Pommelsbrunn

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Pommelsbrunn
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Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Middle Franconia
County : Nuremberg country
Height : 468 m above sea level NHN
Area : 50.04 km 2
Residents: 5325 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 106 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 91224
Area code : 09154
License plate : LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key : 09 5 74 147
Community structure: 22 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration:
Rathausplatz 1
91224 Pommelsbrunn
Website : www.pommelsbrunn.de
Mayor : Jörg Fritsch ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Pommelsbrunn in the district of Nürnberger Land
Nürnberg Nürnberg Landkreis Roth Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt Landkreis Bayreuth Landkreis Forchheim Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach Engelthaler Forst Zerzabelshofer Forst Schönberg (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Rückersdorfer Forst Laufamholzer Forst Günthersbühler Forst Forsthof (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Fischbach (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Feuchter Forst Brunn (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Behringersdorfer Forst Feucht (Mittelfranken) Offenhausen (Mittelfranken) Alfeld (Mittelfranken) Altdorf bei Nürnberg Burgthann Engelthal Happurg Henfenfeld Hersbruck Kirchensittenbach Lauf an der Pegnitz Leinburg Ottensoos Pommelsbrunn Reichenschwand Röthenbach an der Pegnitz Rückersdorf (Mittelfranken) Schwaig bei Nürnberg Schwarzenbruck Velden (Pegnitz) Vorra Winkelhaid Schnaittach Neunkirchen am Sand Simmelsdorf Winkelhaid (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Haimendorfer Forst Neuhaus an der Pegnitzmap
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Pommelsbrunn is a municipality in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

Pommelsbrunn, aerial photo (2016)

geography

Geographical location

Pommelsbrunn is about five kilometers east of Hersbruck in the east of the Nürnberger Land district. The eastern part of the Hartmannshof community borders the Amberg-Sulzbach district . Federal road 14 runs through Pommelsbrunn . The municipality is traversed by the Pegnitz and its tributaries Högenbach and Hirschbach.

The municipal area has a very turbulent topography and is at an altitude of 400–650 m above sea level. NHN . The Jura landscape of Pommelsbrunn is located in the natural spatial unit of the  Franconian Alb and the natural space unit of the  Northern Franconian Alb .

Community structure

The community has 22 districts :

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting clockwise in the north): Hirschbach , Etzelwang , Weigendorf , Birgland , Alfeld , Happurg , Hersbruck and Vorra .

geology

Pommelsbrunn is located in the Hersbrucker Alb . Geologically, the Hersbrucker Alb belongs to the Franconian Jura . The numerous stream valleys cut deeply into the plateaus of the Alb cover. In the characteristic Jura landscape of the spacious municipal area, the underlying geological layers of the White Jura (Malm) and Brown Jura (Dogger) emerge. From the valley perspective, these geological formations form a typical layered landscape .

The White Jura is the defining geological unit in Pommelsbrunn. Formations of marl , limestone and dolomite stone shape the diverse hilly landscape. Reef dolomite also occurs on the plateaus of the Frankenalb. Fossils sometimes appear in the massive dolomite stone . The valleys of Pegnitz, Högenbach, Hirschbach and Geresbach have Quaternary valley fillings and on the slope areas the Brown Jura with iron sandstone formation comes to the surface.

In the vicinity of Heuchlichen and Bürtel as well as south and southwest of Hegendorf, the Jura layers are overlaid by an overburden of Mesozoic and Young Paleozoic layers from the Cretaceous period . In these areas, the Danubian Chalk Group is geologically decisive.

climate

Pommelsbrunn is located in the cool, temperate climate zone and has a humid climate . The community is located in the transition area between the humid Atlantic and dry continental climates . After the climate classification of Köppen / Geiger Pommelsbrunn belongs to the temperate warm rainy climate (Cfb climate). The mean air temperature of the warmest month remains below 22 ° C and that of the coldest month above -3 ° C.

The annual average rainfall is 675 mm, with an overweight in summer. June is the wettest month with 79 mm. February has the lowest rainfall at 40 mm. The mean temperature over the entire year is 8.3 ° C. July is the warmest month of the year with an average of 17.5 ° C. The lowest temperatures are recorded in January with an average of -1.3 ° C.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Pommelsbrunn
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1.4 3.1 8.0 13.1 18.2 21.4 23.0 22.3 18.6 12.8 6.0 2.7 O 12.6
Min. Temperature (° C) −4.0 −3.5 −0.5 2.9 7.3 10.6 12.1 11.5 8.1 4.1 0.6 −2.2 O 4th
Temperature (° C) −1.3 −0.2 3.7 8.0 12.7 16.0 17.5 16.9 13.3 8.4 3.3 0.2 O 8.3
Precipitation ( mm ) 49 40 45 46 63 79 78 73 53 48 47 54 Σ 675
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Source: Climate-Data

history

Pommelsbrunn, 2005

Until the church is planted

The place was first mentioned as "Paumolsprunne" in 1312 in the Salbuch of Engelthal Monastery. Paumol is derived from Paumold and means tree forest, Prunne indicates a well or spring. Pommelsbrunn is located on the Golden Road from Nuremberg to Prague . In 1349 it fell with Lichtenstein Castle above the village and other Palatinate regions through marriage to the Bohemian King and later Emperor Karl IV. Through an exchange of territory between Charles and his son-in-law, Pommelsbrunn came to Margrave Otto in 1373 with large parts of the Upper Palatinate and became Bavarian. In the First Margrave War (1449–1450) Pommelsbrunn was burned down. In the Landshut War of Succession (1504) the Nuremberg conquered extensive Palatinate territories, the place was burned down again and fell to the imperial city of Nuremberg . The landlords were Nuremberg patrician families. In the Thirty Years War , the Swedish King Gustav Adolf moved with his troops through the municipality. For centuries the village of Pommelsbrunn consisted of only 39 properties. After the Napoleonic Wars , the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the smashing of the imperial estates , Pommelsbrunn became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 . In 1818 the community came into being.

Incorporations

The municipality of Pommelsbrunn was formed as part of the regional reform on January 1, 1972 from the formerly independent municipalities of Eschenbach, Hohenstadt (partially), Hubmersberg, Arzlohe (partially) and Pommelsbrunn. Hartmannshof was added on January 1, 1977.

Religions

The majority of the population is Protestant. There are Catholic churches in Pommelsbrunn, Hartmannshof and Heldmannsberg, Protestant churches are in Pommelsbrunn, Eschenbach, Hohenstadt and Hartmannshof.

Population development

1840 to 1987

The population in Pommelsbrunn only increased slowly between 1840 and the Second World War . While 2498 people lived in the community in 1840, the number of inhabitants rose to 6249 by 1950 and then fell by the end of the 1980s.

year 1840 1871 1900 1925 1939 1950 1961 1970 1987
population 2498 2949 3429 3671 3720 6249 5008 4772 4786

Source: Bavarian State Office for Statistics

From 2005

The population development of Pommelsbrunn declined after the turn of the millennium. On December 31, 2011, the official population according to the  census  as part of the  2011 census was  only 5,189.

year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
population 5407 5387 5339 5330 5290 5238 5189 5138 5164 5151 5155 5239

Source: Bavarian State Office for Statistics

politics

City council election 2020
(in %)
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28.95
26.93
23.59
20.52
Gains and losses
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-4.37
-6.41
+8.62
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
a FW including FWG
Current distribution of seats in the Pommelsbrunn municipal council (March 15, 2020)
    
A total of 20 seats

FW including FWG

Municipal council

The municipal council has 20 members. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 2,736 of the 4,401 residents entitled to vote in the municipality of Pommelsbrunn exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 62.17%.

mayor

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Jörg Fritsch (SPD) was re-elected with 70.19% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Above a blue pointed shield base with seven points in silver, a gold-armored double-headed eagle split by red and black, topped with a little shield divided by silver and blue, with a growing black bear on top."

DEU Pommelsbrunn COA.svg

Description: The double-headed eagle stands for the two formerly most important rulers in the municipality: the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach / Brandenburg-Bayreuth and the imperial city of Nuremberg . The margraves had the red Brandenburg eagle in their coat of arms, the imperial city of Nuremberg the black imperial eagle. The top sign from the coat of arms of Ebner von Eschenbach, the former most important landlords in Eschenbach, refers to the place Eschenbach. The seven points represent the seven places of the community. The heart shield with the bear reminds of the Lords of Lichtenstein, who died out in the Middle Ages. The colors silver and blue are reminiscent of the Electorate of Bavaria, which was also important for the municipality.

Town twinning

There is a town partnership with Mildenau in the Ore Mountains .

Culture and sights

Pommelsbrunn

The bath house

The historic bath house is the only preserved bath house in Germany in rural areas. A letter of foundation dated September 24, 1486 is the first documentary mention of the building. In this Eberhart von Mistelbeck transferred the bathhouse of the church. It was in operation until 1867. In 2011, a museum for medieval bathing culture was set up in the former bath area of ​​the historic building.

The natural history museum is located in the community's former schoolhouse. The natural history presented includes cultural landscapes , minerals , caves and fossils .

The evangelical-Lutheran Sankt-Laurentiuskirche, which is visible from afar, characterizes the townscape of Pommelsbrunn. The first documented mention of the church is from 1393. In 1403 the parish church was first run under the name of St. Lorenz. Until 1526 it acted as a branch church of Happurg. The basement of the 43.05 meter high choir tower dates from the 14th century and has Romanesque features. Major renovations were carried out in 1693 and 1726–31 and determine the current appearance of the sacred building. The stucco work in the interior of the baroque church was carried out by Phillip Jakob Schmutzer according to designs by Donato Pollini. Numerous paintings, especially the large ceiling painting, Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, are by Johann Christoph Reich.

The rock Zankelstein - a 537 meter high valley tower ( geotope ) - rises high above the eastern edge of Pommelsbrunn. The Pommelsbrunn house and panoramic mountain is easy to climb, except for the twin towers at the back. At the top there is a beautiful panoramic view of Pommelsbrunn in the Högenbachtal and the Pegnitz valley in the west as well as the surrounding heights.

The Lichtenstein castle ruins , a high medieval  aristocratic castle, are located far above the village of Pommelsbrunn.

Pommelsbrunn was the winter residence of the former patrician family Behaim von Schwarzbach auf Kirchensittenbach . The last representative of the family died in the village in 1942 (see also: Martin Behaim , Martin Behaims Erdapfel ).

Eschenbach

Copper engraving of Eschenbach Castle by  Johann Adam Delsenbach , 1725

The Eschenbach Castle of the former patrician family and landlords Ebner von Eschenbach , also called Ebner Castle , is located in the district of Eschenbach and has been in the family since around 1508. The Castle is a former moated castle . A rectangular, three-story, massive Palas with time the same grand pianos from the year 1554/55 is the basic architectural structure. In 1885 a pointed helmet tower was added. On the south side of the inner courtyard there is a wall with a parapet walk around it .

The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of Sankt Paul zu Eschenbach represents the mother parish of Vorra, Alfalter and Hirschbach. The Pauluskirche was consecrated by Bishop Gundekar II of Eichstätt between 1057 and 1075. The choir tower was built at the beginning of the 14th century . The nave is from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century. Several alterations took place in 1445 and 1669. The nave was rebuilt in 1760. A church cemetery is attached to the church. Part of the cemetery fortification dates from the 15th century and is made of limestone.

Wengleinpark

The Wengleinpark nature conservation center is located in Eschenbach . In 1922, the entrepreneur and nature lover Carl Wenglein bought historic hutanger areas on a steep slope near Eschenbach and developed one of the first German nature conservation areas for educational and recreational purposes in the 1930s. One focus of the work today is on a hutanger project that has the maintenance of the Eschenbacher Kühanger as its subject.

Hartmannshof

The former station building in Hartmannshof was purchased in 1992 by Kurt Tausendpfund, the owner of the Sebald cement works there. In 2011, the Hartmannshof prehistoric station was opened in the building, in which objects from the Hunas cave ruins are shown.

See also: Stone Age in Franconia .

Arzlohe

There is a ruined chapel south of the Arzlohe settlement. The chapel was built in the 14th century and was consecrated to the two patron saints against the plague and epidemic, Rochus and Leonhard. Later, the name Zum heiligen Baum became popular. The single-nave, late Gothic sacral building made of limestone rubble was in ruins at the end of the 15th century. The chapel is in an open field and is surrounded by a group of trees. The place on which the ruin stands could, due to the popular name (Zum heiligen Baum), represent an earlier, pre-Christian place of worship, which later developed into a place of pilgrimage. At the Jakobi-Kirchweih there is still an evangelical procession from Pommelsbrunn to the chapel ruins.

Heldmannsberg

Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary

The Kurbaierische government initiated the construction of the Catholic parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in the course of the Counter-Reformation for the enclave of the Upper Palatinate in the Nuremberg area . The Catholics lived in this area for many centuries, scattered in the evangelical environment. The church with a hall and bau-choir that has not been moved in was built in the years 1672–1674 according to the plans of Wolfgang Hurstetter in a pure baroque style. In the late 17th century, the adjoining church cemetery was enclosed with a stone wall with a richly structured portal . Pilgrimages to the Catholic parish church were the starting point for disputes between the imperial city of Nuremberg and the Kurbaiern .

Hunas

Stone Age finds were proven in the cave ruins on Steinberg . The Erlangen  paleontologist  Florian Heller  discovered the filled cave near Hunas in 1956  . The cave ruins illustrate the history of the Ice Age man.

Cave ruins near Hunas

Monuments

In Pommelsbrunn, below the Friends of Nature House, a memorial commemorates the fallen and missing German soldiers in the area during World War II. There is a concentration camp memorial before Pommelsbrunn in the direction of Hubmersberg.

Sports

Sign Five Rivers Cycle Route.JPG

In Pommelsbrunn there is the sports club SC Pommelsbrunn (each with a soccer, tennis, athletics and gymnastics department). There is also the SV Hartmannshof, the SC Eschenbach and the SV Hohenstadt.

Hiking and biking trails

With the expansion of the Nuremberg-Amberg Eastern Railway (1859), Pommelsbrunn developed into a place for excursions and recreation for the Nuremberg city population. Numerous hiking trails run through the attractive Jura landscape of Hersbrucker Switzerland . The supraregional five rivers cycle path leads past Pommelsbrunn. The Pan-European Cycle Route connects the two capitals Paris and Prague.

Protected areas

Schottental nature reserve near Heldmannsberg

Nature reserve

Near the 42 is the Pommelsbrunner district Heldmannsberg hectares comprehensive nature reserve Schottental at Heldmannsberg . The Albs situation of the Schottental is protected with near-natural forests, limestone grasslands , spring meadows , wetlands and woodland structures.

Landscape protection area

The natural area of the municipality of Pommelsbrunn with the exception of the settlement body through the 21,890.2-hectare conservation area Northern Jura protected. The designation of the largest landscape protection area in the district of Nürnberger Land took place in 1985.

Protected landscape components

The Fischbrunner Anger in the Hubmersberg district is a protected landscape component under nature protection. The historic hutanger area with its predominant stock of limestone grassland and near-natural forest areas has a special scenic charm with a long cultural landscape history.

The protected landscape component Geiskirche in the Eschenbach district depicts a typical, small-scale Alb situation of the rocky crests on the Pegnitz valley slope with near-natural forests, rocks and limestone grasslands.

Natura-2000 area

The eaves slopes of the Hersbrucker Alb  are registered as a European protected area to the European Commission and are therefore part of the Natura 2000 network . The 1,472-hectare fauna-flora-habitat area (FFH areas) comprises seven sub-areas, which are located in the communities of Happurg, Hersbruck, Kirchensittenbach, Pommelsbrunn, Vorra and Weigendorf. The wooded Alb eaves with the characteristic limestone and dolomite rocks are of particularly high ecological quality. In addition to near-natural beech and rubble forests, extensive rubble heaps and open limestone rubble corridors characterize the diverse natural area. The diverse habitats offer rare and endangered animal and plant species suitable site conditions. The great mouse-eared mouse ( Myotis myotis ) and smooth snake ( Coronella austriaca ) inhabit the open landscapes of the protected area.

Economy and Infrastructure

industrial area

Although Pommelsbrunn is only a small community, the village has its own industrial area near the train station.

Train stations

There are three train stations with different connections in the municipality of Pommelsbrunn:

Social

Pommelsbrunn has a primary school and several kindergartens. There is also a retirement home in town.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Connected to Pommelsbrunn

literature

Web links

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

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