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Etzelwang

Field	Value
image_flag	Flagge etzelwang.png
image_coa	DEU Etzelwang COA.svg
image_photo	Kirche-etzelwang.jpg
image_caption	Church of Saint Nicholas
coordinates
image_plan	Etzelwang in AS.svg
state	Bayern
region	Oberpfalz
district	Amberg-Sulzbach
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg
elevation	390-596
area	21.69
postal_code	92268
area_code	09663
licence	AS
Gemeindeschlüssel	09 3 71 140
website	www.etzelwang.de
mayor	Roman Berr
leader_term	2020–26
party	CSU

Etzelwang is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Apart from Etzelwang the municipality consists of the following villages:

Albersdorf
Gerhardsberg
Hauseck
Kirchenreinbach
Lehendorf
Lehenhammer
Neidstein
Neutras
Penzenhof
Rupprechtstein
Schmidtstadt
Tabernackel
Ziegelhütten

History

Etzelwang has existed as a parish since the second half of the 11th century. However, the present municipality of Etzelwang was not created until the Bavarian administrative reforms of 1972 to 1975. It was created from the political units of Neidstein, Kirchenreinbach, and Schmidtstadt.

Name

Etzel comes from the same root as Heinrich or English Henry. It is not certain which Heinrich gave his name to the parish and subsequently to the municipality. It is possible that it refers to Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II, who founded the bishopric of Bamberg, to which the parish belonged.

Sights

Places of interest in Etzelwang include the following:

Schloss Neidstein, a castle once owned by actor Nicolas Cage.
St. Nikolaus church :The church was originally dedicated in 1059, but subsequently destroyed. The present church was built from 1721 to the completion of the tower in 1763.
Ruins of Burg Hauseck
Neutras cliffs
Burg Rupprechtstein
Hofmark of Kirchenreinbach
Church of St. Ulrich in Kirchereinbach

Notable people ==

Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (31 May 1755 in Etzelwang – 28 June 1829) botanist and entomologist
Walter Künneth (1 January 1901 in Etzelwang – 26 October 1997) Protestant theologian

References

[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.
"Ortsteile mit Postleitzahl".
[https://etzelwang.de/geschichte/ History] Official site Etzelwang

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