Wildenau (Selb)

Wildenau Large district town of Selb Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 12 ″  N , 12 ° 10 ′ 12 ″  E
Height :	613 m
Residents :	100  (Jan 1, 2009)
Postal code :	95100
Area code :	09287

View of the Wildenauer town center

Wildenau is a village in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains ( administrative region of Upper Franconia , Bavaria ), which is part of the large district town of Selb . It has about 100 inhabitants, is located directly at the border crossing Wildenau- Aš to the Czech Republic and is part of the Fichtel Mountains Nature Park . Since the EU's eastward expansion, Wildenau has grown together almost completely with its neighboring town of Aš in West Bohemia , but it is part of the porcelain town of Selb and a kind of bridge between the two towns and countries. With the Selb-Asch border crossing, Wildenau has the busiest German-Czech border crossing.

geography

Wildenau is about four kilometers north of Selb and 25 km south of Hof (Saale) at an altitude of 637 meters. The village of Lauterbach borders in the west, Erkersreuth in the south , Mühlbach in the east and the west Bohemian town of Aš in the north .

history

Wildenau was first mentioned in a document in 1372 when Konrad von Neuberg sold the village to the council of Eger. In 1395 Wildenau became the property of the Zedtwitzer and became a margravial protective village.

In 1818, Lauterbach and Wildenau founded a community that belonged to the Selb district court . The Hof - Eger railway, which runs through Wildenau, was opened on November 1, 1865 as a Bavarian leased railway. In 1945 Wildenau was parish off to Erkersreuth. The border to the city of Aš was locked, Wildenau became a decentralized place for several decades, through which only freight trains ran. In 1965 the one-class rural school in Wildenau was closed; the Wildenau children have been going to school in Erkersreuth ever since.

The district of Rehau , to which the municipality of Lauterbach and Wildenau belonged until then, was dissolved on July 1, 1972. The Lauterbach community was incorporated into the Wunsiedel district in the Fichtel Mountains . On January 1, 1978 it was dissolved as part of the municipal reform. A part of the community came to Schönwald. Wildenau was incorporated into the large district town of Selb . In 1985, Bayerischer Rundfunk made a 60-minute film about the history of the four villages, to which Wildenau belongs , as part of the series Under Our Sky . It aired in 1986. On July 1, 1990, the border with the Czech Republic was reopened.

For historical reasons, the entrance signs to the village of Wildenau still bear the words “ customs border district ” today .

legend

To the south-west of Wildenau there is a small wood that has been popularly known as "Köhlerhölzl" since ancient times. The forest there in particular is said to have been impenetrable and dark and it was believed that it was uncomfortable in it when darkness fell. Fearful, the people hurried past him and looked shyly into the darkness of the forest. At midnight it should not have been advisable at all to pass this point.

The fiery dog

Many years ago a girl from Wildenau went home late in the evening from a visit to Erkersreuth. When she was almost at the end of the stick, she suddenly heard a noise in the forest. In an instant a dog with a fiery tongue and sparkling eyes came towards them from the forest. In agony, with a prayer on her lips, the terrified woman hurried towards the village of Wildenau. The dog didn't leave her side. The fiery animal only disappeared near the parents' house, when the house dog announced their arrival by barking. Completely exhausted and in great excitement, she immediately related the terrible experience. Never again did she want to pass this place alone at such a late hour.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Muas.cz- Complexní součinnostní program prevence kriminality 2003
2. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 700 .