Wülfersreuth

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Wülfersreuth
Community Bischofsgrün
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 48 ″  E
Height : 687 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 125
Incorporation : January 1, 1976
Postal code : 95493
Area code : 09276

Wülfersreuth is a village in the district of Bayreuth ( Upper Franconia administrative region ) and has been part of Bischofsgrün since 1976 .

geography

Wülfersreuth is located on the western flank of the Fichtelgebirge about three kilometers west of Bischofsgrün . Due to its altitude, there is a view of up to 50 km to the west. The foothills of the Thuringian Forest are recognizable . In the north, the Döbraberg marks the limit of visibility. To the east, the Ochsenkopf transmission tower is in the immediate vicinity. The geographical height in the center of the village between the upper and lower village is approx. 687 meters. The highest point of the municipality is located on the eastern edge of the village in the forest 723 meters height at the coordinates 50 ° 3 '35 "  N , 11 ° 45' 31"  O .

Aerial photo from March 31, 2005
Town center

history

origin

The village probably originated at the turn of the 11th to the 12th century as "Reuth des Wulfelin" in the last settlement period of the Walpoten . It did not appear in documents until 1317 in the Hirschberg feudal contract . The place experienced an upswing in the middle of the 18th century, when the old Hochstraße (Kronicher Weg) was expanded to become the “new Sträßlein” (now called Markgrafenweg). The margrave and his entourage drove along this road from Bayreuth to Kaiserhammer to his hunting lodge . Because of the long and usually very arduous path, Wülfersreuth was a welcome and necessary resting place to give people and animals a break. The Alte Schmiede and the Goldener Löwe tavern are witnesses of this time. In the 16th century the place belonged to the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach-Bayreuth .

Incorporation

As part of the municipal reform , the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the Bischofsgrün municipality on January 1, 1976 .

population

The population is 125.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In the east, Dorfstrasse joins Kreisstrasse BT 4 . In a northerly direction you get to the neighboring town of Metzlersreuth .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hiking description of the Fichtelgebirgs-Verein
  2. ↑ a b Chronicle of the place

Web links

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