Wiesenttal

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Height :	433 m above sea level NHN
Area :	45.9 km 2
Residents:	2480 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91346
Area code :	09196
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 176
LOCODE :	DE WIP
Market structure:	21 districts
; Market administration address :	Forchheimer Str. 8 ; 91346 Wiesenttal
Website :	www.wiesenttal.de
Mayor :	Marco Tautner ( CSU / Free Voters Wiesenttal )
Location of the Wiesenttal market in the Forchheim district

Wiesenttal is a market in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim and is located in the center of Franconian Switzerland .

Muggendorf and Streitberg are the oldest climatic health resorts in the region, since 1972 they have been part of the newly founded Wiesenttal market along with other places. The typical landscape of Franconian Switzerland begins near Streitberg. Both places form the so-called hiking center of Franconian Switzerland.

geography

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Aufseß , Waischenfeld (both districts of Bayreuth), Gößweinstein , Ebermannstadt , Unterleinleiter , Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia (district of Bamberg)

Community structure

The Wiesenttal market has 21 districts :

history

Until the church is planted

The Wiesenttal in today's administrative district of Upper Franconia belonged to the Principality of Bayreuth acquired by Prussia in 1792 . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. The present-day community of Wiesenttal largely includes the former Prussian / Bayreuth caste office Streitberg, which was ceded to Bavaria on June 30, 1803 as part of the Prussian-Bavarian mainland comparison. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , the municipalities came into being with the municipal edict of 1818 .

19th century

Tourism in Franconian Switzerland began in Muggendorf at the beginning of the 19th century. The area used to be called Muggendorfer Gebürg.

Incorporations

During the regional reform in Bavaria on January 1, 1972, the Muggendorf market and the communities of Albertshof, Engelhardsberg, Oberfellendorf and Streitberg were merged to form the newly established Wiesenttal market. On January 1, 1977, a small part of the dissolved municipality of Breitenlesau (Rauhenberg) was added. Birkenreuth and Wüstenstein as well as Wohlmannsgesees of the dissolved community of Wohlmannsgesees followed on May 1, 1978. The Wohlmannsgeseeser district Kanndorf became a district of Ebermannstadt.

politics

town hall

The town hall of the Wiesenttal market is located in Muggendorf.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: Above a shield base quartered by silver and black, split by red and silver; forward a slight left asked silver key in memory of the family of key mountain , behind a red hippocampus.

mayor

Marco Trautner (CSU / Free Voters Wiesenttal) has been mayor since 2020. His predecessor was Helmut Taut (Free Voters Wiesenttal).

Market council

The 2020 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the market town council:

CSU : 4 seats
Free voters Wiesenttal : 3 seats
Citizens' Community Streitberg: 2 seats
Wiesenttal area: 1 seats
Future Jura: 2 seats
Citizens' forum Markt Wiesenttal: 2 seats

Attractions

Small weir in the Wiesent valley

Bing cave
Giant castle (cave)
Schönstein Cave
City Hall, a historic half-timbered building
Neideck castle ruins
Streitberg castle ruins
Druid grove near Wohlmannsgesees
Ammonite Museum in Streitberg
Muggendorf model railway museum since 1994 with a focus on S gauge (company BUB and Stadtilm) and 0 gauge (models from Bing, Kraus-Fandor , BUB, Heinrich Wimmer, Distler, Dressler, Beckh and Fleischmann)
Steam Railway Fränkische Schweiz has been running regular special trips with steam locomotives on the Wiesenttal railway line since 1980 and regular rail traffic on weekends with diesel locomotives.
Trainmeuseler fountain
Quack lock

Web links

Wiesenttal in autumn 2010

Commons : Wiesenttal - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Sights of the Wiesenttal market
The "Druidenhain" near Wohlmannsgesees
Information and pictures from the Wiesenttal market
Entry on the coat of arms of Wiesenttal in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Wiesenttal: 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 ).
^ Community Wiesenttal in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on May 25, 2020.
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 451 .
^ 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. 683 and 684 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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] Community Wiesenttal in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on May 25, 2020.

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 451 .

[4] 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. 683 and 684 .