Parish churches
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Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ' N , 12 ° 56' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Lower Bavaria | |
County : | Rottal Inn | |
Height : | 381 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 52.35 km 2 | |
Residents: | 12,953 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 247 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 84347 | |
Area code : | 08561 | |
License plate : | PAN, EG, GRI, VIB | |
Community key : | 09 2 77 138 | |
City structure: | 95 districts | |
City administration address : |
Stadtplatz 2 84347 Pfarrkirchen |
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Mayor : | Wolfgang Beißmann ( CSU ) | |
Location of the town of Pfarrkirchen in the Rottal-Inn district | ||
Pfarrkirchen is a university town and the district town and second largest town in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn in Germany .
geography
location
The city is located on the Rott River in the Rottal . The main town stretches north of the Rott, over the heights of the Galgenberg and the Gartlberg to the Reichenberg as a homogeneous development.
To the south of the Rott, the Mooshof district joins the adjacent commercial and industrial area. The other districts are located as individual locations in the area. The area is characterized by agricultural and forestry use.
Pfarrkirchen is on the B 388 , which leads from Passau, 50 km away, to the state capital of Munich , 125 km away . The city is also located 65 km south of Straubing , 30 km southwest of Vilshofen an der Donau , 40 km west of Schärding , 22 km north of Braunau am Inn and 80 km from Salzburg .
Residents
The municipality of Pfarrkirchen has around 12,500 inhabitants - including the surrounding area with around 16,000 inhabitants - the second largest catchment area in the district after Eggenfelden. The municipality includes the formerly independent communities Reichenberg with approx. 2800, Untergrasensee with approx. 1700 and Waldhof with approx. 600 inhabitants.
City structure
Pfarrkirchen has 95 districts:
history
Until the 19th century
Pfarrkirchen was first mentioned in a document as pharrachiricha at the end of the 9th century and is therefore named after its church. The place came in 1262 together with the castle Reichenberg to the Duchy of Lower Bavaria, and thus in the possession of the Wittelsbacher . In 1317 it was granted market rights by the Lower Bavarian dukes and in 1862 it was made a town. Reichenberg Castle was the seat of the Vitztum "an der Rott".
With the opening of the " Rottalbahn " from Neumarkt-Sankt Veit via Eggenfelden and Pfarrkirchen to Pocking , the place was connected to the railway network on September 1, 1879.
County seat
Since the regional reform, which came into force on July 1, 1972, Pfarrkirchen has been the district town of the Rottal-Inn district.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1972, the previously independent communities Reichenberg, Untergrasensee and Waldhof were incorporated.
Population development
Between 1988 and 2018 the city grew from 10,343 to 12,677 by 2,334 inhabitants or 22.6%.
politics
City Councilor and Mayor
Composition of the city council in the 2014–2020 legislative period:
Party / list | CSU | Free voters | SPD | JL-BL |
Seats | 11 | 6th | 4th | 3 |
Share of votes | 45.84% | 22.92% | 18.15% | 13.10% |
Wolfgang Beißmann ( CSU ) has been the 1st mayor of the district town of Pfarrkirchen since May 1, 2014 . He prevailed in the runoff election on March 30, 2014 with 58.7% against his rival Horst Lackner ( Free Voters ). Beißmann is the successor to Georg Riedl ( CSU ), who for reasons of age could no longer run in the 2014 local elections and was at the head of the city for 24 years.
Town twinning
Pfarrkirchen maintains partnerships with
- Saint-Rémy-de-Provence ( Provence ) in France , since 1991
- the municipalities of the Lucerne Rottal: Ruswil , Ettiswil , Buttisholz and Grosswangen , since 1997
- San Vincenzo in Italy , since 1998
There are looser partnerships with the two Austrian communities called Pfarrkirchen: Pfarrkirchen near Bad Hall and Pfarrkirchen im Mühlkreis .
coat of arms
Blazon : Under a silver shield head, inside a striding red panther, in blue a two-towered silver church with red roofs; a golden weathercock on the nave.
Attractions
The town's landmarks are the Gartlberg pilgrimage church and the Wimmer-Ross on the town square, which are reminiscent of the town's long horse tradition. The bronze sculpture was created by Hans Wimmer in 1942 and placed on a brick plinth on the town square in 1966.
The city center is surrounded by a chestnut avenue that was laid out on the crown of the rampart of the old fortification. The 115-meter-long city pond to the northeast is also a relic of the fortifications at that time. This consisted of the city wall, the moat, the defensive wall and the pre-moat. Especially in the western part of the Ringallee, the city fortifications with walls, towers and entrenchments are best preserved.
The parish church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus from the early 14th century characterizes the cityscape of the old town. The church, which was initially built in the Romanesque style, was converted into a three-nave church in the late Gothic style in the 15th century . Further renovations took place in 1860 and 1971. The parish church has a 67 m high steeple. Originally the church had two towers, the southern tower burned down in 1648 and was demolished.
The old town hall is a baroque building (built around 1500), which has an octagonal dome tower with clock and bell. The New Town Hall, a solid building in the classical style, was part of a bet in the television show Wetten, dass ..? Because of its distinctive windows . .
On the town square, the residential buildings from the 16th to 18th centuries - far from the actual core area - show the Inn-Salzach style : horizontally closing facades lie in front of the roofs of the moat . Many of these buildings house figures of Mary or saints in external wall niches. These were, after the siege by the Austrian infantry regiment no. 49 of the General Bärnklau mounted on the buildings in the Austrian Succession by its bombardment with heated cannon balls intact remained. Some of these spheres can be seen next to the main entrance of the Gartlberg Church as a votive offering.
The oldest trotting track in Bavaria is located in Pfarrkirchen. It was opened on September 22, 1895. In addition to the trotting races that take place at Pentecost, high-class, international dirt track races are also organized .
The Wimmer Ross is a bronze sculpture by Hans Wimmer that was placed on the town square in 1966. a. reminds of the city's long horse tradition
The Marian pilgrimage church on Gartlberg was built between 1661 and 1715 in the baroque style. In addition to lavish church inventory, it houses a large number of votive offerings that give a good overview of the city's history. A Way of the Cross with 15 stations leads from the city to the church on Gartlberg.
The station Pfarrkirchen as the transmission mast of Deutsche Telekom AG for VHF and TV, with a height of 164 meters belongs to the municipality of Postmünster, but shapes the southern horizon line of the city.
Around 1800 the fortification wall lost its importance, as the wall no longer offered protection due to the change in warfare (modern weapons) and the increasing number of the population could no longer find a place within the walls. In 1803 365 fruit trees were planted on the old fortification wall. In the meantime supplemented by poplars (1828), the now still existing Kastanienallee was built in 1876, which in the truest sense of the word forms the parish church “Wall Street”. In 1905 the water ditches were filled in during the construction of the higher agricultural school (grammar school). Remains of the city moat can be seen at the city pond. The peace oak on the southeast corner was planted in 1871.
See also: List of architectural monuments in parish churches
Economy and Infrastructure
Numerous small and medium-sized businesses are located in Pfarrkirchen. In addition to the largest furniture store in the region, the city is also the production location of large food marketers. Together with a company that refines molded parts and a wood processor, they form the larger production companies.
In addition, there are a large number of wholesalers and retailers as well as efficient craft firms with partly highly specialized job profiles or of national importance.
The numerous offices, authorities and schools represent another important employer. In addition to the administrative institutions of the district and municipalities, state and federal offices are also represented.
Pfarrkirchen is also the location of a geriatrically specialized hospital with over 160 beds.
Companies
Company based in Pfarrkirchen
- WEKO Wohnen group of companies - furniture and kitchen markets
- Knirps License Corporation - Umbrella distributor
- Sparkasse Rottal-Inn
- VR-Bank Rottal-Inn
Other companies
- Develey Mustard & Delicatessen Production Site
- Stora Enso sawmill
education
In addition to elementary, middle and secondary schools, the Pfarrkirchen school location also includes a grammar school with an attached boarding school, a special educational facility and a technical and vocational high school. Pfarrkirchen is a vocational school location and has an agricultural school as well as various vocational schools of national importance.
In the 2015/16 winter semester, the branch of the TH Deggendorf began operations under the name European Campus in Pfarrkirchen. This made parish churches a university town . The current two courses “Bachelor International Tourism Management / Health & Medical Tourism” and “Medical Informatics” are to be followed in a few years by a course in the field of energy technology.
traffic
- Air: The Pfarrkirchen airfield is located between Pfarrkirchen and Eggenfelden .
- Rail: The Passau – Neumarkt-Sankt Veit railway is now operated by the Südostbayernbahn (infrastructure and passenger transport) and DB Cargo (freight transport).
- Road: Pfarrkirchen is located on the B 388 , 50 km from Passau and 125 km from Munich .
- Bus: The Pfarrkirchner city bus goes to the various districts of the Pfarrkirche.
societies
- TUS parish churches
- Riding and driving club Pfarrkirchen
Personalities
- Honorary citizen:
- Sons and daughters:
- Nikolaus Staudacher (1660–1736), Jesuit , confessor and advisor to the Palatinate Electress Elisabeth Amalia and her son Karl III. Philip
- Georg Sebastian Plinganser (1681 according to the Postmünster baptismal register –1738), leader in the Bavarian popular uprising 1705–1706
- Adolf von Doß (1825–1886); noble Jesuit, writer and composer
- Hans Wimmer (1907–1992), sculptor
- Anna Wimschneider (1919–1993), Bavarian farmer and writer
- Franz Xaver Eder (1925–2013), Bishop of Passau
- Hans F. Nöhbauer (1929–2014), journalist and writer
- Erich Kiesl (1930–2013), Bavarian politician ( CSU ) and Mayor of Munich (1978–1984)
- Bernhard Dilling , also Hadti Dilling (1932–1994), set designer, painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Konrad (Conny) Wirnhier (1937–2002), Olympic champion 1972 (skeet shooting)
- Georg Paul Hefty (* 1947), editor of the FAZ
- Werner Leitner (* 1959), diplomat and lawyer
- Walter Leitner (* 1963), chemist and university professor
- Andreas Artur Reichelt (* 1977), writer
- Romy (* 1989), popular pop singer and presenter
- Persons in connection with Pfarrkirchen:
- Manfred Reichelt (1947–1996), artist
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ^ Passauer Neue Presse: The new place-name sign now bears the addition "University City" . In: Pfarrkirchen - Nachrichten - Zeitung - Rottaler Anzeiger . ( pnp.de [accessed on July 10, 2018]).
- ↑ bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 552 .
- ↑ Election Portal parish churches
- ^ House of Bavarian History - Bavaria's municipalities. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Bärnklau, Johann Leopold Freiherr zu Schönreith . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 117 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Press release: New teaching format: Students Conference on the European Campus - controversial topics, practical knowledge transfer . ( wochenblatt.de [accessed on July 8, 2018]).
Web links
- City website
- Association for the promotion of city partnerships in the parish church
- Entry on the coat of arms of parish churches in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- Parish churches: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)