Silberbach (Konradsreuth)

Silberbach Community Konradsreuth Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 11 ″  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 9 ″  E
Height :	576 m
Area :	9 km²
Residents :	58  (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	6 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	95176
Area code :	09292

Place view

Silberbach is a district of Konradsreuth in the Hof district in Upper Franconia .

Silberbach is on the district road HO 7 between Konradsreuth and Oberpferdt .

Architectural monuments are a stable house and a cross stone . A farmer is said to have been killed by his servant at the site of the cross. There are three crosses incised on the front and a battle hammer on the back . The mineral omphacite was first discovered in a quarry near Silberbach . The place name as well as the field name in the Sicherts indicate that silver was washed out.

In 1390 Silberbach consisted of new properties, eight of which were hospital loans . In 1495 there were 34 people living in the village. According to Ernst, Silberbach in 1868 consisted of 20 houses with 27 families or 112 residents. In 1959 there were 246 inhabitants. Before it was incorporated into Konradsreuth, the place formed a community association with several neighboring villages.

literature

• Hans Bucka , Oskar Heland : The stone crosses and cross stones in the district of Hof and in the city of Hof . Hof 1986. p. 39.
• August Gebeßler : City and district of Hof (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 7 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1960, DNB  451450965 , p. 61 .
• Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. p. 379.

Web links

Commons : Silberbach (Konradsreuth)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.bayern-fichtelgebirge.de/kleindenkmal/konradsreuth_silbebach.htm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers and data on the website konradsreuth.de
2. ↑ J. Erh. Ernst: History and description of the district and the city of Münchberg (...) . Bayreuth 1868. p. 165.