Muhr am See

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen
Height :	417 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.96 km 2
Residents:	2338 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	213 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91735
Area code :	09831
License plate :	WUG, GUN
Community key :	09 5 77 114
Community structure:	3 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Rosenau 1 91735 Muhr a.See
Website :	www.muhr-am-see.de
Mayor :	Dieter Rampe ( community list )
Location of the municipality of Muhr a.See in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district

Muhr am See (officially Muhr a. See ) is a municipality in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and is located around 50 kilometers southwest of Nuremberg on the Altmühlsee . An important economic basis of the place is today - due to the lake and extensive forests in the area - tourism .

geography

location

The place is located in the region of West Central Franconia in the middle of the Franconian Lake District about five kilometers north of Gunzenhausen in the northwest of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district. The Altmühl flows south between the village and the Altmühlsee, which is almost 400 meters away . Another river of the community is the Nesselbach . The Wiesmet wetland is located west of Muhr . The federal highway 13 and the Treuchtlingen – Würzburg railway line run through the municipality . While large parts of the municipality is located in an open landscape characterized by meadows, fields and floodplains, the Mönchswald is located in the north , which, bordered by the Nesselbach, merges into the Haundorfer Wald in the east . In the west and north, the community borders on the neighboring district of Ansbach . In the south is the Vogelfreistätte nature reserve, the shallow water and island zone in the Altmühlsee . At 10.95 square kilometers, the place is the smallest municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district. The municipality also has the highest population density in the district.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are:

Merkendorf	Merkendorf	Haundorf , Mitteleschenbach , Merkendorf
Ornbau , Arberg		Haundorf
Gunzenhausen , Arberg	Gunzenhausen ,	Gunzenhausen

Community structure

The municipality has three officially named municipality parts (the type of place is given in brackets ):

• Forester's house ( wasteland )
• Muhr am See ( parish village )
• Wehlenberg ( hamlet )

The main town of Muhr am See consists of the former districts of Altenmuhr , Neuenmuhr and Stadeln , which are structurally connected to each other.

history

The first reference to the Lords of Muhr comes from the year 888. For 893 the place name vicus mura is mentioned. The Castle Altenmuhr originated in the early 12th century - not received - Neuenmuhrer Castle about a century later. In 1525 the Reformation was enforced by Veit von Lentersheim . In 1632 almost all of Neuenmuhr was burned down during the Thirty Years War , only the castle and church remained. In 1752 the gatehouse was built in Altenmuhr. In 1799 the Muhr castles - immortalized by Schiller in 1781 in the robbers - came into the possession of the Prussian minister Karl August von Hardenberg . In 1810 Alten- and Neuenmuhr became Bavarian . The castles passed into the possession of Wilhelm von Le Suire in 1837 . In 1938 the Jewish community of Altenmuhr was forcibly dissolved under the rule of the National Socialists .

Muhr am See has only existed in its current form since January 1, 1976. As part of the Bavarian municipal reform , the two forerunners Altenmuhr and Neuenmuhr were merged into a single municipality. Since it was already clear at this point that the Altmühlsee would later (1986) arise as part of the Franconian Lake District, the new municipality was named "Muhr am See".

In the year the bypass of the federal highway 13 was completed.

politics

mayor

• 1976–1988: Herbert Habel
• 1988–2014: Roland Fitzner ( CSU )
• from May 1, 2014: Dieter Rampe ( community list )

Municipal council

The local elections in 2020 , municipal elections in 2014 , 2008 and 2002 led to the following seat distribution in the council:

	Community list	total
2020	14th	14 seats
2014	14th	14 seats
2008	14th	14 seats
2002	14th	14 seats

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In red, two vertical silver crossbow pillars next to each other."

Attractions

Castle in Altenmuhr

Gatehouse in Altenmuhr

Francis Chapel

Bird island

• Altenmuhr Castle

→ Main article : Altenmuhr Castle

The original moated castle with its keep dates from the 12th century. It is considered to be one of the most interesting castles in the upper Altmühltal . Originally conceived as a square kennel with four round corner towers, its walls and moat were lost in the 19th century , so that now only the main building from the early 17th century and the keep can be seen. This has a height of 20 meters and a wall thickness of about 1.6 meters. The three-story west building with volute gable conceals rich stucco ceilings by Hans Kuhn from Nuremberg on the second floor . In the four-storey, almost tower-like east wing, a valuable grisaille wallpaper from around 1810/20 has been preserved in a room .

The castle was originally built by the von Muhr family and is now privately owned by the Le Suire family . It is only accessible on request.

• Gatehouse

→ Main article : Gatehouse

• St. Johannis Church (Protestant)

→ Main article : St. Johannis

The first major known reconstruction of St. John's Church took place in 1467. In 1798 a lightning strike caused severe damage; the tower was rebuilt in its current onion shape. An interior renovation with replacement of the old windows was carried out between 1908 and 1910; At the end of the 20th century, the church was renovated both outside and inside.

• St. Jakobus Church (Protestant)

→ Main article : St. James

St. Jakobus attracts attention today mainly because of the stork's nest, which has been on the west gable since 1946. The church was built in 1622, but robbed soldiers of its bell ten years later when the rest of the village was burned down. Only through a donation from Gustav von Lentersheim could a bell be purchased again in 1726.

• St. Walburgis Church (Catholic)

The simply designed Walburgis Church was not consecrated until 1958 .

• Francis Chapel (ecumenical)

In October 2013, the chapel with a window was inaugurated by Johannes Schreiter on the private initiative of Mayor Roland Fitzner between Muhr and Wehlenberg .

• Widow's residence in Julienberg

The widow's residence Julienberg dates from the 17th century.

• Bird island

The bird island has an information center and an ornithological educational trail.

• Altmühlsee information center

The information center is located at the Muhrer Bürgerhof, where you can find out about technology, nature and culture around the Altmühlsee.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Muhr am See

Events and leisure activities

The fact that the action of robbers from Friedrich Schiller in the original five Muhrer palaces was located, is taken into account by Summer Festival. The Altmühlsee Festival takes place on the open-air stage in the Bürgerhof.

In the nearby Mönchswald there are around 150 kilometers of signposted hiking trails.

The Seezentrum Muhr am See offers restaurants, sanitary facilities and changing rooms for the beach, boat and bicycle rental and a boat dock. There is also a sports boat facility with land and water berths and a campsite.

traffic

The regional trains on the Treuchtlingen – Würzburg line stop in Muhr am See ; the station is part of the transport association for the greater Nuremberg area (VGN) The federal highway 13 leads through parts of the place.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Wolfgang Popp (1935–2017), Germanist and literary scholar
• Werner Horn (* 1938), Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian

Honorary citizen

• Johann Löffler (born June 5, 1911 - January 1, 1999), mayor from 1966 to 1975
• Fritz Flath (born January 28, 1917 - † September 14, 2005), politician (FDP)
• Karl Schotterer (born November 21, 1919 - † May 12, 2009), local councilor
• Roland Fitzner (Mayor from 1988 to 2014)

literature

• Daniel Burger , Birgit Friedel: Castles and palaces in Middle Franconia. ars vivendi verlag, Cadolzburg 2003, pp. 117–119, ISBN 3-89716-379-9 .

Web links

Commons : Muhr am See  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Muhr am See  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Muhr am See: 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. ^ Muhr a.See community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
3. ^ 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. 730 .
4. ↑ Church newspaper for the diocese of Eichstätt, No. 45 of November 10, 2013, p. 22
5. ↑ Werner Falk: "Roland Fitzner is the new honorary citizen of Muhr am See" , on nordbayern.de (accessed on April 28, 2014)