Windischeschenbach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Palatinate
County :	Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Height :	438 m above sea level NHN
Area :	36.37 km 2
Residents:	4975 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	137 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	92670
Area code :	09681
License plate :	NEW, ESB , VOH
Community key :	09 3 74 168
City structure:	20 districts
; City administration address :	Hauptstrasse 34 ; 92670 Windischeschenbach
Website :	www.windischeschenbach.de
Mayor :	Karlheinz Budnik ( CSU )
Location of the town of Windischeschenbach in the Neustadt an der Waldnaab district

Windischeschenbach (Bavarian: Eschawo) is a town in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab , which is located on the Bavarian Porcelain Route .

Windischeschenbach, where the main road meets the town square

geography

Geographical location

The city lies west of the confluence of the Fichtel- and Waldnaab rivers . The highest point in the urban area is the Ritzerberg with a height of 552 meters.

City structure

The community has 20 districts:

climate

The city is located in the climatic district of the Upper Palatinate Forest, a wooded low mountain range in Eastern Bavaria, which has a typical mild climate.

history

Until the church is planted

The Windischeschenbach mission station was established around 950 by monks from the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg. 1605 the place was raised to the market. Windischeschenbach belonged for the most part to the imperial monastery Waldsassen . The place was divided by the Eschenbach, whereby the part of the place on the right bank was under the Duchy of Sulzbach and therefore belonged to Bavaria since 1777 and the part to the left of the Eschenbach belonged to Waldsassen. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the entire place has belonged to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

20th century

In 1952, on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the town and parish, the market was elevated to the status of town. On September 22, 1987, the continental deep drilling (KTB) was started in Windischeschenbach .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Bernstein, Naabdemenreuth and Neuhaus (with Dietersdorf, which was incorporated in 1945 or 1946) were incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the population decreased from 5,785 to 4,960 by 825 inhabitants or 14.3%.

Surname

Until 1424 the place was only called Eschenbach. In order to distinguish it from Eschenbach further to the west , it was given the addition Windisch, as it was further east compared to the place of the same name and therefore closer to the Wendenland (Bohemia).

politics

Local election 2014

Turnout: 68.55%

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

57.8%

31.0%

11.2%

CSU

SPD

FW

City council

The 20 seats in the city council have been distributed as follows since the local elections on March 16, 2014 :

Party / list	CSU	SPD	FW
Seats	12	6th	2

The CSU gained one seat compared to 2008, while the Free Voters lost one seat.

mayor

In the 2014 local elections, Karlheinz Budnik (CSU) was elected First Mayor with 70.52% of the valid votes. He is also a member of the municipal council with a seat and vote.

coat of arms

Blazon: In red a silver wave bar, inside a horizontal blue fish; above two six-pointed golden stars, below one.

The coat of arms has been known since 1553.

Culture and sights

Neuhaus Castle

Windischeschenbach is the "gateway to the Waldnaabtal ", a local recreation area for hiking and cycling. The Waldnaab Valley Museum in Neuhaus Castle is a regional archive of culture and lifestyle.

Buildings

Neuhaus Castle with a 23 m high "butter barrel tower"

Architectural monuments

nature

The Waldnaabtal nature reserve

Culinary specialties

Windischeschenbach is a Zoigl stronghold. The Zoigl is a bottom-fermented beer that is brewed in the traditional way. The numerous Zoigl parlors usually alternate between the weekends for cozy evening get-togethers.

Sports

General gymnastics and sports club ATSV
Disabled and disabled sports club
DJK Windischeschenbach
Ice stock club Windischeschenbach
Fire Protection Society Windischeschenbach eV
Fisherman friends Neuhaus - Windischeschenbach
Concordia cycling and skiing club
SKC WITH US
SpVgg Windischeschenbach e. V.
Diving and snorkeling club "Easy Diver"
Windischeschenbach tennis club
Narrhalla City Windischeschenbach eV

The 83 m high derrick near Windischeschenbach

traffic

Windischeschenbach has a train station on the Weiden – Oberkotzau railway line , where trains run regularly by the Upper Palatinate Railway . The city borders directly on the A 93 Regensburg - Weiden - Hof motorway and has its own junction.

Others

Windischeschenbach became known nationwide through the continental deep drilling program of the Federal Republic of Germany . The derrick can be visited.

Personalities

Connected to the city

Josef Wagner (1892–1979), SPD politician, lived in Windischeschenbach after the First World War.
Dieter Hildebrandt (1927–2013), German cabaret artist, was expelled from his home in Lower Silesia after the Second World War and lived in Windischeschenbach.
Altneihauser Feierwehrkapell'n , conductor: Norbert Neugirg

sons and daughters of the town

Josef Wittmann (1880–1968), important neo-baroque church painter in southern Germany. Painted church ceilings and altarpieces in over 80 churches, mainly in the dioceses of Regensburg, Eichstätt and Munich-Freising or in the Upper Palatinate, Lower and Upper Bavaria, and occasionally in the dioceses of Augsburg and Passau.
Richard Hirsch (1882–1959), German glassworks technician
Paul Schinner (* 1937), important sculptor, painter and graphic artist from Upper Palatinate.