Viechtach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '  N , 12 ° 53'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	rain
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	62.48 km 2
Residents:	8374 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	134 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	94234
Area code :	09942
License plate :	REG, VIT
Community key :	09 2 76 144
City structure:	94 districts
City administration address :	Mönchshofstrasse 31 94234 Viechtach
Website :	www.viechtach.de
Mayor :	Franz Wittmann ( CSU )
Location of the city of Viechtach in the Regen district

View over the city

City parish church of St. Augustine

Kneipp pool on the Distelberg

Kreutzberger

Viechtach town square

Nostalgia museum in Viechtach

Viechtach (Bavarian Vejda ) is a city in the Lower Bavarian district of Regen and a state-recognized health resort .

geography

Geographical location

Viechtach is located in the Danube Forest region in the Bavarian Forest Nature Park on a bend in the valley of the Black Rain in an extensive valley basin at the foot of the Pfahl mountain range and is characterized by a comparatively mild climate in the woodland. The city is located on the B 85 about 28 km south-east of Cham , 13 km south of Bad Kötzting , 24 km north-west of the district town of Regen , 32 km north of Deggendorf ( A 92 ), 30 km from Bogen ( A 3 ) and approx. 50 km from Straubing .

Community structure

Viechtach has 94 districts:

Amesberg Angerhäuser Bach students Bärndorf Bear hole Baumgarten Blossersberg Böhmerlhäusl Brücklwies Buchberg Bühling Dürrfeld Just Ebony Eging Eichbuehl Enzleinsgrub Fernöd Fischaitnach Gmeinholz Gröllerhaus Grossenau Grubhof Gscheidbühl

Gstadt Gumbach Haid Harnberg Hartbühl Haselbach Heinzlhof Heitz cell Hinkhof Hohenleithen Hellstone Huttersberg Irlach Irlseign Kager Kaltenbrunn Kastlmühle Cross beech Kreuzstiegl Kronberg Kronberghang Lammerbach Lerchenfeld Leuthenmühle

Lindl Moosleuthen byway Neunussberg Oberbrettersbach Oberhöfe Penzrain Pfaffenzell Stake Pignet Pirka Plöß Poppenzell Rannersdorf Rattersberg Rauhbühl Grater Reilbrunn Reilhang Reilhof Reilwies Reiserberg Riedmühle

Ries Rittmannsberg Rothenbuehl Rugenhof Rugenmühle Sawmill Schlatzendorf Schmidweide Carving yard Carving mill Schönau Schwalstein Schwibleinsberg stone Stockhof Stick meadow Unterbrettersbach Viechtach Weigelsberg Wiesing Root Zieglhütte Zießelsberg

There are the districts of Blossersberg, Neunußberg, Schlatzendorf, Schönau, Pirka, Viechtach and Wiesing.

history

Konrad der Nussberger (bust at the old town hall in Viechtach)

Until the 18th century

Vidaha is mentioned for the first time in 1104 when the Count von Bogen Friedrich III. the monastery Oberalteich here farmland transferred. In 1242 the property came to the Wittelsbachers , who set up a ducal foster court for the Vichtreich here. Viechtach was granted market rights at the end of the 13th century .

The Degenbergs and the Nussbergers usually ruled Viechtach as carers . In 1350 Konrad Nußberger von Nußberg donated a Seelhaus and a hospital in Viechtach, and in the confirmation letter from Duke Albrecht in 1360, Viechtach is already mentioned as a market.

Viechtach was a nursing office until 1800 and belonged to the Straubing Rent Office of the Electorate of Bavaria. It had a market court with extensive magistrate rights. In addition, there was an open Hofmark here in civil hands.

In the 17th century, the economic situation of this place gave rise to the "Viechtach model" to finance the income from the market. Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria could not prevent wheat beer brewing in Viechtach, as this was "old tradition". Since he strove to monopolize wheat beer brewing, he allowed the citizens to boil wheat beer against delivery of half the proceeds to the ducal treasury. This model of financing was later adopted for other locations as well, e.g. B. after a city fire.

Viechtach was ravaged by the Böckler War , the Lion War , where it sided with the Duke, the Thirty Years War , the War of the Spanish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession . Fires raged in 1474, 1658, 1698 and 1729, the latter of which destroyed the parish church. The rococo church that still exists today was built between 1757 and 1765.

Despite these setbacks, weaving established itself in Viechtach, and successful family businesses emerged from the 18th century.

19th century

In the 19th century, the linen trade of the Schmaus & Co. company flourished, whose linen was obtained from all Bavarian garrisons . The Kilger brothers leather factory was founded in Viechtach in 1856. In addition, the yarn, lard and cattle trade formed the economic basis of the market.

The moral festival, which has been celebrated annually since May 1, 1828, formed a special tradition, with a young man and a virgin who had distinguished themselves through particular exemplary character were rewarded with a prize. The foundation that supported this event was dissolved by the city council after the Second World War because of the devaluation of money.

20th century

The Gotteszell – Viechtach railway line was opened in 1891 and extended to Blaibach in 1928 . Under the direction of the mayor and pharmacist Karl Gareis, the Doctor Eisenbarth Festival, written by Gareis, was performed for the first time in 1935. This festival in honor of Doctor Eisenbarth was very successful until the outbreak of the Second World War. The market escaped destruction by the US Army at the end of World War II by surrendering without a fight.

In 1953 the market was elevated to a town. In 1958 the Doktor Eisenbarth Festival was repeated, but in the same year documents in the episcopal archive in Regensburg proved that Doctor Eisenbarth came from Oberviechtach and not from Viechtach.

21st century

A Doctor Eisenbarth game was performed in 2004 as part of the 900th anniversary of Viechtach. In the summer of 2014 there were further performances of this play by the Burgfestspielverein.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1971, the previously independent communities of Blossersberg and Schlatzendorf were incorporated. On May 1, 1978, part of the dissolved community of Wettzell was added.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the city grew from 8,010 to 8,364 by 354 inhabitants or 4.4%.

year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1959	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2002	2005	2010	2015
Residents	3897	4052	4787	5654	5952	7750	6988	7321	8015	8225	8573	8627	8547	8254	8060

politics

The town hall of Viechtach

City council

According to the result of the local elections in March 2020, the Viechtach City Council has been composed as follows since May 2020 (share of votes in brackets):

• CSU: 6 seats (29.16%)
• Independent: 4 seats (19.61%)
• Free voters: 4 seats (19.39%)
• SPD: 3 seats (16.63%)
• Zukunft Viechtach eV (Alliance 90 / The Greens-Ecological Democratic Party): 3 seats (15.21%)

mayor

Franz Wittmann (CSU) has been the first mayor since May 2014. He won in March 2014 with 53.1% of the vote against incumbent Georg Bruckner (SPD). In the runoff to the local elections in Bavaria in 2020 , he was confirmed in office on March 29, 2020 with 62.6 percent.

The second mayor is Hans Greil (independent), the third mayor is Hans Wühr (free voters).

tax income

In 2011 the municipal tax revenue amounted to 6527 T €, of which 2799 T € was trade tax income (net).

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold, a green spruce with a brown trunk with strong roots.

The coat of arms was granted to the market in 1437 in a letter of arms by Duke Ernst of Bavaria-Munich . Due to the lack of a coat of arms in the letter, the first photo proof goes back to the oldest seal known in the print since 1514 with the spruce coat of arms in the semicircular shield. All seals of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries show the spruce with pronounced roots. In 1721 the spruce got a green lawn. In the 19th century, probably to distinguish it from the coat of arms of Oberviechtach (“In silver on a grassed shield base, a green spruce.”), A shield head roughened with silver and blue (Bavarian Wecken ) was added at times, later golden cones. In the 20th century, the spruce had contact with the edge of the shield base ("A strongly rooted green spruce with six golden cones growing out of the shield base in gold."). Since April 2000, the city coat of arms has had its original shape again without turf and cones after a design by the artist Reinhard Schmid on behalf of the city of Viechtach.

Attractions

The stake at Viechtach

Worth seeing are the large and small stakes (a quartz stone formation), the Antonius chapel on the small stake, the “Vault of Secrets” in the historic citizen's hospital and the “Glass Barn” in Rauhbühl. A journey into the history of the earth awaits the visitors in the crystal museum. Also interesting is the “Nostalgia House” directly on the market square, in which several thousand exhibits from several centuries are on display. There is also a large garden. Recommended for hikers is the view of Viechtach from Kronberg, the city's local mountain. From there you have a beautiful view of the Regental.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Viechtach

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

From 1892 onwards, quartz gravel was mined from the Viechtach quartz gravel works at the Großer Pfahl . The quarry has since been closed. According to official statistics, in 2011 there were 26 employees in the field of agriculture and forestry, 2513 in the manufacturing sector and 666 in the field of trade and transport. In other economic sectors, 1655 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 2926 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There were seven companies in the manufacturing sector and 13 companies in the main construction sector. In 2010 there were 110 farms with a total of 1785 ha of agricultural land, of which 1327 ha were permanent green space.

The largest employers in Viechtach are the Linhardt and Rehau companies .

traffic

Viechtach is located on the B 85 and on the Regentalbahn's private railway line Gotteszell – Blaibach . The route has not been used for passenger traffic since 1991. Since September 2016, forest railway trains have been running every hour on the railway line as part of a trial run . Another train stop is in the Schnitzmühle district . The Blaibach – Viechtach section has now been dismantled, the remaining section to Gotteszell is also used by the Regentalbahn as an access route to its depot . The parent company Netinera Deutschland GmbH of the Regentalbahn is based in Viechtach. On March 1, 2018, the VIT license plate was reintroduced.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2012, school year 2011/12):

• two kindergartens (Kindergarten Foundation St. Josef and Kindergarten Sonnen-Blume Blossersberg) with a total of 174 kindergarten places; 189 children are looked after there
• a forest kindergarten, nature park and forest kindergarten in the city of Viechtach (Am Großer Pfahl)
• two primary schools with 41 teachers and 530 students
• a secondary school with 47 teachers and 377 students
• a grammar school (Dominicus-von-Linprun-Gymnasium) with 39 teachers and 614 students
• a special education center with 17 teachers and 115 students

Authorities

Viechtach is the seat of the Central Fine Office in the Bavarian Police Administration Office and the Viechtach District Court .

Awards

In 2007 the Schönau district won the gold medal in the national competition “ Our village has a future ”.

Personalities

See also: List of honorary citizens of Viechtach

sons and daughters of the town

• Joseph Anton Ritter von Mussinan (1766–1837), Bavarian civil servant, lawyer and historical writer
• Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun (1714–1787), Bavarian scholar
• Josef Niedermayer (1926–2016), politician (CSU), honorary citizen of the city
• Peter Haimerl (* 1961), architect
• Christina Fischer (* 1973), national table tennis player
• Josefa Schmid (* 1974), German administrative lawyer and local politician

People connected to the city

• Ernst Fuchs-Schönbach (1894–1975), composer, worked as a church musician in Viechtach
• Georg Hofmann (1895–1966), Catholic clergyman and local researcher
• Helmut Feuchtinger (1929–2001), local politician (CSU), honorary citizen of the city
• Anton Schmaus (* 1981), cook

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 Viechtach - Saitensprung in Vejda. Retrieved April 18, 2017 . 
3. ^ City of Viechtach in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 5, 2018.
4. ↑ Doc Eisenbarth is back in town ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Homepage of the theater performance, accessed on February 19, 2014 
5. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 584 .
6. ^ 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. 622 .
7. ↑ The run-off elections on Sunday, 29 March 2020. In: Wahl.info. March 30, 2020, accessed March 30, 2020 . 
8. ↑ http://www.pnp.de/lokales/landkreis_regen/viechtach/1251347_Bruckner-abgewaehlt-Wittmann-neuer-Buergermeister-von-Viechtach.html
9. ↑ Old coat of arms with cones

literature

• Heinrich Letzing: The history of the beer brewing of the Wittelsbacher: the establishment of the Hofbräuhaus Munich and the emergence of the ducal wheat beer monopoly in the dispute with the state estates up to the state parliament of 1612 as well as the basics of beer compulsory; Studies on the state budget, administrative practice, economic, social and agricultural history of old Bavaria , Augsburg, 1995
• Elisabeth Spitzenberger: Citizens of Viechtach and their Houses , Volume 1, Passau 1995; Volume 2, Passau 1998

Web links

Commons : Viechtach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Viechtach  - travel guide

• Official website of the city of Viechtach
• Entry on the coat of arms of Viechtach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Viechtach: Official statistics of the LfStat