Wenzenbach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 5 ' N , 12 ° 12' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Upper Palatinate | |
County : | regensburg | |
Height : | 358 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 29.85 km 2 | |
Residents: | 8727 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 292 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 93173 | |
Primaries : | 09407, 0941 | |
License plate : | R. | |
Community key : | 09 3 75 208 | |
LOCODE : | DE WZ2 | |
Community structure: | 33 districts | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Main street 40 93173 Wenzenbach, Germany |
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Mayor : | Sebastian Koch ( SPD ) | |
Location of the municipality of Wenzenbach in the district of Regensburg | ||
Wenzenbach is a municipality (until 1924 the name was Schönberg municipality ) in the Upper Palatinate district of Regensburg in Bavaria .
The community in the northeast of the city of Regensburg presents itself primarily as a residential community.
geography
Geographical location
Wenzenbach is located in the Regensburg planning region about 9 km northeast of Regensburg .
Altitude level: between 320 and 475 m above sea level
Community structure
There are 33 districts:
There are the districts Grünthal I , Grünthal II , Hauzenstein, Wenzenbach, Kreuth and Kufberg.
history
Until the 19th century
Wenzenbach was already called Menzinpah in the 9th century , derived from the proper name Menzo . The place name means "to the brook of Menzo". The Regensburg bishop Ambricho recorded exchanges or gifts of goods several times in his domous episcopus in marca ad Menzinpah (= house of the bishop in the Wenzenbach corridor).
On September 12, 1504, the Battle of Schönberg took place here. The last great knight battle of the Middle Ages decided the Landshut War of Succession .
From 1614 Wenzenbach belonged to the Counts of Lerchenfeld , from 1751 to the Barons of Stingelheim and was part of the Electorate of Bavaria. Wenzenbach was the seat of the Schönberg estate, gifted with the blood spell . The Stingelheim family remained in the possession of Schönberg until 1817, when Karl Alexander von Thurn und Taxis bought the rule. In 1818 the political community of Schönberg was established, but it was subordinate to the first class patrimonial court of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis at Schönberg Palace . This also administered the patrimonial courts Bernhardswald and Wiesent . The last remnants of the aristocracy were abolished in the revolution of 1848 .
Name change
In 1924 the municipality of Schönberg was officially renamed Wenzenbach .
Incorporations
In 1945 or 1946 part of the dissolved community of Kreuth was incorporated. On May 1, 1978 Grünthal and Hauzenstein were added.
Religions
The Protestant Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church was consecrated in 2016.
Population development
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politics
mayor
On March 30, 2014, the 26-year-old social democrat Sebastian Koch was elected 1st mayor of the municipality. He decided the runoff election against Johannes Wiesbeck (CSU) with almost 61%. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Sebastian Koch was re-elected with 70.94% of the vote.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 20 members. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 4,890 of the 7,050 residents eligible to vote in the municipality of Wenzenbach exercised their right to vote, bringing the voter turnout to 69.36%.
coat of arms
Blazon : “Divided by a silver sloping beam, which is covered with a red halberd; above in blue a flying silver lark, below five times obliquely left divided by black and gold. "
The coat of arms has been used since 1980. |
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Town twinning
The twin town of Wenzenbach has been the Czech town of Sušice since 2004 .
Culture and sights
Hauzenstein Castle
A Hauzenstein castle is first mentioned in 1372. At that time the owner was a Hermann Hauzendorfer. The present complex was built at the end of the 17th century by the Freidl family from stones from an old castle complex. It has been owned by the Walderdorff family since 1830 . The complex has a striking bell tower with an onion roof and a three-storey main building. The palace chapel is located in the portico. There is a baroque garden in the south of the complex.
Schoenberg Castle
Three-storey hipped roof building with an irregularly broken floor plan to the south with oriel, core building 1253/54 (dendro. Dat.) With medieval extension, formative renovations from the late 17th to early 18th centuries and around 1770/71 (dendro. Dat.), Roof truss 1820 / 23 inscribed., St. Joseph Palace Chapel; with equipment; Cellar of a former outbuilding, preserved in fragments, two parallel barrel vaulted cellars made of quarry stone, probably second half of the 16th century; Parts of the curtain wall with shell towers; Zwinger wall with ditch and outer wall, granite rubble, probably from the late Middle Ages.
All architectural monuments
Economy and Infrastructure
Wenzenbach is a residential community in the immediate catchment area of Regensburg. There are numerous craft, trade and service companies.
traffic
Wenzenbach was on the Regensburg – Falkenstein railway line . This was shut down at the end of the 1980s and is now a cycling and hiking trail .
Public facilities
- Community library
- Recycling center
- Waterworks and association for water supply Wenzenbacher Group
- Johanniter Kindergarten Wenzenbach
- Johanniter Kindergarten Irlbach
- Catholic kindergarten Irlbach
- Forest kindergarten Grünthal
- Day nurseries
- Day care centers
education
- Elementary school Irlbach
- Wenzenbach primary school
- Middle School Wenzenbach
media
The Mittelbayerische Zeitung and the Regensburger Wochenblatt , an edition of the Wochenblatt publishing group, appear in the community . In addition to the national programs, the radio stations Radio Charivari , Radio Gong FM and the regional television station TVA can also be received in the municipality .
Personalities
- Adolf von Walderdorff (1835–1919), born at Hauzenstein Castle, Bavarian treasurer and member of the Reichstag (center)
- Josef Gradl (1921–2016), honorary 1st mayor of Wenzenbach from 1966 to 1978, since 1993 honorary citizen of Wenzenbach
- Hans Huber (* 1934), amateur boxer, won the silver medal at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo
- Corinna Harrer (athlete)
literature
- Rudolf Ebneth (Red.): Wenzenbach - Young community with a long past. Regensburg 1983.
- J. Meier: Schloß Schönberg and Wenzenbach. Regensburg 1914.
- Klaus Völger: Petrography and tectonics of anatectic rocks in the Wenzenbach-Altenthann area. Dissertation, TU Berlin 1958.
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 ).
- ^ Community Wenzenbach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on November 28, 2017.
- ↑ Diethard Schmid: Altbayern row I issue 66: Regensburg II. The district court Haidau-Pfatter and the Palatinate-Neuburg rule Heilsberg-Wiesent. Munich, 2014, from the series: Commission for Bavarian State History (Ed.): Historischer Atlas von Bayern , ISBN 978-3-7696-6558-1 , p. 612.
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 573 .
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 555 .
- ^ 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. 658 .
- ↑ https://wahlen.landkreis-regensburg.de/kommunal2020/20200315/09375208/html5/Gemeinderatswahl_Bayern_66_Gemeinde_Gemeinde_Wenzenbach.html
- ↑ https://wahlen.landkreis-regensburg.de/kommunal2020/20200315/09375208/html5/Buergermeisterwahl_Bayern_67_Gemeinde_Gemeinde_Wenzenbach.html
- ↑ https://wahlen.landkreis-regensburg.de/kommunal2020/20200315/09375208/html5/Gemeinderatswahl_Bayern_66_Gemeinde_Gemeinde_Wenzenbach.html
- ↑ Entry on Wenzenbach's coat of arms in the database of the House of Bavarian History , accessed on August 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Wenzenbach website , accessed on May 15, 2017
Web links
- Entry on the coat of arms of Wenzenbach in the database of the House of Bavarian History