Presseck

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Presseck
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Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '  N , 11 ° 33'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Kulmbach
Height : 642 m above sea level NHN
Area : 54.83 km 2
Residents: 1764 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 32 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 95355, 95131
Area code : 09222
License plate : KU, EBS , SAN
Community key : 09 4 77 148
LOCODE : DE PRS
Market structure: 46 parts of the community

Market administration address : 		Marktplatz 8
95355 Presseck
Website : www.presseck.de
Mayor : Christian Ruppert ( CSU )
Location of the Presseck market in the district of Kulmbach
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Presseck is a market in the district of Kulmbach ( Upper Franconia administrative region ).

geography

Geographical location

The community is located about 15 km northeast of Kulmbach in the Franconian Forest Nature Park , on a plateau between the valleys of the Lower Steinach and the Wild Rodach . Presseck is located at the foot of the 690 m high Pressecker Knock. The Franconian Marienweg runs through Presseck .

Community structure

The municipality has 46 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

history

Until the church is planted

The Schlopp district of Presseck was first mentioned in a document in 1024. The first mention of Presseck was in 1362 in a right-of-way agreement between Prince-Bishop Lupold of Bamberg and the knight Hans von Waldenfels . From 1697 to 1823 the Presseck market belonged to the Voit von Rieneck and was the seat of the Wildenstein rule . With the Rheinbund act 1806 the place came to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, the municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

The place belonged to the district Stadtsteinach until June 30, 1972 , which was dissolved on the occasion of the district reform and added to the district of Kulmbach.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Köstenberg and Schlackenreuth were incorporated. On January 1, 1974, Wildenstein and a smaller part of the dissolved community of Schwand were added. Heinersreuth followed on January 1, 1978. The Wartenfels market ended on May 1, 1978 with the municipality of Reichenbach, which was incorporated on January 1, 1976.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the number of inhabitants fell from 2,313 to 1,783 by 530 or 22.1%, which is the clearest percentage decrease in the number of inhabitants in the district in the period mentioned. On December 31, 1992 Presseck had 2530 inhabitants.

politics

Christian Ruppert ( CSU ) has been the first mayor since 2020 . Second mayor is Ludwig Ruml from the Free Voters.

The municipal council has 12 members:

  • CSU 6
  • Free voters 4
  • SPD 2

(Status: local elections 2020)

Culture and sights

The marketplace
Heinersreuth Castle
Minister's House next to Heinersreuth Castle

Architectural monuments

tourism

Presseck is on the Euregio Egrensis cycle path and on the Frankenweg .

Established businesses

  • BOSCHAGROUP, manufacturer of bags and leather goods

sons and daughters of the town

  • Inge Aures (born July 10, 1956), politician (SPD)

literature

Web links

Commons : Presseck  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Presseck  - 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. ^ Community Presseck in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 574 .
  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. 692 and 693 .
  5. ↑ Pressecker-Knock-Turm on the website of the Frankenwaldverein eV
  6. ↑ Display board in front of the castle