Selbitz (Upper Franconia)

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Selbitz (Upper Franconia)
Map of Germany, position of the city of Selbitz highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 19 '  N , 11 ° 45'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : court
Height : 520 m above sea level NHN
Area : 27.75 km 2
Residents: 4250 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95152
Area code : 09280
License plate : HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key : 09 4 75 171
City structure: 17 districts

City administration address : 		Bahnhofstrasse 2
95152 Selbitz
Website : www.selbitz.de
Mayor : Stefan Busch ( party-free voters )
Location of the city of Selbitz in the district of Hof
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City center Selbitz
Neuhaus Castle

Selbitz is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Hof and is located in the Franconian Forest about 14 km west of the district town of Hof .

Place name

The place name is occupied with "Seilbitz" (1358), "Selbitz" (1367), "Selwitz" (1374), "Selwicz" and "Selbitz" (1386), "Selbicz" (1388), "Schelwitz" (1401) , "Selwitz" (1407), "Selwicz" (1421) and "Selbitz" (from the 15th century).

The name comes either from the name of the water Želvьnica (for turtle stream ), for which the West Slavic word Žely (for turtle ) served as the basis, or from the word Zělwina (for the green ). With this and because of the ending -itz , the place name is a relic of the Western Slavs , who settled in what is now Upper Franconia during a wave of settlements in the 6th century (subsequently also referred to as terra slavorum ).

geography

Geographical location

The city lies on the Selbitz river of the same name , which flows through the town from south to north. The Rothenbach coming from the south-east also flows into the urban area. Selbitz is located in the Bavarian Vogtland and on the eastern edge of the Franconian Forest Nature Park .

Neighboring communities

Adjacent municipalities are:

mountain Köditz
Naila Neighboring communities court
Schauenstein Leupoldsgrün

Community structure

The city of Selbitz has 17 districts (population in brackets; as of January 1, 2007):

  • Dörnthal (119)
  • Edlasmühle
  • Föhrighaus
  • Hut (135)
  • Hut house
  • Kohlbuehl (19)
  • Sellanger (104)
  • Perennial houses
  • Stegenwaldhaus (70)
  • Juniper Bush (48)
  • Willow green (197)

history

Selbitz had been in the possession of the burgraves of Nuremberg since 1388 , who often passed the place on as a fief . The later office of the Prussian Principality of Bayreuth , which had been in Prussia since 1792 , was granted market rights on May 16, 1783 . Selbitz had important magistrate rights. The market town fell to France in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and became part of Bavaria in 1810 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 . On October 26, 1954, the Selbitz market was named town .

Thirty Years' War

Since Margrave Christian remained neutral in the first 13 years of the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), the area around Selbitz was largely spared from the war. In 1632 he made an alliance with the Swedish king Gustav Adolf , which brought the war to Selbitz. On October 11, 1632, the town church was set on fire by Croats , the rectory , the school and other houses and barns were also destroyed. In addition, the parish registers were lost.

Beer war between Naila and Selbitz

On April 11, 1778, the former Russian Selbitzer brewery was sold to the Naila bourgeois brewery cooperative without first informing the population. This meant that beer from Naila could also be delivered to Selbitz. When the first barrels were to be brought to Selbitz on April 13, 1778, the transport was initially stopped by General von Reitzenstein , owner of the second Selbitz brewery, Heinrich Beyer, mayor , and Georg Christoph Dittmar, jury and baker , but were later allowed to happen, whereby one barrel was delivered directly to the inn, the rest to a cellar. These were destroyed two days later by the mayor and the aldermen. When another delivery was on its way to Selbitz on April 24th, Beyer and Dittmar stopped this too, whereupon both were arrested, but were initially able to flee with the support of the local population. On May 6th, they were both arrested at home and taken to Hof for a trial. There they were each sentenced to six weeks in prison for damaging someone else's property , disobeying orders and wasting barley juice.

Although the people of Selbitz lost the trial and with it the beer war , beer from Naila is served at the home and meadow festival, which has been held annually since 1834, in the absence of an own brewery. At the festival since 1959, following the procession, the court hearing of children and young people has been reenacted on the town hall steps ( Wiesenfestspiel ).

Territorial reform

During the regional reform in Bavaria in the 1970s, four previously independent municipalities were incorporated into Selbitz (with Föhrighaus, Hüttungshaus, Kreuzbühl, Schertlas): Dörnthal (with Hüttung, Rothenbürg, Sellanger, Staudenhäuser, Stegenwaldhaus), Neuhaus (with Edlasmühle, Wachholderbusch) and Rodesgrün (with Kohlbühl) on April 1, 1971 and Weidesgrün on May 1, 1978. In addition, on July 1, 1976, parts of the neighboring communities of Köditz and Leupoldsgrün , each with less than 50 inhabitants at the time, were incorporated.

In the course of the district reform, the Naila district and Selbitz became part of the Hof district on July 1, 1972 .

Residents

The inhabitants are nicknamed "Bockpfeifer". This term originated approximately in the first half of the 19th century, as the Selbitz often than begging musicians in the area were on the road and doing a stand pipe (bagpipe) played. The name is often found in Selbitz, so there are z. B. a restaurant, a fan club, a hiking trail and the fountain at the town hall, whose name is part of the Bockpfeifer. The figure also appears in the city's coat of arms and in the title of the former home newspaper Der Selbitzer Bockpfeifer .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 4948 to 4294 by 654 or 13.2%. On December 31, 1994 the city had 5048 inhabitants.

year population
1961 5707
1970 5651
1987 4981
1995 4999
2000 4947
2005 4746
2010 4507
2015 4359

Documentation of the city's history

The city ​​archive in the town hall and the school museum in the elementary and middle school contribute to the documentation of the history of today's municipality of Selbitz . Furthermore, the Selbitzer Bockpfeifer has been published as a supplement to the city's citizens' newspaper since the 1950s , whereby the past of Selbitz and the experiences of the population (amateurish) could be illuminated (→ literature ).

religion

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Selbitz with a slate roof characteristic of the area (2009)

The majority of the population belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church . In addition, the Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Church have their own houses of worship.

The cemetery is located a little outside the city on Brunnenstrasse, after the old cemetery at the Evangelical Lutheran parish church had become too small. The names of the fallen and missing from the two world wars are written on plaques on the outside of the church.

Selbitz has been the seat of the Communität Christusbruderschaft Selbitz since 1949 , a community within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria , which runs a nursing home and a doctor's practice in the Walter Hümmer House on Wildenberg . There is a separate cemetery for deceased members of the Christ Brotherhood on the Wildenberg.

politics

The town hall of Selbitz (2012)

mayor

List of mayors since World War II :

In the election in 2014 was in the runoff Stefan Busch ( PFW selected) to the mayor.

City council election 2020
Turnout: 69.8%
(2014: 71.8%)
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30th
20th
10
0
32.4%
24.6%
7.1%
24.2%
11.7%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
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  -2
  -4
  -6
+ 0.7  % p
-3.4  % p
+ 7.1  % p
-5.2  % p
+ 0.8  % p

City council

The last four municipal elections in Selbitz resulted in the following allocation of seats in the city ​​council :

Party / list 2002 2008 2014 2020
CSU 7th 5 5 5
SPD 8th 6th 4th 4th
Green - - - 1
Party-Free Voters (PFW) 3 3 5 4th
Non-partisan voter community (ÜWG) 2 2 2 2
total 20th 16 16 16

Bundestag, Landtag, District Assembly and District Assembly

Selbitz is in the federal elections in the constituency of Hof (constituency 239), which includes the district of Hof, the city ​​of Hof and the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge . In the 2013 election, the directly elected MP is Hans-Peter Friedrich ( CSU ). Petra Ernstberger ( SPD ), Silke Launert (CSU) and Elisabeth Scharfenberg ( Greens ) also belong to the German Bundestag ( 631 members ) from the constituency.

For the state elections , the district of Hof (district 406), in which Selbitz is located, includes the city of Hof and the district of Hof. In the last election in 2013, the directly elected MP is Alexander König (CSU). In addition, the former mayor of Selbitz, Klaus Adelt ( SPD ), is a list candidate in the Bavarian state parliament ( 180 members ).

The constituency for the District Assembly of Upper Franconia (17 members) is identical to the Landtag constituency, the election also takes place at the same time. The directly elected MP is Eberhard Siller (CSU). At the moment, no other MP from the area of ​​the constituency belongs to the district assembly.

In the district council (60 members) of the district of Hof (last election 2014 ) Selbitz is represented by the district council members Klaus Adelt (SPD), Christa Fickenscher and Carsten Kirschner (both CSU).

coat of arms

“Split; in front (heraldic right) in red on green ground the figure of a bagpiper ( Bockpfeifer ) clad in silver with a black bagpipe; in the back (heraldic left) square of silver and black . "
  • history
The current coat of arms has been in use since 1977; before that, Selbitz had a silver coat of arms on which a black lamb could be seen on green ground.

Partnerships

At the turn of 1990, Pausa in the Saxon Vogtland district became Selbitz's twin town. There is also a partnership with the Selbitz district of the same name in the city of Kemberg in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Culture and sights

New lock

Architectural monuments

Neuhaus Castle is located in the Neuhaus district . The building was built in 1427/1428 and belonged u. a. of the von Waldenfels family . The castle is privately owned.

Sports

Selbitz indoor swimming pool, 2018

In 1971 the municipal indoor swimming pool with sauna was opened in Selbitz. After more than 38 years, the pool had to be closed in 2010 for financial reasons. After the building had served as a club sauna for a long time, it was demolished in 2019 and the area renatured.

Leisure, sport and tourism

The town of Selbitz has been attracting several thousand visitors every year at the end of July during the Heimat- und Wiesenfest since 1834. During the year, the Easter market, farmers' markets , a Kärwamarkt, the autumn market and the Christmas market take place.

The city and its surroundings offer visitors numerous opportunities for hiking , cycling (102 km), horse riding , shooting and tennis .

Leisure offers and activities are u. a. Coordinated by the tourist association and the national tourism association Selbitztal. In Selbitz there are a number of clubs, including volunteer fire brigades and Zimmerstutzen - shooting clubs in several districts, as well as football clubs . The SpVgg Selbitz (founded 1914), plays after 2012 the rise of the season North of the country League Bayern managed in the 2013/14 season in the northern season of bayernliga making it fünftklassig.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Location of the company Jomos in Garlesstraße in Selbitz (2011)

Most of the industry is located here ( textiles and clothing , paints and varnishes , spices , plastics processing , electrical engineering , mechanical engineering , printing , freight forwarding , building goods and the building trade ), although the number of companies has decreased in recent decades. The Serag-Wiesner company was relocated. On the premises of Apparatebau Wilhelm Heibl GmbH & Co. , which went bankrupt in 1998, the mediherz mail order pharmacy was opened at the end of 2009 and belongs to the Luitpold pharmacy in Bad Steben (medikamente-per-klick.de). One of the most famous companies in Selbitz is the Jomos shoe factory . The city has an industrial area conveniently located on the A 9 and A 72 federal motorways .

media

In the field of print media is Frankenpost read. Every Thursday the city of Selbitz publishes its citizens' paper, which is available from the municipality and in some local shops. Regional television ( TV Oberfranken ) and radio stations (e.g. Radio Euroherz ) can be received.

Education and schools

Selbitz has two kindergartens, both in Evangelical Lutheran ownership and a primary and secondary school (until 2009/10 school year elementary and secondary school ; the designation "is also on-site elementary school " usual). There are secondary schools in Naila, four kilometers away, and in Hof, 14 km away . Several courses at the adult education center in Selbitz take place every semester .

traffic

Selbitz station (2010)

The city is located on the A 9 (Berlin – Munich, exit Naila / Selbitz) and close to the Bavarian Vogtland motorway triangle of the A 9 and A 72 . It is no longer possible to travel by airliner since 2012 at the Hof-Plauen airfield, which is a few kilometers away, the regular service was discontinued.

Selbitz is served by rail on the Hof – Bad Steben railway line. In addition to the capital are also in the districts Rothenbürg and Stegenwaldhaus stops as request stop . The station in Selbitz currently has two through tracks and is the crossing station for the otherwise single-track route, which is used every hour. The Hof – Bad Steben route has been operated by the Agilis transport company since 2011 .

In the past it was possible to travel from Selbitz directly to Münchberg and further on via the Münchberg – Selbitz railway line . In addition to Selbitz, Weidesgrün also had a stop along the route. Since 1976 the route from Münchberg has ended in Helmbrechts. From Selbitz you have to drive via Hof to get to Münchberg by train.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Selbitz has an honorary citizen :

  • Josef Witt (1884–1954), founder of the Witt Weiden textile trading company , for the establishment and expansion of a weaving mill in Selbitz, appointed in 1949.

In addition, in 1933, at the beginning of the National Socialist era , four honorary citizens were appointed for political reasons, whose honorary title was revoked after the end of the war in 1945 (the functions at the time of appointment are given):

Sons of the city

People who work or have worked on site

Noble families

The history of Selbitz and its districts was centuries u. a. shaped by members of the aristocratic families Reitzenstein , Reuss , Rotenhan and Tettenbach . Their family crests are also attached to the ceiling of the town church. Other genders related to the place are Dobeck and Waldenfels .

In addition, there was a von Selbitz family who belonged to the knightly canton of Rhön-Werra and had their ancestral home “not far from [the neighboring community] Schauenstein ”. A Hans von Selbitz was a fellow campaigner of Götz von Berlichingen and was immortalized in the play Götz von Berlichingen (1773) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

literature

Web links

Commons : Selbitz  - 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. ↑ a b c Reitzenstein, p. 207.
  3. ↑ Maas, p. 205
  4. ↑ Did you know? , Nürnberger Nachrichten , December 9, 2006
  5. ↑ www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
  6. ↑ Evangelical Church in the Franconian Forest. Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlangen, Erlangen 1990, p. 119.
  7. ↑ The Selbitzer Bockpfeifer. Wiesenfestsondernummer / 1959, July 18, 1959, pp. 1–3.
  8. ↑ The Selbitzer Bockpfeifer. # 25/1959, December 12, 1959, pp. 1-4.
  9. ^ History of the city of Selbitz. Retrieved August 19, 2016 .
  10. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 530 .
  11. ↑ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 687 .
  12. ↑ Der Selbitzer Bockpfeifer , # 1/1970 , pp. 1-4, January 10, 1970
  13. ^ Restaurant Bockpfeifer , accessed on July 24, 2011
  14. ↑ FCN fan club Bockpfeifer , accessed on July 24, 2011
  15. ↑ www.wanderkompass.de ( Memento from February 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 24, 2011
  16. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church Community Selbitz
  17. ↑ Images of the city church in Selbitz , accessed on May 8, 2011
  18. ↑ Results of mayoral election 2014. (No longer available online.) City of Selbitz, March 16, 2014, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 .
  19. ^ Result of the mayor runoff election 2014. (No longer available online.) City of Selbitz, March 30, 2014, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 .
  20. ↑ Quick change in Selbitz. Frankenpost , April 1, 2014, accessed on April 6, 2014 .
  21. ↑ 2020 election results - election of the City Council of Selbitz , accessed on April 7, 2020
  22. ↑ Results of the 2014 city council election. (No longer available online.) City of Selbitz, March 16, 2014, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 .
  23. ^ Result of the district election 2014 on March 16, 2014 district Hof. District of Hof, March 24, 2014, accessed on April 6, 2014 .
  24. ↑ Description of the coat of arms from the House of Bavarian History , accessed on May 8, 2011
  25. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on the city's own website ( memento from February 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 24, 2011
  26. ↑ www.stadt-kemberg.de ( Memento from February 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 4, 2012
  27. ↑ Detailed chronology of the village and castle Neuhaus , accessed on July 24, 2011.
  28. ↑ Press release on the closure of the indoor pool appeared in the Frankenpost, accessed on July 30, 2010.
  29. ↑ www.selbitztal.de
  30. ↑ Selbitz elementary and middle school. September 2013, accessed October 5, 2013 .
  31. ↑ a b Der Selbitzer Bockpfeifer , # 14/1983 , p. 196, October 15, 1983
  32. ↑ Johann Gottfried Biedermann : genealogical register of the Reichsfrey immediate knighthood of the Landes zu Franken praiseworthy places Rhön and Werra: Which from the most reliable documents, purchase, fiefdom and Heyraths letters collected grave inscriptions and obtained exact messages from the inside described Gräflich-Freyherrlich- and noble houses . Bayreuth 1749, p. ProzXXV and CCCCXXVI .
  33. ↑ 11th house of Paul Graf von Waldersees. Koenigsberg in Bavaria , accessed on April 5, 2014 .