Dry weather

Dry weather City of Pegnitz Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 24 " N , 11 ° 29 ′ 34" E
Height :	approx. 476-539 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	470 (Jan. 1, 2015)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91257
Primaries :	09241, 09246
	View of Trockau with the St. Thomas von Aquin motorway church and the A 9 motorway bridge

Trockau is a district of the town of Pegnitz on the eastern slope of the Franconian Switzerland , lies at an altitude of 485 m above sea level. NN and has 470 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2015). The next larger city, Bayreuth , is about 15 kilometers north of Trockau. At the time the community became independent, Trockau was a market.

The coat of arms of Trockau, part of the city of Pegnitz

history

The Trockau Castle first appeared in a document in 1273. The castle is owned by the Groß von Trockau family . The castle has been destroyed several times since the middle of the 15th century. In the castle area, the Trockau Castle was built from 1769 to 1779 .

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent market was incorporated into the town of Pegnitz.

traffic

Trockau is located directly on the Federal Motorway 9 ( Munich - Berlin ), one of the busiest motorways in Europe . As part of the expansion of the motorway to six lanes, the Trockau viaduct was opened to traffic in 2002 .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

Attractions

The Trockau Castle was built in its present form between 1769 and 1779. The castle chapel attached to a fortification tower of the former Trockau Castle was also the chapel for the local population until the church was built in 1950. The castle grounds are privately owned by the Groß von Trockau family and cannot be visited.

The Roman Catholic parish church was built by the residents of Trockau in 1950 and is dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas . In 2010 it was raised to the 38th motorway church in Germany.

societies

Volunteer fire brigade Markt Trockau
St. Thomas Choir, Trockau
Trockau fire brigade chapel
Fruit and horticultural association
SG Trockau
FC Bayern fan club "Beckn Eck"
KAB local association Trockau

Others

The population of Trockau is predominantly Catholic.
In Trockau, unlike the rest of the city of Pegnitz, the telephone code 09246 applies.

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Trockau . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 5 : S-U . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1802, DNB 790364328 , OCLC 833753112 , Sp. 582 ( digitized version ).
Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Trockau . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 624 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Trockau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Private website about the village of Trockau

Individual evidence

^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 676 .

[1] 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 676 .