Schnaittach

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Schnaittach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '  N , 11 ° 21'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Middle Franconia
County : Nuremberg country
Height : 355 m above sea level NHN
Area : 49.35 km 2
Residents: 8507 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 172 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 91220
Area code : 09153
License plate : LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key : 09 5 74 155
LOCODE : DE SBY
Market structure: 33 parts of the community

Market administration address : 		Marktplatz 1
91220 Schnaittach
Website : www.schnaittach.de
First Mayor : Frank Pitterlein ( CSU )
Location of the market Schnaittach in the district of Nürnberger Land
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View of Schnaittach from Rothenberg
City gate
town hall

Schnaittach is a market in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

geography

Geographical location

The core town of Markt Schnaittach is located in the Schnaittachtal on the river of the same name, a tributary of the Pegnitz , west of the Rothenberg on the edge of the Franconian Alb. The subsoil (heights 330–400 m above sea level) consists either of sandstone / sand or loam or debris from the Franconian Alb . Limestone can also be found in layers over 400 meters . Sand and clay are mined in pits in the area, limestone in quarries. The core town is located west of the Veldenstein Forest and east of the Nuremberg Reich Forest.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting clockwise in the northeast) Betzenstein , Kirchensittenbach , Neunkirchen am Sand , Lauf an der Pegnitz , Eckental , Igensdorf , Weißenohe and Simmelsdorf .

Community structure

The market has 33 districts :

history

Schnaittach

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1011. Above the village is the Rothenberg fortress ruin , which was a fortress of the Wittelsbach family until Central Franconia was incorporated into Bavaria and was called "the Bavarian thorn in Nuremberg meat".

Kirchröttenbach

The district of Kirchröttenbach , west of Schnaittach on the border with Eckental, was first mentioned in a document as Rotenbach in 1054 , then renamed Kirch-Röttenbach around 1500 . The (now and then Catholic) Church of St. Walburga was at times a fortified church and a popular pilgrimage site in the 18th century .

Bellhofen

The place name Bellhofen (Pelhoven) von Großbellhofen , which is located between Schnaittach and Kirchröttenbach, indicates the farms of a certain Bello .

Incorporations

Former parishes:

  • Freiröttenbach (with Lillinghof and Schäferhütte) on July 1, 1971
  • Germersberg (with Laipersdorf) on July 1, 1971
  • Großbellhofen (with Kleinbellhofen, Röhrischhof and Weigensdorf) on July 1, 1971
Every year on the last weekend in July, the parish fair ( Kirwa in dialect ) takes place in Großbellhofen . The festival is traditionally organized by the village youth.
  • Hedersdorf (with Lochhof and Poppenhof) on July 1, 1971
Here the parish fair traditionally takes place on Corpus Christi and the following weekend.
  • Hormersdorf (with Bernhof, Götzlesberg and Reingrub) on January 1, 1972.
  • Kirchröttenbach (dialect Räinbo ) on July 1, 1972
  • Osterohe (with Bondorf, Frohnhof, Haidling and Schloßberg) on ​​July 1, 1971
  • Rabenshof (dialect Rammershuf ) on July 1, 1931 in Siegersdorf, incorporation of Siegersdorf on July 1, 1971
  • Siegersdorf (with Enzenreuth , backyard and Kaltenherberge) on July 1, 1971
Siegersdorf paid its dues to the monastic superintendent on the Hohenstein in the Middle Ages . Rabenshof was first mentioned in a document in 1275. It belonged to Bergen Abbey in the Middle Ages . Hinterhof is the smallest part of Schnaittach, the old name used to be Hinterrabenshof .
  • Untersdorf
Untersdorf lies at an altitude of 440  m above sea level. NHN . The place name ( dialect Unnerschduaf ) was mentioned in the Bamberg domnekrologists as Tunderatesdorf, village of a certain Tunderat, from 1285 . In the Second Margrave War in 1552/52, the place was damaged by arson by Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades , the damage amounted to 84 guilders according to records . In 1662 there is a list of souls with nine households in which four Catholics and 38 Lutherans lived. In 1987 Untersdorf had grown to 28 residential buildings with 106 inhabitants.

Residents

In 2003, 8,236 people lived in Schnaittach. In 2018 there were 8,423.

Religions

Protestant church

Until 1806 the Christian population of Schnaittach, in contrast to the surrounding area, was predominantly Catholic. Schnaittach had had a large Jewish community since the 15th century and soon had its own Jewish cemetery . Today the Jewish Museum in Franconia is located in the former synagogue building complex (second location in Fürth ).

politics

Market council

The market town council of Schnaittach consists of 20 market town councils and the first mayor.

CSU SPD Green FW FAIR Colorful list total
2020 9 4th 2 3 0 2 20 seats
2014 9 7th 0 0 0 4th 20 seats
2008 8th 7th 1 2 2 0 20 seats

(As of March 15, 2020)

mayor

since 2014 Frank Pitterlein (CSU)
2002-2014 Georg Brandmüller (SPD)

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Schnaittach is known for the Jewish Museum Franconia and the important rococo fortress Rothenberg (construction period from approx. 1729 to 1750). Since 1952, a memorial in the New Cemetery has been commemorating 39 Jewish residents whose tombstones were destroyed during the Nazi dictatorship . There is no reference to those who were deported in the Holocaust : 17 stumbling blocks remind of victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Schnaittach (see also the list of stumbling blocks in Schnaittach ).

societies

  • BRK Wasserwacht OG Schnaittach
  • FC Schnaittach
  • JFG Schnaittachtal (youth football club of the three main clubs 1. FC Schnaittach, 1. FC Hedersdorf and SV Osternohe)
  • Rothenberg Ski Club
  • Friends of the BRK in Schnaittach
  • Friends of the Freibad Schnaittach e. V.
  • Interest group Schnaittachtalbahn
  • Schnaittach tennis club
  • Schnaittachtal fishing association
  • Boy Scout Association Globetrotters , tribe Gray Foxes
  • Social association VdK, local association Schnaittach
  • Schnaittach volunteer fire department
  • Theater Association Edelweiß Schnaittach 1927 e. V.
  • Museum and History Association Schnaittach e. V. (looks after the local history museum and the Schnaittach history trail)
  • Heimatverein (mainly looks after the Rothenberg Fortress)

traffic

Schnaittach is located on the Schnaittachtalbahn (Neunkirchen a Sand – Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach). The historic now run-down train station is a five-minute walk from the town center. The trains usually run every hour to Nürnberg Hbf and Simmelsdorf-Hüttenbach . The junction "Schnaittach" of the federal motorway 9 with a service area is 1.5 kilometers away from the market square .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through Schnaittach .

Sports

The “full moon marathon” in 2004 was of international importance. The historic outdoor pool with 50m pool and diving tower, the bike park Osternohe with its own drag lift and the annual bike races are of national importance. Until a few years ago ( climate change ) there were ski lifts with steep slopes in Schnaittach and Osternohe and in nearby Spies and Hohenstein , as well as various cross-country trails .

Personalities

Born in Schnaittach
  • Ephraim Meyer (1779–1849), German money changer and banker in Hanover, probably born in Schnaittach
  • Fritz Schnelbögl (1905–1977), German historian, archivist and local researcher
  • Günter Eymold (* 1959), German soccer player
With reference to Schnaittach
  • Bärmann Fränkel (around 1645 / 1658–1708), regional rabbi of the Margraviate of Ansbach in Fürth, was a rabbi in Schnaittach
  • Hermann Flender (1653–1725), Roman Catholic theologian, dean and benefactor, was a chaplain in Schnaittach
  • Johann Conrad Vogel (1656–1721), organ builder, was previously a carver in Schnaittach
  • Johann Michael Doser (1678–1756), artist, wood carver and sculptor of the Baroque era, grew up in Schnaittach
  • Franz Axter (1772–1808), physician and writer, worked and wrote in Schnaittach
  • Karl Rösener (1879–1956), doctor, colonial pioneer and tropical medicine specialist in Cameroon, medical advisor and professor, lived and died in Schnaittach
  • Josef Wirth (1884–1941), academic sculptor, created the war memorial for World War I in Schnaittach
  • Karl Neupert (1910–1991), architect and spatial planner, died in Schnaittach
  • Helmut Herbolsheimer (* 1925), soccer player and coach, trained with FC Schnaittach
  • Georg Denzler (* 1930), Roman Catholic priest and professor of theology, was a chaplain in Schnaittach
  • Klaus Wenzel (* 1949), teacher, association functionary and textbook author, worked at the local secondary school
  • Thomas Brunner (* 1962), soccer player and coach, trained FC Schnaittach
  • Thomas Kristl (* 1963), soccer player and coach, trained FC Schnaittach
  • Andrea Lipka (* 1967), cabaret artist, theater director and politician, founded the theater Tausendschön in the town
  • Jamie Leweling (* 2001), soccer player, junior national player, grew up in Schnaittach

literature

Web links

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

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 of Schnaittach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, municipalities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 509 .
  4. ^ Pegnitzzeitung, as of June 30, 2003
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ Full moon marathon
  7. ↑ Schnaittach outdoor pool
  8. ↑ Bikepark Osternohe
  9. ↑ Ski lifts, slopes and trails in Schnaittach and the surrounding area