Pinzberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 6 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Management Community :	Gosberg
Height :	334 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.32 km 2
Residents:	1970 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	148 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	91361, 91358
Area code :	09191
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 158
Community structure:	5 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Reuther Str. 1 91361 Pinzberg
Website :	www.vg-gosberg.de
Mayoress :	Elisabeth Simmerlein (Free Voters)
Location of the municipality of Pinzberg in the Forchheim district

Pinzberg is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim and the seat of the Gosberg administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

Pinzberg is located in the Upper Franconia-West planning region , about 5 km southeast of Forchheim .

Community structure

The municipality of Pinzberg has 5 districts :

• Dobenreuth
• Elsenberg
• Gosberg
• Pinzberg
• Stone trench

There are the districts Dobenreuth (with Steingraben), Gosberg and Pinzberg (with Elsenberg).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Wiesenthau , Leutenbach , Kunreuth , Effeltrich , Forchheim .

Old forge and Wegbrunnen in Pinzberg

history

Until the church is planted

Pinzberg belonged to the bishopric of Bamberg , which from 1500 was in the Franconian Empire . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place, like large parts of Franconia, has belonged to Bavaria (see also History of Franconia ). In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Dobenreuth and Gosberg were incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 1493 inhabitants
• 1970: 1608 inhabitants
• 1987: 1696 inhabitants
• 1991: 1824 inhabitants
• 1995: 1898 inhabitants
• 2000: 1864 inhabitants
• 2005: 1923 inhabitants
• 2010: 1926 inhabitants
• 2015: 1903 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 12 members (excluding the mayor).

	CSU / Citizens' Block	Free voter group village community	Voting community of independent citizens	The chance	total
2014	4th	4th	3	1	12 seats
2020	3	6th	3	-	12 seats

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020)

mayor

Elisabeth Simmerlein (Free Voters) has been the mayor since 2020. Reinhard Seeber (CSU / Bürgerblock) was in office from 1996 to 2020. His predecessor was the later District Administrator Reinhardt Glauber (1990 to 1996).

Second mayor is Peter Andexinger (Voting Association of Independent Citizens) and third Mayor Thorsten Glauber (Free Voting Group).

Youth council and youth mayor

There has been a youth council in Pinzberg since 1996. This was brought into being by the then mayor Reinhardt Glauber. The incumbent youth mayor since 2008 is Fabian Friedl from Gosberg.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: In gold, a looped red tip, inside a silver gate tower with an adjoining silver ashlar wall on both sides; bordered in front by a black three-leaf clover, behind by a black cornflower blossom.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Pinzberg

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, in 1998 there were 28 in the manufacturing industry and no employees in the field of trade and transport who were subject to social security contributions at the place of work. In other economic areas, 29 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 669 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and one company in the main construction sector. In addition, there were 71 farms in 1999 with an agricultural area of ​​1046 hectares, of which 633 hectares were arable land and 338 hectares were permanent green areas.

traffic

The community has two stops (Pinzberg and Gosberg) on ​​the Forchheim – Behringersmühle railway line and is integrated into the tariff area of ​​the greater Nuremberg area .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through Pinzberg .

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

• a kindergarten with 75 kindergarten places and 61 children
• an elementary school with five teachers and 106 students

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Binsberg . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 387 ( digitized version ).
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Pinzberg . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 4 : Ni-R . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753101 , Sp. 353-354 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Pinzberg
• Local history and church of Pinzberg near Foracheim
• Entry on the coat of arms of Pinzberg  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Franconian Switzerland Nature Park
• Pinzberg: 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. ^ Parish Pinzberg in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
3. ↑ Johannes Neumann: The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803: Requirements and consequences (PDF file; 179 kB)
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. 684 .