{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Neunkirchen am Brand COA.svg |image_photo = Neunkirchena-Brand-Kirchplatz.jpeg |image_caption = Center of Neunkirchen with timbered houses and the old deanery near St.-Michaels Church (right side of the image) |coordinates = {{coord|49|37|N|11|08|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Neunkirchen am Brand in FO.svg |state = Bayern |region = Oberfranken |district = Forchheim |elevation = 317 |area = 26.39 |postal_code = 91077 |area_code = 09134 |licence = FO |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 74 154 |website = [http://www.neunkirchen-am-brand.de/ www.neunkirchen-am-brand.de] |mayor = Martin Walz<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–26 |party = CSU }} '''Neunkirchen am Brand''' ({{IPA|de|ˈnɔʏnkɪʁçn̩ ʔam ˈbʁant}}) is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the district of [[Forchheim (district)|Forchheim]] in [[Bavaria]] in [[Germany]].
==History==
Important dates are the founding of the [[Canons Regular]] of [[Saint Augustine]] [[monastery]], Neunkirchen am Brand monastery, in 1314 and the conferment of the status as [[market town]] in 1410. In 1803 Neunkirchen along with the [[Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg]] became part of Bavaria. Between 1886 and 1963 Neunkirchen was located near a train route from [[Erlangen]] to [[Eckental|Eschenau]].
After the [[Second World War]], refugees settled in Neunkirchen and after the establishment of [[Siemens AG]] in Erlangen the town experienced a dramatic increase in inhabitants. Numerous suburbs were built around the traditional center of the town.
Neunkirchen is also the home of a number of industrial and trade companies. The largest industrial employer is the axles factory, the [[NAF Neunkirchener Achsenfabrik|''Neunkirchener Achsenfabrik (NAF)'']].
==Districts== There are the following districts (pop. statistics as of December 31, 2006): * Neunkirchen (5995 inhabitants) * Baad (85 inhabitants) * Ebersbach (250 inhabitants) * Ermreuth (921 inhabitants) * Großenbuch (575 inhabitants) * Rödlas (149 inhabitants) * Rosenbach (261 inhabitants) * Gleisenhof (near Ermreuth) and Wellucken (7 inhabitants)
Furthermore, there the farms Vogelhof, Erleinhof and Saarmühle.
==Sights and culture== The town is marked by well preserved gates, the former Neunkirchen am Brand Monastery, countless timbered houses and a Middle Age warehouse known as a ''Zehntscheune''. In the district of Großenbuch, the Kugler family operates a restaurant that has existed in that location since the 1500s. <gallery> Image:Neunkirchen-am-Brand-Erlanger-Tor.jpeg|Erlanger Gate of the old [[defensive wall]] Image:Neunkirchen-am-Brand-Zehntscheune.jpeg|The Middle Age warehouse of the old monastery Image:Neunkirchen am Brand St. Michael 01.jpg|St. Michaels Church, part of the old monastery Image:Neunkirchen-am-Brand-neues-Rathaus.jpeg|The new city hall in the old monastery school, to the right the gate to the monastery </gallery>
===Buildings=== In the district of Ermreuth, the former synagogue was restored as a venue for various events. Worth seeing in this districts are also the church and the castle. <gallery> Image:Ermreuth-Synagoge.jpeg|Ermreuth Synagogue Image:Ermreuth-Schloss.jpeg|The front wall of the Ermreuth Castle Image:Ermreuth-Kirche.jpeg|The village church in Ermreuth </gallery>
===Regular events=== * On [[Good Friday]], there is a famous and in this form very rare procession of holy figures * On every second Saturday before St. Anna (July 26), everyone is invited to the local fair. Local clubs present themselves with their own stands and on a stage. * The Neunkirchen church anniversary ([[Kirchweih]] or Kerwa) takes place on the weekend of the first Sunday in October. * A [[Christmas market]] at St.-Michaels Church is always on the third weekend of Advent.
==Twin towns== * {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Deerlijk]] in [[Belgium]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Tótkomlós]] in [[Hungary]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * [http://www.neunkirchen-am-brand.de/index.php?page=953 Official homepage of Neunkirchen am Brand] * [http://www.ermreuth.de/ Ermreuth district page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411021151/http://www.ermreuth.de/ |date=2008-04-11 }} (''German'')
{{Cities and towns in Forchheim (district)}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neunkirchen Am Brand}} [[Category:Forchheim (district)]]