Weiherhammer

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Management Community :	Weiherhammer
Height :	394 m above sea level NHN
Area :	39.9 km 2
Residents:	3831 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	92729, 92700
Area code :	09605
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 166
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Main street 3 ; 92729 Weiherhammer
Website :	www.weiherhammer.de
Mayor :	Ludwig Biller ( CSU )
Location of the community Weiherhammer in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab

Weiherhammer is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and the seat of the Weiherhammer administrative community .

geography

The municipality is located in the Upper Palatinate North planning region , the main town just under 9 km southwest of Weiden .

Community structure

Town hall of the municipality

The community of Weiherhammer has six districts:

There are the districts of Kaltenbrunn, Kohlberg, Mallersricht, Röthenbach and Etzenricht.

history

Until the church is planted

Beckendorf, today's Weiherhammer, belonged to the Wittelsbach Duchy of Neuburg-Sulzbach and its court Weiden; since 1777 the area was part of the Electorate of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipality Etzenricht was created with the municipal edict of 1818 , which Beckendorf was incorporated.

Name change

In 1934 Beckendorf was renamed Weiherhammer after the iron and steel works, which had been located at the site since 1717, and received municipal independence on February 1, 1952.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the Kaltenbrunn market was incorporated. On July 1, 1972, the villages of Dürnast and Trippach were added to the dissolved municipality of Mallersricht .

Population development

1961: 3112 inhabitants
1970: 3406 inhabitants
1987: 3655 inhabitants
1991: 4034 inhabitants
1995: 4081 inhabitants
2000: 4199 inhabitants
2005: 4021 inhabitants
2010: 3818 inhabitants
2015: 3851 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018, the community grew from 3,773 to 3,812 by 39 inhabitants or 1% of the population.

politics

Municipal council

The local elections in March 2020 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

CSU: 10 seats
SPD: 6 seats

mayor

Ludwig Biller (* 1959) (CSU) has been mayor since May 2014.

coat of arms

Blazon: Under the blue head of the shield, in it three overturned silver tips, two growing black forge hammers crossed diagonally in silver

The coat of arms was adopted in 1977.

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

nature

The Weiherhammer bird sanctuary is located in the community .

Sports

TSG Mantel-Weiherhammer eV
Shooting Society Tell Trippach eV
Target shooting society Weiherhammer e. V.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

The two 140 meter high chimneys of the Pilkington flat glass works Weiherhammer

Weiherhammer is an old industrial site. The main employers are BHS Corrugated (corrugated board systems) and the Pilkington company (flat glass). There is a garbage dump in the Kalkhäusl district.

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 1661 employees in the manufacturing sector and 210 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic areas, 298 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were 1,455 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 21 agricultural holdings with an agriculturally used area of 513 ha, of which 353 ha were arable land.