Stadtsteinach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Kulmbach
Management Community :	Stadtsteinach
Height :	351 m above sea level NHN
Area :	39.79 km 2
Residents:	3095 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95346
Area code :	09225
License plate :	KU, EBS , SAN
Community key :	09 4 77 156
LOCODE :	DE DTS
City structure:	27 districts
; City administration address :	Marktplatz 8 ; 95346 Stadtsteinach
Website :	www.stadtsteinach.de
Mayor :	Roland Wolfrum ( SPD )
Location of the town of Stadtsteinach in the district of Kulmbach

Stadtsteinach is a city in the northeastern part of the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach and the seat of the Stadtsteinach administrative community . Stadtsteinach was the county seat of resolution 1 July 1972 the district Stadtsteinach .

geography

Geographical location

Stadtsteinach is located in the northeast of Upper Franconia and is a state-approved resort in the Franconian Forest Nature Park . The city belongs to the district of Kulmbach and lies in the administrative region of Upper Franconia in the Free State of Bavaria . It is one of a total of three cities in the district of Kulmbach (next to Kulmbach and Kupferberg ) and has the status of a sub-center in the state development plan for Bavaria .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Untersteinach , Guttenberg , Grafengehaig , Presseck , Rugendorf and Kulmbach .

City structure

Stadtsteinach is divided into 27 districts:

history

Until the church is planted

On July 8, 1151, the place was first mentioned as "Steinaha". With Nordeck Castle , he passed from the Counts of Henneberg into the possession of the Prince Diocese of Bamberg under Eberhard II of Otelingen . Since then, Stadtsteinach has belonged to the Bamberg Monastery for over 650 years , which was in the Franconian Empire from 1500 , and was the administrative seat from 1525 after the castle was destroyed. In the first half of the 14th century Steinach was raised to the rank of town. The city suffered from devastation during the war several times, including the Hussite War , the Margrave Wars and the Thirty Years' War . The direct proximity to the margravate based in Kulmbach ( Plassenburg ) had a negative impact, especially after the margraves converted to the Reformation. There were frequent attacks.

Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place, like large parts of Franconia, has belonged to Bavaria (see also History of Franconia ). In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

20th century

In 1913 the city was connected to the rail traffic. The city remained undestroyed during World War II and was peacefully handed over to the invading Americans in 1945. At the beginning of the Federal Republic of Germany it was a garrison town for a few decades , first with the Federal Border Guard and later with the Bundeswehr . On July 1, 1972, the Stadtsteinach district was dissolved on the occasion of the district reform .

Incorporations

On April 1, 1971, the previously independent municipalities Triebenreuth, Vogtendorf and Zaubach were incorporated. Parts of the dissolved community of Schwand were added on January 1, 1974.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 3,420 to 3,138 by 282 or 8.3%. On December 31, 1990 Stadtsteinach had 3559 inhabitants.

politics

mayor

Roland Wolfrum ( SPD ) has been the first mayor since 2008 , and was re-elected in 2014 and 2020. His predecessor was Anneliese von Ramin (CSU). Jonas Gleich (CSU) has been the second mayor since 2020.

City council

Aerial view of Stadtsteinach (2006)

The city council has 16 members:

CSU : 7 seats
Free voters Stadtsteinach : 4 seats
SPD / Open List: 4 seats
BLS (Bunte List Stadtsteinach): 1 seat

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020 )

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold, a red armored black lion covered with a silver sloping bar.

Description: The lion was the heraldic animal of the bishopric of Bamberg (compare the coats of arms of the cities of Zeil am Main in Lower Franconia and Herzogenaurach in Middle Franconia ).

Town twinning

There is a partnership with the community of Leutenberg in Thuringia .

Culture and sights

Museums

The local history museum provides information about the eventful past of the place. It also contains a primeval section. Since 1951 a showcase has been providing information on the fate of the Catholic pacifist Alfred Andreas Heiss from the Triebenreuth district , who was murdered in Brandenburg-Görden in 1940 for conscientious objection . A plaque commemorates him in the parish church.

Buildings

The historic city center with the ensemble of buildings around the market square is a listed building .

Church from the swimming pool (2008)

The townscape is dominated by the Catholic parish church of St. Michael from 1905. It is the successor to the parish church that burned down in 1903 and was built in the Neo-Rococo style. In the immediate vicinity is the oldest sacred building in the city, the Marienkapelle. It was in front of the city wall and has a Romanesque apse .

The so-called Fronveste in Hauptstraße is a baroque building from the time of the prince-bishop's rule. From 1525 the administrative seat of the Stadtsteinach office was there, and later the district office . Today the police station is located there . The meaning of the medieval coat of arms stones in the gate entrance is unclear. The Bavarian coat of arms was later placed above the gate entrance.

The city wall is still partially preserved, especially in Knollenstraße and on the church square. The partially double wall ring is recognizable. The three city gates were demolished in the 19th century.

The Nordeck castle ruins in the anterior Steinachtal were first mentioned in a document in 1151 and destroyed in the German Peasants' War in 1525 . It is freely accessible.

The ring wall Grünbürg on the mountain of the same name was a presumably Carolingian refuge with a triple ring wall.

There are several mills in the urban area (including Hammermühle, Deinhardsmühle); At the beginning of the Steinach Valley (blast furnace) is the restored cutting mill with a functioning sawmill, which is still used today.

Architectural monuments

Natural monuments

Steinachklamm in winter (2009)

The Steinachklamm in the rear Steinachtal (about eight kilometers) marks the breakthrough of the Lower Steinach . It already belongs to the municipality of Presseck .

Regular events

On the Sunday before Shrove Tuesday there is a big carnival drive in the Mardi Gras stronghold of Stadtsteinach.
On the last weekend in January and on the first weekend in February, the four events of the Schlappenfaschings team of the Gäunger Faschingsschlappen 1995 take place in Zaubach.
Shooting festival : in September.
Parish fair : the second Sunday in October.
Farmer's market: every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month in the Marktscheune / Knollenstraße.
Since 2017, the Christmas market Stadtsteinacher Weihnachtszauber takes place on the third Saturday in Advent on the fairground in Knollenstraße.
The city festival has also been held every two years since 2017 on the market square, in which many of the city's associations are involved.
Dîner en blanc takes place annually in July on the market square.
The Landjugend Zaubach always organizes their traditional parish dance on the 3rd Saturday of October.

traffic

The city can be reached via the A 9 autobahn from Munich and Berlin , and via the B 303 , which runs through Stadtsteinach. A rail connection exists through the Untersteinach – Stadtsteinach railway line exclusively for freight traffic. The nearest train station is Untersteinach , four kilometers away on the Bamberg – Hof railway line . Stadtsteinach has an airfield which it shares with Kulmbach .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through Stadtsteinach .

Religions

The majority of the population of Stadtsteinach is Roman Catholic . From the middle of the 18th century to the beginning of the 1970s, Stadtsteinach was the seat of a Catholic archdeaconate , which was then moved to Kulmbach . Untersteinach is a branch church of the parish of St. Michael. Stadtsteinach is also the seat of an Evangelical Lutheran parish.

Public facilities

campsite
Forestry Office
Stadtsteinach volunteer fire brigade
Full-time rescue station of the BRK Kulmbach
Hospital (specialist clinic)
Lending library
Police inspection
Solar heated outdoor pool
City hall with bowling alleys
Tennis courts and hall

education

The Stadtsteinach elementary school consists of a primary and secondary school (middle school). It also houses the adult education center and the public lending library.
The Bavarian Red Cross runs a vocational school for elderly care and elderly care help.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Johann Hart (1882–1967), Catholic clergyman
Ferdinand Klopf (1895–1968), Catholic clergyman
Herbert Hofmann (1936–2014), German politician (CSU)
Hans Bauerschmidt

sons and daughters of the town

Karl Burkart (1798–1851), German administrative lawyer

Friedrich Baur founded Baur Versand in Altenkunstadt in 1925

Michael Schnabrich (1880–1939), German politician ( SPD ) and member of the Reichstag in the Weimar Republic (voted against Adolf Hitler's Enabling Act)

Wilhelm Weiß (1892–1950), politician (NSDAP), SA-Obergruppenführer as well as editor-in-chief of the Völkischer Beobachter

Heinrich Hager (1893–1941) German free corps fighter, politician (NSDAP) and high school teacher

Alfred Andreas Heiss (1904–1940), religiously motivated opponent of the Nazi regime

Klaus Peter Söllner (* 1956), German politician of the Free Voters (FW)

Jörg Dittwar (* 1963), professional footballer at 1. FC Nürnberg from 1987 to 1994 in the First Bundesliga, previously with SpVgg Bayreuth and TSV Stadtsteinach