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Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Management Community :	Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate
Height :	425 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.77 km 2
Residents:	1101 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92676
Area code :	09645
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 157
Community structure:	13 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Gereon-Motyka-Siedlung 7 ; 92676 Speinshart
Website :	www.speinshart.de
Mayor :	Albert Nickl ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Speinshart in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab

View of Speinshart with the monastery and the Rauhen Kulm in the background

Speinshart is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and a member of the Eschenbach administrative community . The place Speinshart is known for its abbey .

geography

Geographical location

Speinshart is located in the Upper Palatinate North planning region between the town of Eschenbach in the Upper Palatinate and the town of Neustadt am Kulm in the Upper Palatinate hill country .

Community structure

The municipality of Speinshart consists of the following 13 districts :

For district Speinshart include the villages Speinshart, Münch Reuth and Haselhof and the hamlet Sweet pond, the district Tremmersdorf the villages Tremmersdorf, courtyards, Haselbrunn and the hamlet Herrenmühle and district side valley the places side valley, Barbara Berg and Dobertshof. The village of Zettliz is part of the Pichlberg district .

history

Until the churches are founded

1145 founded the noble people von Reifenberg , his wife Richenza and his two brothers the monastery Speinshart and handed it over to the Premonstratensians . The abbey was abolished in 1556 in the course of the Reformation in the Upper Palatinate and was repopulated in 1661 from Steingaden Monastery . The place became part of the Electorate of Bavaria in the Thirty Years War and formed a closed Hofmark of the monastery until secularization in 1803 . After secularization, the monastery first came into state ownership and later housed the parsonage, a school and the forestry office, among other things. The rural communities of Speinshart, Tremmersdorf and Seitenthal were established in Bavaria by the municipal edict in 1818 .

20th century

In 1921, the spacious monastery was returned to mediation of Munich canon prelate Michael Hartig and by the Premonstratensians of the pin Tepl in Egerland refounded the monastery. In 1923 Speinshart became an abbey again .

Founding legend

The founding legend of Speinshart and the monastery reads: “In 1150, the wife of Count von Reifenberg and a friend got lost in the swamps. They kept coming in and couldn't find a way out. The countess prayed to God and promised to have a monastery built if they were saved. In the village the count was very worried about his wife and decided to look for her with some men. When, after a long search, the men found the two women, the Countess fell into her husband's arms and told him about her promise. Thereupon the count sent his white horse into the forest. The foundation stone for the monastery was to be laid at the point where the mold stopped three times. So it happened. The mold stopped three times in the same place in the middle of the swamps. The count had the swamps drained and laid the foundation stone of the monastery there. "

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the formerly independent municipality of Tremmersdorf and parts of the municipalities of Pichlberg and Seitenthal were incorporated.

Population development

Population development of Speinshart (1961 to 2015)
year	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	953	974	1030	1095	1136	1116	1174	1138	1102

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 1,022 to 1,114 by 92 inhabitants or 9%.

politics

Distribution of seats in the Speinshart municipal council

A total of 12 seats

Greens : 2
FW : 2
CSU : 8

mayor

Albert Nickl (CSU) has been mayor since 1996.

Municipal council

The municipal council has 12 members. In the municipal council election on March 16, 2014 , the CSU had 8 seats, while the Greens and Free voters each received two seats.

Green	FW	CSU
2 seats	2 seats	8 seats

coat of arms

Blazon : In red a silver tin tower, on the right side by a leafy golden lily stem, on the left by a golden inful .

Architectural monuments

Speinshart Monastery with Maria Immaculata Church
Church of St. Peter and Paul in Tremmersdorf

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector 35 or in the trade and transport sector. There were a total of 385 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector, no companies in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 55 farms with an agricultural area of 1409 hectares, of which 894 hectares were arable land.

education

The following institutions exist (as of: 1999):

Kindergartens: 50 kindergarten places with 38 children
Primary and partial secondary school: "Am Rauhen Kulm Primary School" with 20 teachers and 304 students