Schauenstein

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Coat of arms of the town of Schauenstein
Schauenstein
Map of Germany, position of the city of Schauenstein highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 11 ° 45'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : court
Management Community : Schauenstein
Height : 606 m above sea level NHN
Area : 26.66 km 2
Residents: 1899 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 71 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95197
Area code : 09252
License plate : HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key : 09 4 75 165
City structure: 18 districts

City administration address :
Rathausplatz 1
95197 Schauenstein
Website : www.schauenstein.de
Mayor : Florian Schaller ( CSU )
Location of the town of Schauenstein in the Hof district
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View from the Hagenmühle to the Selbitztal (May 2008)

Schauenstein is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Hof and the seat of the Schauenstein administrative community , to which the municipality of Leupoldsgrün belongs in addition to the town of Schauenstein .

geography

Geographical location

Schauenstein is located on the eastern edge of the Franconian Forest Nature Park . The main town of Schauenstein rises east of the Selbitz , the districts of Volkmannsgrün and Uschertsgrün are traversed by the Selbitz.

City structure

Schauenstein consists of a total of 18 districts (population figures in brackets, as of December 31, 2006):

history

Until the church is planted

Schauenstein was first mentioned in a document in 1230 . In 1291 the town was raised under the knights of Wolfstriegel . In 1386 they sold the place to the burgraves of Nuremberg . The Upper Office of the Prussian Principality of Bayreuth , which had been Prussian since 1792 , belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 . With this it fell to France in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and came to Bavaria in 1810 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

In 1622 a tipper mint was in operation here.

School children in the Schauenstein DP camp in 1946

20th century

In 1924 the Helmbrechts – Selbitz railway line was opened with the railway station in Schauenstein. After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Schauenstein belonged to the American zone of occupation . The American military administration set up a DP camp to accommodate Jewish displaced persons (DP). Thousands had fled Poland and Eastern Europe to the protection of the Western allies because of anti-Semitic excesses. The camp was looked after by a team from UNRRA . A prisoner of war camp was set up in a former cotton twining mill . The SS doctor Josef Mengele , who was traveling without papers and using false names, was interned there for a few weeks in the summer of 1945. In 1976, passenger traffic on the Helmbrechts – Selbitz line was discontinued.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent communities Neudorf and Volkmannsgrün were incorporated. On May 1, 1978 Haidengrün and Windischengrün were added.

Outsourcing

On May 1, 1978 an area with then about 40 inhabitants was assigned to the neighboring town of Helmbrechts .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 2,281 to 1922 by 359 or 15.7%. On December 31, 1992, Schauenstein had 2,470 inhabitants.

politics

mayor

Peter Geiser ( ÜWG ) was mayor from May 18, 2011 . This was defeated in the election on March 15, 2020 Florian Schaller ( CSU ), who took office on May 1, 2020.

City council

The last local elections resulted in the following allocation of seats in the city ​​council :

2002 2008 2014 2020
CSU 3 3 4th 7th
SPD / community of voters (WG) 5 4th 4th 2
Non-partisan voter community (ÜWG) 6th 7th 6th 5
total 14th 14th 14th 14th

partnership

There is a partnership with the municipality of Wieselburg-Land in Lower Austria .

Culture and sights

Church seen from the market square with the castle in the background

Architectural monuments

Museums

Memorial stone

In the local cemetery, a grave field with a plaque commemorates 31 concentration camp prisoners who were victims of the Nazi tyranny and who are buried there.

Natural monuments

The rock formations Wachende Jungfrau and Sleeping Giant are considered formative natural formations in Schauenstein.

Regular events

  • City festival on the last weekend in May or the first weekend in June
  • Midsummer celebration and forest festival of the Franconian Forest Association , two weeks before the shooting and meadow festival
  • Schützen- und Miesenfest on the first weekend in July (Friday to Monday, since 2012 every two years)
  • Christmas market on the Selbitz (in the Volkmannsgrün district) on the third Sunday in Advent

literature

Web links

Commons : Schauenstein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Schauenstein  - 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. bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
  3. ^ Heinrich Gradl : Regesten der von Zedtwitz , Berlin 1884, p. 28, accessed on May 5, 2014 (PDF; 2.69 MB).
  4. Schauenstein - Jewish DP Children's and Youth Camp / Jewish DP Children's and Youth Center. Nuremberg Institute for Nazi Research and Jewish History of the 20th Century V., May 5, 2013, accessed May 3, 2014 .
  5. Elfriede Schneider: A war criminal in Schauenstein In: Frankenpost . January 27, 2014, p. 3.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 530 .
  7. a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 688 .
  8. Mayor. City of Schauenstein, accessed on May 3, 2014 .
  9. Local elections in 2020. Hof district, accessed on May 8, 2020 .
  10. Mayor, city councilors, local spokesman. City of Schauenstein, accessed on May 3, 2014 .
  11. Announcement of the results of the election of the town council of the town of Schauenstein on Sunday, March 16, 2014. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Town of Schauenstein, March 28, 2014, archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; Retrieved May 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schauenstein.de
  12. Mayor, City Council and Committees. City of Schauenstein, accessed on May 8, 2020 .
  13. partner community of Schauenstein August 2015. www.wieselburg-land.at, 23 August 2015, accessed on 8 October 2017 .
  14. Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation , volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education , Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 191.