Schönsee

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Schönsee (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 12 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Schwandorf
Management Community :	Schönsee
Height :	655 m above sea level NHN
Area :	50.26 km 2
Residents:	2404 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92539
Area code :	09674
License plate :	SAD, BUL , NAB , NEN, OVI, ROD
Community key :	09 3 76 160
City structure:	24 districts
City administration address :	Hauptstrasse 25 92539 Schönsee
Website :	www.vg-schoensee.de
Mayor :	Reinhard Kreuzer
Location of the town of Schönsee in the Schwandorf district

City center Schönsee (2017)

City center Schönsee (2015)

Schönsee is a town in the northeast of the Upper Palatinate district of Schwandorf in Bavaria and the seat of the Schönsee administrative community , to which the municipalities of Stadlern and Weiding also belong.

geography

Geographical location

The town in the Upper Palatinate Forest is located near the border with the Czech Republic in the vicinity of the town of Hostouň (Hostau) in western Bohemia in the Ascha valley , which flows over the Schwarzach and Naab into the Danube , nestled between the 808.6 m high Stückberg and the Drechselberg ( 836 m high). The Weingartnerfels is located a few kilometers east of Schönsee . At 896.6 meters, it is the highest point in the district. A 30 m high observation tower, the Bohemian Forest Tower, was built there in 1984 . Schönsee is located in the Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities (clockwise) are: Eslarn , Rybník nad Radbuzou , Stadlern , Weiding (Schwandorf district) , Winklarn (Upper Palatinate) and Oberviechtach .

Oberviechtach 13 km	Eslarn 9 km	Rybník nad Radbuzou 14 km
Oberviechtach 13 km		Stadlern 7 km
Winklarn 13 km	Weiding 4 km	Stadlern 7 km

City structure

The municipality of Schönsee consists of the main town and the following 23 districts:

Buchenberg Dietersberg Dietersdorf Eulenberg Friedrichshang Gaisthal Gaisthaler hammer Grünthal

Rear Lindau Johannismühle Josephsthal leaves Lilienthal Lindau Muggenthal pad

Rackenthal Rosenhof Rosenthal Disappearance Weber houses Brick hut

Desolations:

• Ironing fire
• Plößerlohe
• Schallerhammer
• Stückhäusl
• Wagner Mill

history

In 1329 the place name Schönsee, at that time located in the Nordgau , appears in a deed of ownership of the Lords of Hostau in connection with the city of Hostau (Hostoun) as a place in inheritance , as in the Bohemian Forest area in the settlement area of ​​the West Slavic Chods for about 200 years German new settlers founded. Since 1350 Schönsee was under the feudal rule of the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg and in 1354 became a market town in the Upper Palatinate . Gold was found at the 874 m high Reichenstein in the 14th century . In 1514 Ulrich, Jörgen and Sebastian von Waldow sold Reichenstein Castle, today preserved as the Reichenstein Castle ruins , and the town of Schönsee for 3900 Rhenish guilders to Jobst Schlüsselfelder, Hans Reich and Hieronymus Hollfelder. During this time, the city ​​was granted city rights and a city coat of arms with a water lily stick.

In the 15th and 16th centuries iron hammers were operated in Schönseer Land ; Koehler smoldered the charcoal required for this in the wooded area. In 1530 Hans von Fuchs von Wallburg was the owner of the heirloom Reichenstein-Schönsee estate. When the Palatinate Elector Ottheinrich von Pfalz-Neuburg joined the Evangelical Lutheran Confession after the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 , Schönsee became a follower of the teachings of the reformer Martin Luther for three generations .

Schönsee around 1700

During the period of the Thirty Years' War during the recatholicization in Bavaria, Evangelical Lutheran Swedes invaded twice; the church was not spared from the arson in Schönsee. In 1641 Schönsee and a number of other places in the area came to the Fürstete Grafschaft Störnstein , remained there until 1807 and were sold by the Electorate of Bavaria to the newly formed Kingdom of Bavaria after secularization in Bavaria . In the middle of the 19th century at the time of the liberation of the farmers in Bavaria from inheritance and the beginning of industrialization, a fire disaster occurred in Schönsee in 1868. The city was rebuilt and has belonged to the Free State of Bavaria since the end of the First World War and the November Revolution of 1918 .

At the beginning of the 19th century, glass grinding shops replaced iron hammers. New employment opportunities arose at the beginning of the 20th century when a lace school was opened in Schönsee . The high quality level of the tips continues to this day. The fall of the Iron Curtain and the opening of the border with the Czech Republic in 1993 freed the Schönsee area from its peripheral location .

Today tourism in Schönsee is of particular importance as a source of income. In addition to the local gastronomy and parks, the city has sports and leisure facilities and a largely intact, surrounding natural landscape with 120 km of marked, local hiking trails, supraregional trails, such as the E6 and guided cross-border hiking and cycling tours in the Upper Palatinate and Bohemian border area to the Czech Republic. A parking space at the city's outdoor pool has been set up for motorhome owners.

In the Schönseer Land the art of lace making has an old tradition and continues the tradition from the former Weißensulz in the court district of Hostau . Weekend and weekend courses are offered for vacationers and locals to learn and maintain this handicraft. In cooperation with the German Lace Association in Übach-Palenberg , exhibitions are prepared and carried out. The department store Köck in Schönsee offers an overview with a bobbin lace exhibition and purchase opportunity.

Incorporations

In 1945 or 1946 parts of the previously independent communities Gmeinsrieth and Pirkhof were incorporated. On January 1, 1972 Dietersdorf and Schwand were added. Gaisthal followed on January 1, 1975.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the population fell from 2,730 to 2,447 by 283 inhabitants or 10.4%. Population development in the municipality of Schönsee taking into account the incorporations:

year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2005	2010	2015
Residents	2959	3209	2982	2861	2486	3260	2794	2957	2697	2982	2859	2739	2679	2439

politics

City council

Schönsee has a fourteen-member council. The local elections on March 16, 2014 led to the following result:

List / party	Share of votes	Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)	35.3%	5
SPD / Free Voting Community (FWG)	10.6%	1
Free voter community Schönsee and surroundings	23.5%	3
Free group of voters from different communities	18.3%	3
Free community of voters Gaisthal-Rackenthal	12.4%	2

In addition, the mayor belongs to the municipal council.

mayor

Mayor is Reinhard Kreuzer.

coat of arms

Blazon: In silver, a horizontal green water lily stick with three green leaves growing from the left edge of the shield. The coat of arms dates from the 15th century.

Town twinning

Schönsee, together with the neighboring communities Stadlern and Weiding, has entered into a partnership with the town of Poběžovice in the Czech Republic, about 18 km to the east .

Sights, culture, leisure

Catholic parish church of St. Wenceslas

The parish of Schönsee is listed as Schünsee in the parish register around 1350. Presumably, however, there was a Romanesque church as early as the 12th century . Unfortunately there is no record of this. A total of three fires destroyed the Schönsee church. The church was destroyed and set on fire for the first time in 1431 by the Hussites who invaded the entire Upper Palatinate. On February 12, 1641, the church burned down a second time together with the tower during the Thirty Years War. The church burned again during the great city fire in 1867. The church was rebuilt from 1868 to 1874 by craftsmen and artists from the region. The last extensive interior renovation took place in 1997. The church owes its current appearance to this interior renovation. Most of the furnishings date from after 1874. Some of the figures from the old church were saved from the flames and integrated into the new church. Today the Schönsee parish church is a light-flooded church with simple furnishings from the 19th century.

organ

On October 7th, 2007 the new organ of the organ building company Sandtner from Dillingen was inaugurated. The organ has 28 sounding stops on two manuals and a pedal.

CeBB

Since March 2006 the Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (CeBB) has existed in the former communal brewery in the town of Schönsee, a Bavarian-Bohemian cultural center to promote cross-border German-Czech relations with exhibitions and the like. a. for bobbin lace, concerts, readings and other events.

Walking and cycling

The Bavarian-Bohemian Friendship Trail leads through Schönsee . It connects the cities of Nabburg and Horšovský Týn . From the former Schönsee train station, it runs as a cycle and hiking trail on the former railway line from Schönsee to Nabburg . The Aschatal cycle path runs from Schönsee through the wild and romantic valley of the Ascha to Neunburg vorm Wald .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Schönsee

photos

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  Schönsee (2015)

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  Schönsee, Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (2009)

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  Schönsee (2009)

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  Schönsee in Winter (2012)

traffic

From Schönsee, connecting roads lead to the surrounding towns of Oberviechtach , Rötz , Waldmünchen and the border community of Waidhaus . There is a connection to the federal motorway 6 (distance 14 km). The next train station is located 30 km to the west in the city of Nabburg . Schönsee is connected to the A 93 via Nabburg . The Nabburg – Schönsee railway line is closed.

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. ↑ bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
3. ↑ Schönsee residents' registration office, December 12, 2012
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 544 f .
5. ^ 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. 667 .
6. ^ Database statistical data for Bavaria
7. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing - Local Elections
8. ↑ Members of the City Council at vg-schoensee.de, accessed on May 11, 2020

literature

• Franz Xaver Wellnhofer: Chronicle of the city of Schönsee, Schönsee 1927.
• Teresa Guggenmoos: City of Schönsee, Schönsee 1981.
• Emma Mages: Oberviechtach . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria , part of Old Bavaria . Series I, issue 61. Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7696-9693-X ( digitized version ).
• Karl-Otto Ambronn: Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Part of Old Bavaria , Series II, Book 3, Landsassen and Landsassengüter of the Principality of the Upper Palatinate in the 16th century, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7696-9932-7 .
• Georg Hager: The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Upper Palatinate and Regensburg . Volume II, individual volume 7: District Office Oberviechtach . Munich 1906, reprint ISBN 3-486-50437-1 .

Web links

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

• Entry on the coat of arms of Schönsee  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Aerial views of the city
• Schönsee: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.2 MB)
• List of monuments for Schönsee (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 134 kB)
• Railway lines as cycle paths
• Bavarian-Bohemian Friendship Cycle Path
• Oberviechtach hiking trails
• Views of the weather camera on the Centrum Bavaria Bohemia (live)