Neukirchen | |
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Church of Saint Martin | |
Location of Neukirchen within Straubing-Bogen district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 48°59′N 12°46′E / 48.983°N 12.767°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Niederbayern |
District | Straubing-Bogen |
Municipal assoc. | Hunderdorf |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Matthias Wallner[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi) |
Elevation | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,766 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 94362 |
Dialling codes | 09961 |
Vehicle registration | SR |
Website | www.neukirchen.net |
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 has 65 districts:[3]
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Neukirchen was first mentioned in 1126 in the deed of the monastery Oberalteich under the name Niuenchirichen. Neukirchen belonged to the Rentamtcitation needed]
Straubing and the regional court Mitterfels of the Electorate of Bavaria.[On January 1, 1976, the previously independent municipality Obermühlbach, which had more inhabitants than Neukirchen, incorporated.[4] Dörnau (1979), Birkhof and Rimbach (1980) were reclassified from Hunderdorf to Neukirchen.[5]
The Mayor of Neukirchen since March 2008 is Rudolf Seidenader.[citation needed]
There are the following facilities:
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.[7]