Reichenbach am Regen

Reichenbach
Coat of arms
Reichenbach
Location of Reichenbach within Cham district
Coordinates: 49°11′N 12°21′E / 49.183°N 12.350°E / 49.183; 12.350Coordinates: 49°11′N 12°21′E / 49.183°N 12.350°E / 49.183; 12.350
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Cham
Municipal assoc.	Walderbach
Government
• Mayor	Franz Pestenhofer
Area
• Total	9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Elevation	386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,301
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	93189
Dialling codes	0 94 64
Vehicle registration	CHA
Website	www.gemeinde-reichenbach.de

Reichenbach is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany.

Reichenbach lies in the "Middle Bavarian Forest", in the middle Regental, in the valley of the river rain. (For the history of the well over 1000-year history Reichenbacher would be "Front Šumava" more precise.)

In the north and east: community Walderbach. In the south: community forest In the West: City Nittenau (Lkr. Schwandorf)

Reichenbach, (dialect: from [raichawoch] to [raichaboch]) since 1118th Earlier Placenames: 1122 Richinbach; 1283 Richenwach; 1317 Reichennbach; 1392 Reychenbach. The closest explanation for the name Reichenbach: Settled on rich stream. The importance of water-rich probably not come into question, since this "stream" in the dry season was almost waterless, so this leaves only the importance of "fish-rich stream." The fishing in the rain played in earlier centuries when the great needs of the nearby monasteries and the many meatless days, a far greater role than today.

Kienleiten is a district of the municipality. mundartlich: khüi (s) laitn / kinleitn since'1555. Earlier Placenames: Khuenleuthen or Khienleiten Statement by the city name: Old High German hilta, Lita, Middle High German lite the Leite, the mountain slope. The word chien (Old High German) means pine resin, pine, which Kienföhre. As it is a Bach or a birch Leite, so here a "Kienleite", a settlement on a hillside, with the pines, there is. Kienleiten was once owned by Walderbach.

Heimhof is a hamlet, Gemarkung Tiefenbach. mundartlich: haimhof since about'1125. Earlier Placenames: 1125 Heiminghoven; 1378 Heimhof; 1668 Haimbhoff; 1670 Heimhof. Statement by the city name: "In the courtyards, or at a yard Heimo, Haimo." The hamlet once belonged to the possession of the monastery Reichenbach.

Windhof is a hamlet, Gemarkung Tiefenbach. mundartlich: Windhof, Windin since'1249 '. Former name: 1667 Windahoff. Statement by the city name: The farm is located at the roof height by Roßbach high after the rain, the winds of any kind is totally open. Windhof is a courtyard in a particularly exposed to the winds agency.

Kaltenbach is a desert, Gemarkung Treidling. mundartlich: kholtbo / kholtboch since'1270 '. Former name: 1270 Chaltenbach, 1378, the Lo of the cold stream. Statement by the city name: The name was created by the stream "Kaltenbach", the Walderbacher from the forest and forest rises west of Reichenbach in the rain ends. The settlement in the cold creek.

Hochgart is a desert, Gemarkung Reichenbach. mundartlich: hougoat. Statement by the city name: From Old High German Garden "fenced land, fenced farm," but also "fencing, the garden." "High" indicates the situation on the high against the Regental Pfaffenstein running out. Settled in a garden protected by fencing or settlement on a farm protected by fencing. The desert belonged to the community forest Erbach and lies east of the monastery Reichenbach. Hochgart likely because of its proximity to the monastery Reichenbach once a part of the operation under its own standing monastery have been good.