • Indoor swimming pool
  • Tennis courts
  • Tennis hall
  • Summer toboggan run (in the Großbüchlberg district)

sports clubs

  • 1. Mini golf club Mitterteich-Großbüchlberg e. V.
  • ATS Mitterteich 1910 e. V.
    • Ice stock sport
    • Soccer
    • athletics
    • bicycle
  • EHC Stiftland
  • Bowling Club 1971 - ATS Mitterteich
  • Modellsportgruppe Stiftland e. V.
  • MSC Stiftland e. V.
  • MVM Motorsport Club Mitterteich
  • SKC Gut Holz Mitterteich 1983
  • SV Mitterteich 1919 e. V.
    • tennis
    • Soccer
  • Diving club Nautilus Mitterteich e. V.
  • TuS 1892 Mitterteich e. V
    • figure skating
    • ski
    • karate
    • swim
    • do gymnastics
    • volleyball

Culinary specialties

Traditions

In Mitterteich, the Easter custom of Oierhiartn has remained particularly lively.

Soil monuments

See: List of ground monuments in Mitterteich

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Mitterteich is on the A 93 , the B 15 and the B 299 . The Wiesau – Cheb railway line is closed. The nearest train stations are Wiesau ( Weiden – Oberkotzau line ) and Marktredwitz ( Nuremberg – Cheb line ).

Established businesses

Public facilities

  • Workshop for the disabled "Stiftlandwerkstätten St. Elisabeth"
  • library
  • Caritas day care center
  • Multipurpose hall
  • Municipal kindergarten
  • Catholic kindergarten
  • Study room
  • Multi-generation house
  • Kommunbrauhaus (see also Zoigl )
  • Mitterteich, Pleußen, Großensterz and Pechofen volunteer fire departments
  • District teaching garden "An der Wehrpoint" of the district association for horticulture and Landespflege Tirschenreuth e. V. The rock formations of the region are shown in the form of boulders on the 1.2 hectare site.

education

  • Otto Wels Middle School
  • Theobald Schrems Primary School
  • Support center of Lebenshilfe Tirschenreuth

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Andreas Schiffmann (1836–1918), clergyman (1896)
  • Karl Stingl (1864–1936), Reich Minister of Post
  • Josef Neidl (1896–1976), clergyman (1956)

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities associated with Mitterteich

  • Max von der Grün (1926–2005), writer
  • Herbert Molwitz (1901–1970), artist
  • Karl Erb, a Wehrmacht soldier who turned against the senseless defense of his homeland in the Second World War because of the inevitable surrender. Karl Erb was then executed on the market square in Mitterteich shortly before the US troops marched in. The city of Mitterteich named a street after him in his memory. His parents donated a memorial plaque that is placed next to the street sign.
  • Christian Neuper (1876–1950), sculptor from Weißenstadt , created the Mitterteich war memorial.

literature

  • 1501-2001. 500 years of market rights in Mitterteich , ed. v. Home Care Working Group, Mitterteich 2001
  • Mitterteich. Home in Pictures , ed. v. Home Care Working Group, Pressath 2005
  • Harald Fähnrich: Heimat Mitterteich. A folkloric reading book , Beidl 1986
  • Manfred Knedlik: History of the Catholic Parish Mitterteich , Pressath 1990
  • Manfred Knedlik: Law and Administration. Mitterteich ordinances from four centuries , Mitterteich 1992
  • Manfred Knedlik: Mitterteich - Review and Perspectives , Pressath 2007
  • Manfred Knedlik: Mitterteich in the industrial age , Pressath 2011
  • Heinrich Pauli among others: Mitterteich through the ages , Hof 1986

Web links

Commons : Mitterteich  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Mitterteich  - Travel Guide

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=+20111108/140939&attr=OBJ&val= 1090
  3. ↑ Florian Naumann, Katarina Amtmann: Corona in Bavaria: First city with curfew. Update 5:15 p.m. Münchner Merkur, March 18, 202, accessed on March 18, 2020 .
  4. ^ District office Tirschenreuth: Corona virus: curfew for the city area Mitterteich. In: District Office Tirschenreuth. March 18, 2020, accessed March 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ zeit.de April 5, 2020
  6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 580 .
  7. ^ 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. 663 .
  8. ^ All results of the local elections in the Tirschenreuth district. In: OberpfalzECHO. March 16, 2020, accessed on July 15, 2020 (German).
  9. ^ Karlheinz Krienen: Deutsche Billard-Zeitung . Ed .: DBB. 36th year, no. 9 . Cologne March 1959, p. 6-8 .
  10. ↑ Famous Mitterteicher on the city's homepage
  11. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation , volume 1. Ed. By Federal Agency for Political Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 165 f.