Philippsreut

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Philippsreut
Municipality
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Philippsreut
Coordinates: 48°52′N13°41′E / 48.867°N 13.683°E / 48.867; 13.683
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Niederbayern
District Freyung-Grafenau
Municipal assoc. Hinterschmiding
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–26) Helmut Knaus [1] (FW)
Area
 • Total10.16 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,139 m (3,737 ft)
Lowest elevation
840 m (2,760 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
 • Total642
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
94158
Dialling codes Philippsreut 08550/ Mitterfirmiansreut 08557/
Vehicle registration FRG
Website www.philippsreut.de

Philippsreut is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the border with the Czech Republic.

The village was founded in 1692 by Johann Philipp von Lamberg, Bishop of Passau, originally under the name Kleinphilippsreut ("Small Philip's Glade"), which name lasted until 1936. In times of founding it used to be a drinking station on the middle branch of the so-called "Golden Trail" (German : Goldener Steig), an important medieval trade route connecting Bavaria and Bohemia. When trade on the Golden Trail gradually disappeared (during the first half of the 18th century), the village remained a poor mountainous settlement, whose inhabitants lived – like the other peoples in the Bavarian/Bohemian Forest – mainly from logging and glassmaking. Today, main source of livelihood is tourism.

Despite its negligible size and remote location, Philippsreut has very good transport connections: here ends the Bundesstraße (federal highway) B12 and is continued on the Czech side by the silnice I/4 (road of 1st class) which heads towards Prague.

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References

  1. ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik. June 2022.
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