Neukirchen, Lower Bavaria

Neukirchen is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Donau-Wald region in the Bavarian Forest.

Neukirchen
Church of Saint Martin
Coat of arms
Location of Neukirchen within Straubing-Bogen district
Neukirchen
Neukirchen
Coordinates: 48°59′N 12°46′E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionNiederbayern
DistrictStraubing-Bogen
Municipal assoc.Hunderdorf
Government
 • MayorRudolf Seidenader (FW)
Area
 • Total24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Elevation
375 m (1,230 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,730
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
94362
Dialling codes09961
Vehicle registrationSR
Websitewww.neukirchen.net

Districts

Neukirchen has 65 districts:[2]

  • Angermühl
  • Au
  • Autsdorf
  • Bachersgrub
  • Birkhof
  • Brandlehen
  • Buchaberg
  • Buchamühl
  • Bühel
  • Bühelberg
  • Burkasberg
  • Dießenbach
  • Dießenberg
  • Dörnau
  • Edersberg
  • Feldhof
  • Fremdstuhl
  • Graben
  • Grad
  • Hacka
  • Haggn
  • Hagnberg
  • Hochstraß
  • Höfling
  • Hungerszell
  • Inderbogen
  • Irlach
  • Irlmühle
  • Kager
  • Kreuzhaus
  • Langholz
  • Lehenfeld
  • Lohhof
  • Lohmühl
  • Maulhof
  • Mitterberg
  • Mitterkogl
  • Mitterwachsenberg
  • Neukirchen
  • Niederhofen
  • Notzling
  • Oberkogl
  • Obermühlbach
  • Oberwachsenberg
  • Öd bei Buchamühl
  • Oed bei Reisach
  • Plenthof
  • Prünst
  • Pürgl
  • Radmoos
  • Reisach
  • Rimbach
  • Schelnbach
  • Schickersgrub
  • Seethal
  • Sparr
  • Steg
  • Stippich
  • Taußersdorf
  • Thannerhof
  • Unterkogl
  • Untermühlbach
  • Unterwachsenberg
  • Unterwolfessen

History

Early History

Neukirchen was first mentioned in 1126 in the deed of the monastery Oberalteich under the name Niuenchirichen. Neukirchen belonged to the Rentamt Straubing and the regional court Mitterfels of the Electorate of Bavaria.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1976, the previously independent municipality Obermühlbach, which had more inhabitants than Neukirchen, incorporated.[3] Dörnau (1979), Birkhof and Rimbach (1980) were reclassified from Hunderdorf to Neukirchen.[4]

Population
  • 1961: 1,514 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1,477 inhabitants
  • 1987: 1,491 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1,613 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1,655 inhabitants
  • 2000: 1,763 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1,808 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1,845 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1,733 inhabitants

Government

The Mayor of Neukirchen since March 2008 is Rudolf Seidenader.

Landmarks
  • Neukirchen is a state-approved resort. Noteworthy next to the developed cycling and hiking trails are the circular fruit garden and the nature trail Perlbachtal.
  • The parish church of St. Martin is a late Baroque facility with equipment from the construction period in the mid-18th century.
  • Haggn Castle

Infrastructure

Education

There are the following facilities:

  • Kindergartens: 50 kindergartens with 62 children (as of 1999)
  • Elementary schools: one with four teachers and 59 students (as of 2017/2018)[5]

Roadways

Neukirchen is located on State Road 2139. In 2017, a Bavaria-wide pilot project to measure the volume of motorcycles was carried out by the Bavarian Police Department. Following the successful completion of the pilot project, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior decided at the beginning of 2018 to allow the use of noise displays nationwide. Neukirchen, in cooperation with the neighboring municipality of St. Englmar and initiated by council member Matthias Wallner, is taking on a pioneering role in Bavaria in the fight against motorcycle noise.[6]

References
  1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
  2. Gemeinde Neukirchen in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online. Bavarian State Library, retrieved 29 October 2017
  3. Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982 (in German). Germany (West). Statistisches Bundesamt. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. 1983. ISBN 3170032631. OCLC 10562096.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Die Gemeinden Bayerns nach dem Gebietsstand 25 May 1987. Die Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden Bayerns und die Änderungen im Besitzstand und Gebiet von 1840 bis 1987." In: Bavarian State Office of Statistics and Data Processing: Contributions to the statistics of Bavaria. Munich 1991, p. 70–72
  5. "Grundschule Neukirchen". Schuldatenbank des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst (in German). Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  6. "Motorradlärm: "Es gibt immer ein paar Unbelehrbare"". idowa.de (in German). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
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