Spies (Betzenstein)

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Spies
City of Betzenstein
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 8 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 556  (550-591)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 145  (1987)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 91282
Area code : 09244
The Betzenstein district of Spies
The Betzenstein district of Spies
Area map of Spies

Spies is a Franconian village that belongs to Betzenstein .

geography

The north of Pegnitz-Kuppenalb located village is one of 23 officially designated districts in Upper Franconia town of Betzenstein. It is located about five kilometers south-southwest of Betzenstein and is at an altitude of 556  m above sea level. NHN .

history

As a result of the administrative reforms carried out in the Kingdom of Bavaria at the beginning of the 19th century , the village became an independent rural community, which also included the parish of Riegelstein as the seat of the community, the villages of Eichenstruth and Illafeld , and the wasteland of Eibenthal . The hamlet of Schermshöhe , created in the second half of the 19th century, was added later. In the course of the municipal territorial reform carried out in Bavaria in the 1970s , the entire municipality of Spies was incorporated into the city of Betzenstein on January 1, 1972. In 1987 Spies had 145 inhabitants.

traffic

The connection to the public road network takes place mainly through the district road BT 30 , which runs through the eastern local area. Access to the federal motorway 9 is possible at the Hormersdorf junction about two kilometers to the south-southeast. Spies is served by local public transport during the day with the VGN regional bus route 386 .

Attractions

Remains of the Spies castle stable

Immediately north of the local area of ​​Spies are the remains of the Spies castle stable on the 616 meter high summit area of ​​the Spieser Schloßberg . In the Bavarian list of monuments, this ground monument, recorded as the medieval castle stables, is listed with the number D-4-6334-0005. In addition, about 700 meters east-southeast, on the summit plateau of the Hohen Reut , is the Riegelstein telecommunications tower . This can be reached directly from Spies via a hiking trail, as well as from the neighboring Schermshöhe. From there, both a hiking trail and a narrow access road lead up to the summit area.

literature

  • Josef Pfanner: District of Pegnitz . In: Historical book of place names of Bavaria . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1965, ISBN 3-7696-9864-9 .
  • Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): 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 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 293 ( digitized version ). Retrieved September 7, 2019
  2. ^ Spies in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on September 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ Geographical location of Spies in the BayernAtlas , accessed on September 7, 2019
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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. 697 .