Steinbach am Wald

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Steinbach a. Forest
Steinbach am Wald
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Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 22'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Kronach
Height : 584 m above sea level NHN
Area : 36.14 km 2
Residents: 3087 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 85 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 96361, 96358Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / zip code contains text
Primaries : 09263, 09268, 09269
License plate : KC, SAN
Community key : 09 4 76 175
LOCODE : DE SAW
Community structure: 8 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Ludwigsstädter Strasse 2
96361 Steinbach a. Forest
Website : www.steinbach-am-wald.de
Mayor : Thomas Löffler ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Steinbach a. Forest in the district of Kronach
Langenbacher Forst Birnbaum (gemeindefreies Gebiet) Landkreis Coburg Landkreis Hof Landkreis Kulmbach Landkreis Lichtenfels Thüringen Ludwigsstadt Weißenbrunn Marktrodach Tettau (Oberfranken) Schneckenlohe Mitwitz Küps Nordhalben Wilhelmsthal Tschirn Teuschnitz Steinbach am Wald Reichenbach (Landkreis Kronach) Wallenfels Stockheim (Oberfranken) Steinwiesen Pressig Kronachmap
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town hall
St. Laurentius (Buchbach)

Steinbach am Wald (officially Steinbach a.Wald ) is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Kronach in Bavaria . The name also designates the main town of the municipality.

geography

Geographical location

The state-approved resort of Steinbach is located on the Rennsteig and in the Franconian Forest Nature Park . The Altort runs through the valley of the Steinbach . About 1.5 km to the northeast is the former district of Steinbach Bahnhof with the train station, housing developments and a larger industrial area. There is a watershed between the two districts , which is marked by a memorial plaque carved in stone. All the water that flows in the direction of Ludwigsstadt flows into the Elbe and all the water that flows in the direction of Kronach into the Rhine. The border between the Catholic diocese of Bamberg and the Protestant communities of Ludwigsstadt, Ebersdorf etc. ran there.

Community structure

The municipality of Steinbach am Wald has eight officially named districts (number of inhabitants in brackets as of 2017) and consists of five districts that correspond to the former municipalities:

The district of Steinbach a.Wald Bhf. , Later only Steinbach a.Wald Dorf, was no longer managed as an independent district from around 1987, although still structurally separated. The Berghof wasteland , which belonged to the Hirschfeld community, was demolished at the same time.

history

The settlement of the Franconian Forest (Nortwald) by clearing settlements began at the behest of the Bamberg bishops in the middle of the 12th century. In 1190 the place was first mentioned in a document as "Steynbach". Until 1388 he belonged to the "Eygen Teuschnitz", a large property of the Langheim monastery . The property was bought by the diocese of Bamberg .

Towards the end of the 18th century, Steinbach am Wald with Kohl and Steinbachermühle formed a real community consisting of 36 properties (1 estate, 2 three-quarter estates, 13 semi-estates, 8 quarter estates, 2 eighths, 6 drip houses , 2 houses, 1 grinding mill, 1 grinding mill and Granulator). The high court was exercised by the Bamberg center Teuschnitz . The Teuschnitz caste office held the village and community rulership as well as the lordship over all properties . In addition to the property, there was also 1 church and 1 semi-estate and 2 quarter properties that were uninhabited.

As a result of secularization , Steinbach am Wald came to Bavaria . With the community edict, Steinbach was assigned to the Windheim tax district formed in 1808 . With the second community edict (1818) the rural community Steinbach was formed, to which Kohlmühle and Steinbachermühle belonged. In administration and jurisdiction, it was subordinate to the Teuschnitz district court and in financial management to the Rothenkirchen Rent Office ( renamed the Rothenkirchen Tax Office in 1919 ). In 1837 Steinbach was transferred to the Ludwigsstadt district court . From 1862 to 1880 and from 1888 to 1931 Kehlbach was administered by the Teuschnitz District Office , from 1880 to 1888 and from 1931 by the Kronach District Office (renamed the Kronach District in 1939 ). The jurisdiction remained with the district court Ludwigsstadt until 1879, from 1879 district court Ludwigsstadt , which in 1956 became a branch of the district court Kronach . The financial management was taken over in 1929 by the Kronach tax office . The community originally had an area of ​​6,951 km², which in 1951 increased to 6,996 km² through the incorporation of Steinbach am Wald Bahnhof , and finally to 7,374 km² in 1961.

Incorporations

The former district of Steinbach am Wald Bahnhof was originally on the Lauenhain district. It was incorporated in 1951. On January 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Kehlbach was incorporated into Steinbach. On May 1, 1978 Buchbach , Hirschfeld and Windheim were added.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 3,686 to 3,111 by 575 or 15.6%. On December 31, 1990 Steinbach am Wald had 3832 inhabitants.

Steinbach am Wald community

year 1840 1852 1855 1861 1867 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1919 1925 1933 1939 1946 1950 1952 1961 1970 1987 2008 2010 2015 2017
Residents 264 296 315 342 352 372 366 386 411 402 402 433 463 425 444 525 576 733 1065 1196 1211 1356 1320 3736 3459 3345 3180 3145
Houses 49 59 61 74 133 218 975 1028 1028
source

Location Steinbach am Wald

year 001818 001861 001871 001885 001900 001925 001950 001961 001970 001987 002017
Residents 225 * 321 357 400 416 513 663 616 557 1282 † 1103 †
Houses 33 * 57 58 72 84 112 331 †
source
*including cabbage and Steinbacher mill

politics

Municipal council

The local elections in 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2020 led to the following allocation of seats in the local council:

2002 2008 2014 2020
CSU 8th 9 9 8th
SPD 4th 4th 4th 3
Social Democrats surrounding area 1 n / A n / A n / A
Citizens List Kehlbach 1 1 1 1
Free voters 2 2 2 2
Steinbach am Wald citizens' list n / A n / A n / A 2
total 16 seats 16 seats 16 seats 16 seats

mayor

In March 2017, Thomas Löffler (CSU) was elected as the new mayor with 60.5% of the vote. The second mayor Monika Barnickel (CSU) carried out official affairs until the new mayor was elected. Klaus Löffler (CSU) was mayor since May 1, 2002. He was elected District Administrator of the Kronach District and succeeded District Administrator Oswald Marr (SPD) , who left on December 20, 2016 .

badges and flags

The municipality of Steinbach am Wald has had a coat of arms since 1990 .

coat of arms
Coat of arms of Steinbach am Wald
 Blazon : “In blue a lowered, silver wave bar , covered by a golden chalice from which a golden abbot grows; trimmed to the right by a silver heraldic lily , to the left by three silver balls placed one to two. "
Justification of the coat of arms: The current coat of arms represents all five parts of the municipality. The chalice with the growing abbot's staff is the coat of arms of the Cistercian monastery Langheim , which originally had manorial claims there. The three spheres are the attributes of St. Nicholas , to whom the parish church in Windheim is consecrated. The wave bar stands for the place names Buchbach, Kehlbach and Steinbach. As a symbol of Mary, the lily represents the patronage of the two churches of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Hirschfeld and the Seven Painful Mary in Kehlbach.
Old coat of arms
Former coat of arms of Steinbach am Wald

The blazon of the old coat of arms reads: "Above the blue wave shield river a continuous silver wall, above it in blue side by side a growing single-tower fortified church in side view and a golden chalice with a golden abbot's staff growing from it."

flag

The municipality flag is white-blue-yellow.

economy

The largest employer in the municipality is Wiegand-Glas with subsidiaries in the Thuringian towns of Ernstthal , Großbreitenbach and Schleusingen and in Slovakia . The factory in Steinbach has 570 employees (as of 2018).

Club life

The musical life of the place is shaped by the Steinbach am Wald music association, which was founded in 1909. Other clubs are, for example, the SC Rennsteig, the Rennsteigschützen, the Steinbach volunteer fire brigade, the FUN-Biker Steinbach am Wald, the Dart Club Effendi, the CSU local association and the SPD local association. The clubs are united in the Association of Associations (VVB).

Events

A highlight in the course of the year is the traditional costume parish, which is held every year on the second weekend in July by the Zechgemeinschaft. The young people of the village revive the old custom of mining and present themselves in traditional Steinbach costumes. On the last weekend in August, the shooting club invites you to a shooting festival with a rock evening, pageant and proclamation of the king. For four days in November, the local theater company takes to the stage to perform comedies. In December, the VVB organizes the village Christmas on the town hall square. Every year at the turn of the year, the Windheim Chess Friends have been organizing the International Windheim New Years Open since 1984, a rapid chess tournament that attracts guests from far beyond the region.

Architectural monuments

traffic

Station building

Steinbach am Wald train station is at the apex of the Frankenwaldbahn .

The federal highway 85 leads to Ludwigsstadt (5.2 km north) or to Förtschendorf (5.5 km south). The state road 2209 / L 1096 leads to Kleintettau (7 km northwest) or to Lehesten (6.7 km northeast). The district road KC 8 leads to Haßlach (1.9 km southeast). The county road KC 35 leads to Windheim (1.7 km southwest).

Churches

The fortified church of St. Johannes Baptista is one of the landmarks of the community.

In Steinbach am Wald there are two Catholic churches: the fortified church of St. Johannes Baptista, built around 1500, and the parish church of St. Heinrich, consecrated in 1966. The place belonged to the parish in Windheim since 1478 , since 1969 Steinbach am Wald forms its own parish. The Evangelical Christ Church Steinbach am Wald was inaugurated in 1953. In 1958 Steinbach am Wald became an independent Evangelical Lutheran parish.

Others

In Steinbach am Wald there has been a substation on the Nuremberg – Leipzig railway line since 1939 . The traction current line built by this substation to Zapfendorf ran after the Second World War between Wörlsdorf and Welitsch through the GDR area and was replaced by a new line in 1966, after repeated ground faults caused by trees that were too tall, which were exclusively on the territory of the Federal Republic Germany ran.

Personalities

  • Rudolf Rauh (1908–1973), historian and archivist
  • Werner Schnappauf (* 1953), former Bavarian State Minister for the Environment, Health and Consumer Protection (until 2007), honorary citizen
  • Günther Thyzel , honorary citizen
  • Konrad Wiegand , honorary citizen and entrepreneur
  • Joachim Wiegand , honorary citizen and entrepreneur
  • Heinz Köhler (* 1942 in Mitwitz ), retired district administrator D., former member of the European Parliament and the Bavarian State Parliament, honorary citizen
  • Klaus Löffler , district administrator, honorary citizen
  • Holger Mück (* 1975), musician (Buchbach district)

literature

Web links

Commons : Steinbach am Wald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Steinbach am Wald  - travel guide

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. ↑ Steinbach am Wald in the Bavaria Atlas
  3. ^ Community Steinbach am Wald in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 25, 2020. Nine districts are listed there, as Berghof is still listed as a district.
  4. ↑ H. Demattio, p. 508.
  5. ↑ a b H. Demattio, p. 600.
  6. ↑ a b c Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1163 ( digitized version ).
  7. ↑ a b c Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 942 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ a b c Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 693 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ Andreas Schmitt: Steinbach am Wald train station: The apex of the Frankenwaldbahn had to be incorporated. infranken.de, December 6, 2018
  10. ^ 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. 689 and 690 .
  11. ↑ a b Only inhabited houses are given. From 1871 to 2017 these are referred to as residential buildings .
  12. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria in the period from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 158 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version ).
  13. ↑ a b Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 952–953 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
  14. ↑ a b Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1126 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  15. ^ A b c d e Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria in the period from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 149 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version ).
  16. ↑ a b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1012 ( digitized version ).
  17. ↑ a b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1126 ( digitized version ).
  18. ↑ a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 159 ( digitized version ).
  19. ↑ a b 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. 311 ( digitized version ).
  20. ↑ a b c LfStat : Steinbach am Wald: Official statistics. (PDF) In: statistik.bayern.de. Pp. 6 and 12 , accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Numbers and data on the website ludwigsstadt.de
  22. ↑ Steinbach part of the community on the steinbach-am-wald.de website
  23. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Steinbach am Wald  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  24. ↑ Steinbach am Wald. In: Kommunalflaggen.eu. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
  25. ↑ http://wp.sf-windheim.de/turniere/int-neujahrsopen/
  26. ↑ Steinbach am Wald, Wehrkirche St. Johannes Baptista on the website of the Ecumenical Church Portal in the district of Kronach, accessed on October 5, 2018.
  27. ↑ Steinbach am Wald, parish church St. Heinrich on the website of the ecumenical church portal in the district of Kronach, accessed on October 5, 2018.
  28. ↑ Ralf Roman Rossberg : Border over German rails 1945–1990 . 2nd edition, EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1991, ISBN 3-88255-829-6 , p. 214 ff.
  29. ↑ Mayor and honorary citizen on the municipality's homepage ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.steinbach-am-wald.de