Wackersdorf
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Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ' N , 12 ° 11' E |
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| State : | Bavaria | |
| Administrative region : | Upper Palatinate | |
| County : | Schwandorf | |
| Management Community : | Wackersdorf | |
| Height : | 422 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 33.55 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 5245 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 156 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 92442 | |
| Primaries : | 09431, 09439, 09434 | |
| License plate : | SAD, BUL , NAB , NEN, OVI, ROD | |
| Community key : | 09 3 76 175 | |
| Community structure: | 9 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Marktplatz 1 92442 Wackersdorf |
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| Mayor : | Thomas Falter ( CSU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Wackersdorf in the district of Schwandorf | ||
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Wackersdorf is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Schwandorf and the seat of the Wackersdorf administrative community .
The place gained nationwide fame through the protests against the planned, ultimately unrealized Wackersdorf reprocessing plant .
Today the former mining community of Wackersdorf is one of the top economic locations in the Upper Palatinate and, with Lake Murner and Brückelsee as the core area of the Upper Palatinate Lake District, is an attractive location for tourism and local recreation.
geography
Wackersdorf is located in the Upper Palatinate North region in Eastern Bavaria, approx. 90 km east of Nuremberg and almost 40 km north of Regensburg and is part of the Upper Palatinate lignite mining district . The latter extends from Pfreimd in the north to Regensburg in the south and has its origins in the Miocene . All economically exploitable lignite deposits were mined until the 1980s.
Community structure
In addition to the main town, the municipality of Wackersdorf consists of the following eight districts:
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There are the districts Alberndorf, Rauberweiherhaus and Wackersdorf.
history
Until the church is planted
Remnants of a prehistoric settlement were discovered through finds during soil movements for building work. The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1150. The chronicler assumes that the foundation was already before the turn of the millennium.
The Wackersdorfer Church was first mentioned in 1217, it is said to have been the original parish of Schwandorf according to tradition. The construction of the parish church of St. Stephen began around 1400, but it was demolished in 1953 as part of the resettlement. With the Reformation from 1548 to 1617, religious innovations also came to the place. The Catholic faith was reintroduced in 1618; from 1669 Wackersdorf was an independent parish.
The first attempts at industrial exploitation of the Wackersdorfer earth treasures go back to the year 1800. A total of 1801 different traders are listed. In 1818 the political municipality was established.
19th to 21st century
At the beginning of the 19th century, master tailor Andreas Schuster discovered lignite, the mining of which began around 1840. But in 1845 it was quiet again around the Wackersdorfer lignite. Mining was not fully resumed until 1889; In 1906 the Bayerische Braunkohlen Industrie AG (BBI AG) was founded. The number of employees who worked at BBI AG in the beginning of 1906 had already tripled within three years. Housing had to be created. Before they even thought about relocating the place, a decision was made to create “colonies”, small settlements in which BBI AG employees and their families could find space. In 1908/1909 the Ost-Kolonie was therefore established not far from Alt-Wackersdorf. Until the closure in 1982, the open-cast lignite mine gave the municipality of Wackersdorf its character. With the coal mining came the boom of the small farming village.
The "resettlement of the village of Wackersdorf" was planned for the first time in 1923 and 1924, but could not be realized at that time. The relocation of Alt-Wackersdorf was not finally decided until October 13, 1948. In 1950 the farmers began to be replaced in the course of resettlement. At the same time, building activity began in the “Neu-Wackersdorf” resettlement area. On July 6, 1952, the consecration of the new parish church St. Stephanus and the inauguration of Neu-Wackersdorf took place with the participation of high clerical and secular dignitaries. Around 1200 residents were able to find a new home in this building area.
In the 1970s, Wackersdorf was one of the richest communities in Bavaria due to coal mining.
In 2013 the premiere of Erben des Tertiär , an 80-minute documentary film about the history of Wackersdorf from lignite mining to the dispute over the nuclear reprocessing plant (WAA) to today's cultural and leisure landscape around the lake district.
Incorporations
Until 1961, today's district of Heselbach belonged to the then independent municipality of Oder. After its dissolution, the village of Oder itself went to the municipality of Steinberg am See , and Heselbach was incorporated into Wackersdorf. In 1972 Alberndorf came to the municipality of Wackersdorf. Until then it was an independent municipality with the districts of Höflarn, Imstetten, Irlach, Natermoos and Niederhof. In 1978 the Rauberweiherhaus (previously the municipality of Sonnenried) and Meldau and Mappenberg (previously the municipality of Altenschwand) were incorporated.
Population development
Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 3,905 to 5,265 by 1,360 inhabitants or 34.8%.
Wackersdorf reprocessing plant
Throughout the 1980s, the community was at the center of the disputes over the controversial Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA). After this project was abandoned in 1989, an industrial park was built on the designated area with the settlement of internationally known companies such as B. BMW , Gerresheimer-Wilden and Sennebogen .
From October 2017 the story of the WAA was filmed by the Munich-based film production company if ... Productions . On September 20, 2018, the feature film Wackersdorf by Oliver Haffner was released in cinemas in German-speaking countries. The premiere took place on June 29, 2018 at the Munich Film Festival .
politics
Mayor and City Council:
Since June 7, 2011, the 1st mayor of the municipality of Wackersdorf has been Thomas Falter (CSU); he was elected for another term of office on March 12, 2017 with 97.9% of the vote, with no opposing candidate.
After the 2014 election, the Wackersdorf municipal council had 20 members from three parliamentary groups.
| Political party | Seats |
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| CSU - Christian Social Union | 8 seats |
| SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany | 6 seats |
| FW - Free Voters | 6 seats |
Up to now there have been four full-time mayors in Wackersdorf:
| Period | Full-time mayor |
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| January 27, 1946-13. January 1967 | Ludwig Simbeck |
| June 1, 1967-31. May 1993 | Josef Ebner |
| June 7, 1993-6. June 2011 | Alfred Hunter |
| since June 7, 2011 | Thomas Falter |
coat of arms
A golden deciduous tree in blue on golden ground, the trunk of which is covered by obliquely crossed silver mallets and silver iron.
Reason: The crossed iron and mallet indicate the mining economic development of the place where lignite was extracted in open-cast mining since 1906, while the heraldic deciduous tree indicates the re-greening of the landscape as part of extensive recultivation measures.
In addition to the traditional coat of arms, the municipality of Wackersdorf has had its own corporate design logo and lettering since the beginning of 2016 .
Town twinning
- Alberndorf in Riedmark in Austria : Since 2001, the municipality of Wackersdorf has had a town partnership with the municipality of Alberndorf in Riedmark in Austria. The partnership between the two municipalities was officially signed on April 22, 2001 in Wackersdorf and on June 17, 2001 in Alberndorf. The cooperation takes place at the municipal, social and association level. A close and friendly relationship between the two communities already existed before.
Attractions
- Local history and industry museum : The museum is housed in the laboratory building of the former Bavarian Braunkohlen Industrie AG .
nature
- The nature reserve Charlottenhofer Weihergebiet
- The municipality of Wackersdorf is now also listed in the "Geotope Cadastre Bavaria", a database managed by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as the 99th of the 100 most important Bavarian geotopes appears in geological evidence in Wackersdorf. The last remaining seams from the open-cast lignite mining are still visible today in the so-called Westfeld south of Wackersdorf.
tourism
- Oberpfälzer Seenland with Murner See and Brückelsee :
After the closure of the lignite opencast mines in the region, the resulting pits were flooded, creating the Upper Palatinate Lake District. In the Wackersdorf area, the Murner See and the Brückelsee were created. With a total area of around 240 hectares, the two lakes are now used by bathers, divers, water sports enthusiasts, surfers and campers. Over the years, a widely ramified network of trails for hiking, cycling and other tourist offers such as the largest go-kart facility in Germany and various play and adventure facilities such as the Wasser-Fisch-Natur adventure park have developed around the lakes. In 2018, the 30 or so local holiday homes, accommodations and guest houses as well as the campsite recorded over 50,000 overnight stays.
Economy and Infrastructure
After the lignite industry was shut down and a nuclear reprocessing plant was rejected , the industrial site of Wackersdorf was settled by well-known companies and businesses through a targeted settlement policy with the support of the Bavarian state government and the energy industry. Corporations such as BMW , Sennebogen or Gerresheimer , in addition to many supplier companies for the automotive industry and other medium-sized companies, guarantee jobs for around 6,000 (as of 2018) employees, of which around 90% are commuters. With its per capita economic strength well above average, Wackersdorf is one of the region's most important economic drivers.
Thanks to the local workplaces and the very good transport connections at the intersection between Regensburg, Weiden, Amberg and Cham, Wackersdorf is recording steady population growth.
traffic
Train:
The Wackersdorf depot (Obpf.) Is on the Schwandorf – Furth railway line in the forest . Passenger trains also stopped there until 1984 .
Street:
- Bundesautobahn 93 : The municipality of Wackersdorf is located directly on the Bundesautobahn 93 between Regensburg and Weiden.
- Bundesstraße 85 : Bundesstraße 85 runs between Amberg and Cham directly through the municipality.
- Federal motorway 6 : Federal motorway 6 between Pilsen and Nuremberg can be reached in a good 20 minutes via the A93 or B85.
education
The municipality of Wackersdorf has the following educational, upbringing and care facilities (as of 2019):
- 2 kindergartens with crèche: a total of 150 kindergarten and 48 crèche places (a third facility has been under construction since October 2019. This will create a further 25 nursery and 12 crèche places.)
- Primary school: approx. 165 students - supervision on request until 4 p.m.
- Middle school: approx. 120 pupils - with a full-day program, 32 teachers
- State business school of the district of Schwandorf in Wackersdorf
The old primary school building, which is one of the oldest buildings in the community, has been home to the multi-generation house with library since January 2017 .
Personalities
Honorary citizen:
Wackersdorf has made three people honorary citizens (as of the end of 2016); all three received the honor for their commitment to the settlement of companies after the failure of the WAA Wackersdorf.
- Jochen Holzer (1991) +
- Gert Wölfel (1991)
- Udo Geflitter (1998)
gallery
Wackersdorf (2013)
Town center with parish church St. Stephanus (2013)
Industrial area north (2013)
Business park Westlicher Taxöldener Forst (2013)
Opened brown coal seam
Main entrance to the administration building of the BBI
Web links
- Official website of the Wackersdorf administrative community
- Aerial photos of the place
- Entry on the coat of arms of Wackersdorf in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- WAA - History ( memento of July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) and resistance ( Memento of April 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) of the Amberg citizens' initiative ( Memento of March 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- The WAA hut village (Indymedia)
- WAA chronicle
- Wackersdorf: Official statistics of the LfStat
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 ).
- ^ Bavarian State Library Online (BLO). Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Super User: Effects of Coal Mining - Wackersdorf's Eastern Colony . ( geschichte-wackersdorf.de [accessed on February 16, 2018]).
- ↑ Premiere for "Erben des Tertiär" - 80-minute film about the lignite region will be shown publicly for the first time on July 19 - ( Oberpfalznetz from June 26, 2013)
- ^ 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. 668 .
- ↑ Jakob Scharf: Districts . In: Wackersdorf community (ed.): Chronicle. Wackersdorf through the ages . Buch & Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-935719-53-7 , p. 98 .
- ^ Wackersdorf - the film. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
- ↑ ana radica | Press | Organization. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Wackersdorf-Film celebrates its premiere at the Munich Film Festival . Article dated June 6, 2018, accessed September 17, 2019.
- ↑ according to source www.wahlen.landkreis-schwandorf.de, accessed on November 25, 2019
- ^ Community Wackersdorf: town twinning Alberndorf in the Riedmark. Accessed December 20, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Wackersdorf Local History and Industry Museum on oberpfaelzer-seenland.de
- ^ Wackersdorf Local History and Industry Museum on the website of the Wackersdorf administrative association
- ^ Community Wackersdorf: Leisure & Guests. Accessed December 12, 2017 (German).
- ↑ See the VG Wackersdorf page on honorary citizens, accessed November 5, 2016
- ↑ See Wackersdorf and its three honorary citizens - for the first time together in the community - When the decisions were made, report on a joint visit by the honorary citizens in Wackersdorf in Onetz.de June 1, 2005, accessed November 5, 2016
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