Oberwaiz

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Oberwaiz
Eckersdorf municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 22 ″  N , 11 ° 28 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 428  (424-438)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 332  (Jul 1, 2020)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 95488
Area code : 09279
Forsthaus Oberwaiz, the former hunting lodge of the Plassenberg family, built in 1776
Forsthaus Oberwaiz, the former hunting lodge of the Plassenberg family, built in 1776

Oberwaiz is a district of the municipality of Eckersdorf in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia ( Bavaria ).

geography

The Stockbrunnenbach flows through the village, a right tributary of the Dühlbach , which flows into the Red Main on the left . The Teufelsloch nature reserve is located north of Oberwaiz . A community road leads to the B 22 (0.6 km south) or to the Waldhütte (3.1 km north).

history

The place was first mentioned in 1386 as "Reichhardsweißig". The defining word Hard is the Middle High German name for forest. Reichhard therefore means Reichswald . The basic word white means limit. Oberwaiz and Unterwaiz were therefore border villages on the Reichswald. In 1697 the place was first referred to as "Oberwaitz".

With the community edict (early 19th century) Oberwaiz became a rural community , to which the places Schanz and Tröbersdorf belonged. It was under the administration and jurisdiction of the Bayreuth Regional Court and had an area of ​​5.305 km². On May 1, 1978, it was incorporated into the municipality of Eckersdorf as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

The listed forester's house serves as a leisure home for the Evangelical Reformed Church of Bavaria .

Architectural monuments

  • Am Forstanger 4: Former forester's house, former hunting lodge of the Plassenberg family, two-storey sandstone block building with hipped roof, 1776; round-arched sandstone gate entrance marked "FW1768".
  • Troschau: Kreuzstein, sandstone with Maltese cross in front and behind, second half 17th century
  • House No. 24: Weith inn. Simple two-story ashlar building from the middle of the 18th century. Three to six axes. Hip roof with newer dormers. On the door keystone the year 1752 .

Population development

Oberwaiz municipality

year 1827 1840 1852 1855 1861 1867 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1919 1925 1933 1939 1946 1950 1952 1961 1970
Residents 251 270 308 310 330 328 333 315 331 300 298 297 287 270 276 280 279 260 230 409 388 339 278 278
Houses 49 47 47 48 47 50
source

Location Oberwaiz

year 001827 001861 001871 001885 001900 001925 001950 001961 001970 001987 002016 002020
Residents 175 233 220 182 186 173 244 181 184 216 343 332
Houses 31 32 32 30th 32 55
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literature

Web links

Commons : Oberwaiz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.eckersdorf.de
  2. Oberwaiz in the Bavaria Atlas
  3. a b c Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 657-658 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ 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. 676 .
  5. A. Gebeßler, p. 134. Monument protection canceled, object possibly demolished. Original house numbering.
  6. a b Only inhabited houses are given. From 1871 to 1987 these are called residential buildings .
  7. ^ A b Karl Friedrich Hohn (Hrsg.): Geographical-statistical description of the Upper Main district . J. Dederich, Bamberg 1827, p. 67 ( digitized version ).
  8. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 138 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version ).
  9. a b Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 846 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
  10. a b 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. 1018 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  11. a b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 964 ( digitized version ).
  12. a b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1009 ( digitized version ).
  13. a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1032 ( digitized version ).
  14. a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 893-894 ( digitized version ).
  15. a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 150 ( digitized version ).
  16. Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 294 ( digitized version ).