Neukirchen, Lower Bavaria

Neukirchen
Municipality
Church of Saint Martin
Coat of arms
Location of Neukirchen within Straubing-Bogen district
Neukirchen Neukirchen
Coordinates: 48°59′N 12°46′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Straubing-Bogen
Municipal assoc.	Hunderdorf
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Matthias Wallner
Area
• Total	24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	1,749
• 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.

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 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. Dörnau (1979), Birkhof and Rimbach (1980) 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 (as of 1999)
• Elementary schools: one with four teachers and 59 students (as of 2017/2018)

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.