Velburg

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Velburg
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Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '  N , 11 ° 40'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Palatinate
County : Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Height : 492 m above sea level NHN
Area : 175.69 km 2
Residents: 5352 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 30 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 92355
Area code : 09182
License plate : NM, PAR
Community key : 09 3 73 167
LOCODE : DE VEB
City structure: 49 districts

City administration address : 		Hinterer Markt 1
92355 Velburg
Website : www.velburg.de
Mayor : Christian Schmid ( CSU )
Location of the city of Velburg in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate
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Velburg is a town in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate .

geography

Geographical location

Velburg is about 500 m above sea level halfway between Nuremberg and Regensburg in the Upper Palatinate Jura . The old town was built on the western slope of the castle hill.

The municipality is located in the main natural area of ​​the Franconian Alb and the natural area of ​​the Middle Franconian Alb .

City structure

49 districts belong to Velburg:

history

View of Velburg
Interior with altar of the parish church of St. Johannes Baptist (2017)

Until the 18th century

The village of Altenveldorf was the forerunner settlement of the city of Velburg, which was built between 1231 and 1285. The former Velburg Castle was the starting point for the re-establishment. The exact origins of the castle are not known, it was first mentioned in 1129. Lords of the castle were the Counts of Velburg until 1217, including the Austrian line of Counts von Clamm ( Lords of Perg and Machland ). Thereafter, between 1271 and 1452, there was changing rule over the castle and the settlement area of ​​Velburg.

In 1410, the Velburg market was granted city rights; The construction of the city fortifications should have started around this time. Of the original 13 towers of the curtain wall, only two are still standing, the north tower and the so-called Kapsenturm. In 1394 a schoolmaster was first mentioned in Velburg. In 1410 there was the first big fire in Velburg.

In 1505 Velburg was assigned to the newly formed Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg . Two years later, the knight Georg Wisbeck received Velburg as a gift for his services. In 1540, 1553 and 1574 there were three more major fires, and the plague raged three times in Velburg: 1564, 1574 and 1586.

In 1574 the Wispeck family died out and Velburg fell back to Pfalz-Neuburg. In the same year the first parish was founded, until then Velburg had belonged to the parish of Oberweiling. The originally single-nave parish church was built in the 15th century. A north aisle was added in 1520 and converted into a three-aisled church between 1717 and 1721 by adding the south aisle.

During the Thirty Years' War , Velburg was occupied by Swedish troops under Colonel Claus Hastver on December 1, 1633 as part of the planned occupation of the Upper Palatinate by the Swedish general Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar . The place was on the supply route from Nuremberg to Regensburg and therefore had to be secured for the Swedes during the battles for Regensburg (1632–1634) .

The last outbreak of the plague in Velburg occurred in 1713.

19th century

In 1803 a rent office (later tax office) was established and in 1807/08 Joseph Ziegler opened the first pharmacy in Velburg. In 1808 there was a reallocation of the districts in Bavaria, which were named after rivers. Velburg belonged to the Regenkreis, named after the Regen river . In 1838 the rain district was renamed the Upper Palatinate administrative region . A mail and transport service was set up in 1851 and in 1862 Velburg was given a district office . The town hall was rebuilt between 1863 and 1865 and the land surveying office was subsequently built in 1866. 18 years after its establishment, the district office was dissolved again in 1880. The König Otto stalactite cave was discovered in 1895.

St. Wolfgang with pilgrimage church (2017)
St. Wolfgang with the pilgrimage church in the hilly landscape of the central Franconian Jura (2017)

20th century

A local telephone network was set up in 1907 and a nurses' home in 1921. In 1929 the surveying office was dissolved, and in 1932 the tax office (rent office).

With the dissolution of the Parsberg district on July 1, 1972, Velburg was included in the enlarged Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate.

Incorporations

On October 1, 1970, the municipalities of Geroldsee , Griffenwang , Lutzmannstein and Pielenhofen , which had been relocated in 1951 and were therefore only formally independent , were incorporated. Reichertswinn was added on April 1, 1971. Deusmauer, Lengenfeld, Mantlach bei Velburg, Oberweiling and Prönsdorf as well as parts of the area of ​​Ronsolden followed on January 1, 1972. Parts of the dissolved municipality of Ransbach were added on July 1, 1972.

On May 1, 1978, Günching and parts of the dissolved municipality of Oberwiesenacker were finally incorporated.

The city grew through the incorporation to a total area of ​​176 km² with 4200 inhabitants.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the city grew from 4,515 to 5,312 by 797 inhabitants or 17.7%.

politics

City council

Allocation of seats from 2020 in the Velburg City Council
       
A total of 20 seats

The city council of Velburg is made up of 20 elected and voluntary city councilors and the city's first mayor. The local elections on March 15, 2020 produced the following results:

Parties and
constituencies 		Share of votes
2020 		Seats
2020 		Share of votes in
2014 		Seats
2014 		Seats
2008
CSU 35.3 7th 49.7% 10 12
SPD 2.9 1 3.9% 1 1
Green 10.6 2 12.2% 2 1
AfD 3.6 1 - - -
Free voters Bavaria 26.7 5 34.2% 7th 6th
Free voters Velburg 10.1 2 - - -
Active Citizens Velburg (ABV) 9.4 2 - - -
total 100% 20th 100% 20th 20th
voter turnout 63.8% 70.2%

mayor

The professional first mayor has been Christian Schmid (CSU) since May 1, 2020. In the 2020 mayoral election , he was elected on March 15, with a turnout of 75.9% and 57.1% of the votes in the first ballot.

coat of arms

Blazon: In gold, a resisting, silver crowned red lion.

The coat of arms has been known since the 14th century and was changed in 1969.

Culture and sights

See also: List of architectural monuments in Velburg

  • Velburg castle ruins

  • Center of Velburg

  • St Johann Baptist

  • Pilgrimage
    Church of St. Wolfgang

Nature reserves

Geotopes

  • Stalactite in the König Otto stalactite cave

  • The hollow hole

  • Hohllochberg

In the municipality of Velburg there are seven geotopes designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment :

  • the König Otto stalactite cave near St. Colomann (373H001)
  • the hollow hole near St. Wolfgang (373H002)
  • the Hohenberg cave west of Velburg (373H005)
  • the Mantlacher sinkhole (373R001)
  • the mushroom rock west of St. Colomann (373R002)
  • the Hohllochberg near Velburg (373R003)
  • the Dolomites on the castle hill of the ruins of Velburg (373R004)

Natural monuments

  • König-Otto-Tropfsteinhöhle with the Advent Hall, open to the public from April 1st to October 31st
  • Hohlloch is a grotto / cave complex. Festivals and celebrations take place in the largest grotto.

Recreational facilities

  • Natural swimming pool in Altenveldorf
  • Adventure world with climbing garden in Sankt Colomann (6 different courses, 1 Bambini course)
  • Forest adventure trail
  • Biking and hiking trails
  • guided quad off-road tours

Regular events

  • The traditional carnival procession takes place in Velburg on Mardi Gras Sunday .
  • The citizens' festival is held every year at the end of July and beginning of August.

sons and daughters of the town

Connected to Velburg

literature

  • Franz X. Bogner: In the valley of the Schwarzen Laber. Pustet, Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7917-1673-5 .
  • Franz X. Bogner: The black talk from the air. Schwarze Laber Foundation, Parsberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047433-0 .

Web links

Commons : Velburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Velburg in the Topographia Bavariae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ^ City of Velburg in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Peter Engerisser: From Kronach to Nördlingen. The Thirty Years War in Franconia Swabia and the Upper Palatinate 1631-1635 . Verlag Späthling Weißenstadt 2007, p. 208. ISBN 978-3-926621-56-6
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 547 .
  5. ^ 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. 650 .
  6. ^ Result of the 2020 election of the City Council, City of Velburg
  7. ↑ Mayor / Lord Mayor in municipalities belonging to the district (as of May 1st, 2020). (xlsx) Bavarian State Office for Statistics, accessed on June 20, 2020 .