Reitsch

Reitsch Municipality Stockheim Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 58 ″ N , 11 ° 17 ′ 58 ″ E
Height :	338–365 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	683 (2016)
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	96342
Area code :	09261
	Memorial column on Dorfstrasse

Reitsch is a village in the municipality of Stockheim in the Upper Franconian district of Kronach in Bavaria with almost 700 inhabitants.

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1180. Reitsch was owned by Thuringian nobles. In the 17th century, coal was mined in the area known as the Büttnerszeche .

In 1870 the name of what was then Raitsch was officially changed to Reitsch .

On January 1, 1975, the Reitsch community, consisting of the church village Reitsch and the hamlet of Büttnerszeche, was incorporated into the community of Stockheim.

Buildings

Catholic branch church Heilig Kreuz

Holy Cross Church

In 1933 a church building association was founded, which from 1952 had the Holy Cross Church built in place of a chapel from 1894. On August 2, 1953, Archbishop of Bamberg, Joseph Otto Kolb, consecrated the church. In 1970/71 an extension followed with the addition of two side wings according to plans by the Kronach architect Baptist Detsch and in 1976 the 25.5 meter high bell tower. In 1992 the Reitsch branch church was changed from Neukenroth to Glosberg .

Architectural monuments

Two architectural monuments are listed in the Bavarian list of monuments .

Individual evidence

^ Community of Stockheim: official population figures of the community of Stockheim ( memento of March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 8, 2016
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 500 .
^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 689 .
↑ The history of the Reitsch parish at a glance

[1] Community of Stockheim: official population figures of the community of Stockheim ( memento of March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 8, 2016

[2] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 500 .

[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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 689 .

[4] The history of the Reitsch parish at a glance