Simbach am Inn

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '  N , 13 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Rottal Inn
Height :	345 m above sea level NHN
Area :	47.31 km 2
Residents:	9954 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	210 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	84359
Area code :	08571
License plate :	PAN, EG, GRI, VIB
Community key :	09 2 77 145
City structure:	129 districts
City administration address :	Innstrasse 14 84359 Simbach a. Inn
Website :	www.simbach.de
Mayor :	Klaus Schmid ( CSU )
Location of the town of Simbach a.Inn in the Rottal-Inn district

Simbach am Inn (officially: Simbach a.Inn ) is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn .

geography

Geographical location

The Simbach in Simbach am Inn

Simbach am Inn is located in the south of Lower Bavaria, about 15 km east of the confluence of the Inn and Salzach rivers . In Simbach am Inn, the Simbach of the same name flows into the Inn. The Inn forms the natural border with neighboring Austria . The Austrian town of Braunau am Inn is located on the opposite bank of the Inn .

Simbach is touched by the B 12 , which is to be expanded into the A 94 in the future , which leads to Passau, around 50 km away, and in the opposite direction to the state capital of Munich , 120 km away . The city is also located 20 km south of Pfarrkirchen and 60 km north of Salzburg .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring Bavarian communities are Kirchdorf am Inn , Reut , Stubenberg and Wittibreut . The neighboring Austrian municipality is Braunau am Inn.

If you consider the two neighboring communities of Kirchdorf a.Inn (approx. 5,500 inhabitants) and Braunau am Inn (Austria, approx. 17,000 inhabitants), which are directly connected to the Simbach city limits and which give the impression of a single and homogeneous village through their density of buildings and settlement, added to the Simbach population (agglomerated) results in a population of more than 32,000 residents who are resident in the Simbach Inn basin.

City structure

The political community Simbach am Inn has 129 officially named districts:

Aich Aign Antersdorf Asenberg Aufnberg Bachmann Building yard Beigertsham Leg garden Berging Binderhäusl Bötl Custom book Burgholz Dattenbach Dennersdobl Derschlhof Dienersberg Dietmaning Dirnöd Dötling

Just Ebn Ed Ed at Eggstetten Edmühle Eggstetten Egging Ellersberg Endsfelden Engstall Erlach eternity Felln Freiöd Fürkl Gansöd Geigerhäusl Golling Grafussing Grub near Eggstetten Green worm Gutlersberg

Guttersberg Hadermann Handobl Harrham Heimöd Heinzelspitze Backwood Hinteröd Shepherd's stone court Hofstetten Högl Holzham Hötz Hötzl Hub Hundsberg Irging Kagerbauer Kasberg Kirchberg am Inn Kollberg

Kottigstelzham Kreuzberg Kronwitten Lehner Conduct Lengdorf Maierhof March near Eggstetten Matzenhof Mitternberg moss Mooseck Niedereck Lower fence Oberdorfner Obereck Oberlangwied Upper areola Obersimbach Upper vineyard Top fence

Oil mill Pichler Piering Pranzmühle Rabing Ramp stroke Ranzenberg Reisl Racetrack settlement Satzenberg Discs Shear mill Scheuersberg Simbach am Inn Stadler Footbridge houses Bridge stroke Steinbruck Steining Stamp Strass

Strass near Eggstetten Strickberg Thalham Unterdorfner Unterlangwied Sub areola Sub vineyard Vorderbrunn Wadenberg Waltersdorf Wank Weismühl Wenigstrasse Wies Wieser Wiesing Wiesmannhäusl Windsberg Winklham Wolfsegg Würmbauer

history

The town hall

The parish church of Maria Immaculate Conception

The former rent office and current local history museum

From 927 to 2000

Simbach was first mentioned as Sunninpach in the Salzburg Document Book I in 927. The name is made up of the personal name Suno and the Old High German name for stream (body of water).

In 1646 the Counts of Toerring acquired several estates in Simbach and built a noble seat. In 1676 the Regensburg and Passau canons Johann Franz Adam Graf and Herr von und zu Törring resided in Simbach. Referred to as Hofmark in 1693 , in the following time only the Simbach seat or commune is mentioned, which belonged to the Julbach nursing court in the Antersdorf office .

In 1743, Simbach was almost completely destroyed in the War of the Austrian Succession . In 1752 Simbach had 15 properties. 1779 was Innviertel in the peace of Teschen ceded to Austria, characterized fell for the environment Simbachs the economic and administrative center Braunau am Inn away. As a reaction from this time the economic boom began in the border town, in which there was a toll office.

Several authorities were established here from 1800 to 1850. On July 1, 1803, the seat of the Julbach district judge was relocated to Simbach with the establishment of a newer district court, which included the Julbach district court and the Ering court. On July 10th, the toll office was merged with the rent office. Jacob Groß mentioned in his chronicle of Simbach am Inn (1864) that as late as 1804 it was reported by Simbach that it mostly only had miserable huts.

From 1810 to 1816, when the Innviertel again belonged to Bavaria, the seat of the court was in Braunau. When the community was formed, Simbach initially belonged to the tax district and the Lengdorf community with the first and second community edicts, and it was not until 1827 that Simbach was raised to the capital of the community. The first school was built in 1833.

The Simbach estate was still in the hands of the Törringer. A patrimonial court was formed in the Simbach Regional Court , which was confirmed on July 31, 1821. The owner of the court, to which 30 subjects were subject, was Count Törring-Gutenzell. With a contract of September 30, 1830, the dominicals of the Simbach estate including the patrimonial court of January 1, 1831 were sold to the state.

In the second half of the 19th century, a lot of building activity began. Simbach experienced the strongest growth after the construction of the railway line Munich - Simbach - Braunau - Linz - Vienna from 1870 to 1871. The large border station leads, among other things, to the settlement of commercial enterprises such. B. the German Heraklith AG, but the railways on both sides of the border were by far the largest employer in Simbach for a long time, which is why Simbach was called the “railway town”. In 1879 the name district court replaced the name district court, and in 1939 the district offices were transformed into districts. Among other things, Simbach was the stopping point of the legendary Orient Express .

With the commissioning of Josef Hellmannsberger's power station in 1894, the first electric lamps shone in Simbach two years before it was in Nuremberg and three years before it was the case in Munich .

On January 1, 1951, Simbach was raised to town. Simbach am Inn is the youngest town in the Rottal-Inn district. From 1995 to 1997 the listed power station was converted into a community center.

Since 1999, in a project across national borders that is unique in Europe, hot thermal water has been tapped in Simbach and Braunau and used to heat buildings in both cities.

One architectural style dominates in the city center of Simbach: Art Nouveau . The town hall is the most striking example of this . It was built in 1909/1910 and subjected to a general renovation in 1988/89.

Flood on June 1st, 2016

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, heavy rains caused a flood, which resulted in seven deaths in the region. In the city the Simbach (left tributary of the Inn) overflowed its banks; at the peak at around 2.15 p.m. a value of 506 centimeters was measured instead of the normal level of 50 centimeters. A spokeswoman for the State Office for the Environment said that this apex had "by far exceeded any previously observed water level" . “At the Simbach, a more than 1000 year flood is assumed.” On Thursday afternoon, June 2nd, the water was 51 centimeters high. In addition to Simbach, the municipalities of Triftern and Tann were particularly affected . Washed up trees blocked the flow under a road west of the school center. The water accumulated above until the road embankment broke at 1:45 p.m. for a length of 50 meters and the water poured into the town in a tidal wave.

Religions

In the census of May 9, 2011, 69.1% of the residents of Simbach belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. There is also a Protestant parish (2011: 10.1% of the population), whose catchment area also extends over the southern part of the Rottal-Inn district. There is also a church of the New Apostolic Faith Community (Dr.-Güldenapfel-Ring).

Incorporations

On January 1, 1971, parts of the area of ​​the dissolved municipality of Kirchberg am Inn were incorporated. Eggstetten was added on April 1, 1971. Erlach followed on January 1, 1972.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the city grew from 8,768 to 9,923 by 1,155 inhabitants or 13.2%.

politics

City council

Since the 2014 local elections, the city council has been composed as follows:

• CSU : 9 seats
• US (Independent Simbacher Citizens List): 6 seats
• SPD : 5 seats

In the runoff election on March 30, 2014, Klaus Schmid (CSU) was elected Mayor of Simbach a. Inn chosen. On May 1st, he replaced the incumbent mayor Günther Wöhl (UNS) as mayor, who was voted out of office with 39.42 percent of the vote after 6 years.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver over blue waves a red bridge with three arches, above it three, two to one, red heraldic roses with golden lugs and green sepals.

Coat of arms history: The waves symbolize the Inn and the addition to the community name. The bridge marks the important crossing over the river to Austria. The three roses are borrowed from the family coat of arms of the Counts of Toerring. The family had ruled the court since 1647; until 1848 its patrimonial lower court existed. After the village was almost completely destroyed in the battle of Simbach on May 9, 1743, the Toerring rebuilt their property.

Town twinning

• With the neighboring town of Braunau am Inn, Austria, there has been a cross-border medium-sized center since 1995 .
• Simbach and Skipton in North Yorkshire, England have been twinned since 1982 .
• Another partnership has existed since 2001 with the city of Tolmezzo , Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

tourism

• Location on the international cycle network along the Inn River
• European reserve Unterer Inn (included in the "Ramsar Convention" since 1976; resting place for water birds of international importance)
• Excursion experience Lower Inn (amalgamation of 14 communities from Upper and Lower Bavaria and Upper Austria)

Culture and sights

Choirs

• Chorgemeinschaft Liederkranz
• More Than Gospel
• Vocal circle Simbach
• Church choir Simbach

The parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Erlach

Aenus monument

Buildings

• Town hall in art nouveau style. It was built in 1909/1910 and subjected to a general renovation in 1988/1989.
• Parish church of the Assumption of Mary in the Erlach district , one of the most important late Gothic church buildings in the region with a magnificent high altar
• Parish Church of St. Mary's Conception, 1859–1863 based on plans by Leonhard Schmidtner (later rebuilt to simplify matters); Organ by Wolfgang Eisenbarth, Passau (1995, III / 39 registers) in the French-Romantic style
• Local history museum, former rent office and later tax office, built in 1825/35

See also : List of architectural monuments in Simbach am Inn

Attractions

• Local museum
• Museum Zollhaus - Forum of Modernism
• Memorial locomotive DR 52 8034-2 on the station forecourt
• Aenus monument at the former border crossing at the Inn Bridge. The sculpture by the sculptor Dominik Dengl shows the river god Aenus riding a huchen .

Regular events

• Whitsun, the largest folk festival in the Lower Inn Valley
• City Festival - Citizens' Festival, every year on the last Saturday in June
• Fisherman's Festival - every September
• Leonhardi tour in the Erlacher Au (since 1991) - every year in October
• Advent in Simbach, every year from the first Advent weekend to the second Advent Sunday
• Winter swimming in the Inn - every Saturday before Christmas (organizer: Wasserwacht)
• Christmas run - annual street running event on the Sunday before Christmas (VA: TSV Simbach)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The city is connected to the rail network with various railway lines via Simbach (Inn) station : on the one hand with the Mühldorf – Simbach am Inn railway line and on the other with the Simbach – Neumarkt-Kallham railway line ( Innkreisbahn ). Until 1969, the Simbach am Inn – Pocking line existed to the east .

Simbach is connected to the trunk road network with the federal highway 12 Munich – Simbach– Passau . Immediately to the west of the city limits, the B 12 has a short branch, the former B 340 , which crosses the federal border into Austria and connects the local road network as the Upper Austrian state road B 148. Salzburg and Linz are the closest major cities. After Straubing , Burghausen and Freilassing leading B 20 , the ten to fifteen kilometers west Simbachs the B crosses 12th It is planned to build the A 94 from Munich to Simbach and further north to the A 3 , which will replace the B 12. The most important connection to Braunau is the old Inn bridge , where the state road 2112 begins, which leads through Simbach am Inn to the northeast via Pfarrkirchen , Arnstorf and Simbach bei Landau . In Simbach am Inn there is the railway bridge of the Innkreisbahn about 500 meters east of the old Inn bridge .

For small aircraft, Simbach can be reached via the nearby airfield in Kirchdorf am Inn .

hospital

At the beginning of 2011, the district council decided that the Simbach District Hospital became a specialist clinic for psychosomatics. The previous department of internal medicine (cardiology) will be given up. A surgical and an ophthalmological practice provide outpatient care on-site as part of a medical care center (MVZ).

power supply

With the Braunau-Simbach geothermal cogeneration plant, which was completed in 2001, Simbach operates the first cross-border district heating system in Europe together with the neighboring Austrian town of Braunau. The district heating network was fully expanded in 2005. The facility was awarded the Climate Star 2004 by the European City Network Climate Alliance .

Aid organizations

In Simbach, the volunteer fire brigade provides fire protection and general help. In addition, a local branch of the technical relief organization is based here.

education

There are currently the following educational institutions in Simbach am Inn:

• the Tassilo-Gymnasium Simbach am Inn with 503 students
• a state secondary school with 568 students
• two elementary schools : the elementary school and the Inntal- Mittelschule
• the Betty Greif School, special school
• three kindergartens with crèches

Companies

• Knauf Insulation GmbH (formerly Deutsche Heraklith AG, part of Heraklith ), insulation manufacturer
• Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA, manufacturer of industrial bulk packaging ( IBC )

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Emanuel Basler the Elder (1826–1903), sculptor
• Simon Breu (1858–1933), composer
• Josef Karl Nerud (1900–1982), modern painter
• Otto Michael Knab (1905–1990), journalist
• Hans F. Zacher (1928–2015), lawyer and university professor
• Rudolf Reiter (1930–2015), mechanical engineer and university professor
• Franz Mader (1931–2006), local curator of the city of Passau and politician
• Felix Mühlhölzer (* 1947), philosopher
• Hans Göttler (* 1953), Germanist
• Ottmar Neuburger (* 1959), writer
• Karlheinz Ruhstorfer (* 1963), Roman Catholic theologian

People related to the city

• Rudolf Huber-Wilkoff , painter and graphic artist, graphic designer, curator and publisher, recipient of the city's cultural medal

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. ^ City of Simbach am Inn in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 21, 2018.
3. ^ Orient Express in Simbach
4. ^ Chronicle of rail traffic with the Orient Express
5. ↑ Holger Becker: The flood was the greatest challenge so far . ( wochenblatt.de [accessed on July 8, 2018]).
6. ↑ Dead, missing and damage worth millions . In: Welt Online . June 2, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed June 2, 2016]).
7. ↑ Mercury's flood report from June 2, 2016
8. ^ Passauer Neue Presse: Flood in Tann 2016, Rottal-Inn district - pnp.de. June 1, 2016, accessed July 8, 2018 . 
9. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 552 .
10. ^ House of Bavarian History - Bavaria's municipalities. Retrieved February 14, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Simbach am Inn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Simbach am Inn  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Alt-Simbach: Historical views and contributions to city history
• Seat Simbach in the Historical Atlas of Bavaria
• Simbach am Inn: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)