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.

WWW neukirchen.net

Districts

Neukirchen has 65 districts:

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
MitterwachsenbergNeukirchen
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 Straubing and the regional court Mitterfels of the Electorate of Bavaria.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1976 the previously independent municipality Obermühlbach, which had more inhabitants than Neukirchen, incorporated. Dörnau, Birkhof and Rimbach were reclassified from Hunderdorf to Neukirchen.

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
Elementary schools: one with four teachers and 59 students

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.