Ahorn, Bavaria

Maple is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg.

It lies on the southern outskirts of Coburg. The name comes from the maple trees here that were formerly in the municipal area.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 Established businesses 5.2.1 Industrial Area Triebendorf (Old furniture production site Hoffmann)
  • 6.1 Structures
  • 6.2 Museum

Geography

Maple is located in Upper Franconia-West region of the state road 303 Coburg- Schweinfurt. It has existed since the municipal reforms of the following districts: Maple, Finkenau, Hohenstein, cancer mill, sheep farm, Schorkendorf, Triebendorf, Witzmannsberg, Eicha, Wohlbach, brick hut.

History

Maple was first 1074/75 mentioned as " clearing farms in the forests of the castle Ahorny ". The development is closely connected with the history of the castle maple that Joachim von Rosenau was built after the Peasants' War in 1555 on the ruins of an older castle in Renaissance style. Its present appearance the castle by the men of the armed mountain in 1621 Over the centuries, the castle was changing owners. , The von Schaumberg, of Ermreuth, von Eschenbach, by Hendrich, von Baumbach and finally of Erffa, the castle which still today inhabit.

Maple belonged to the Official Maple the duchy of Saxe -Coburg. It came with the Free State of Coburg to a referendum and the subsequent State Treaty on 1 July 1920 Bavaria.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1971 Schafhofstraße and Wohlbach were incorporated. On 1 April 1971 Schorkendorf followed. Finally the town Witzmannsberg was (previously in the district of Season Stone ) incorporated on 1 July 1972.

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1970 3096, 1987 4262 and 2000 4592 counted inhabitants in the year. The municipality had 4589 inhabitants on 31 December 2003.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election of 2008 led to the following distribution of seats in the municipal council ( compared to the 2002 election ):

  • CSU / Civic Association: 8 seats ( 1)
  • SPD / CDU: 8 seats ( / -0 )
  • Green 0 seats (-1)

Mayor

Mayor Martin Finzel (independent), who won the mayoral election on 2 March 2008 as a candidate of the SPD and outdoors voters for themselves. Its predecessor was Wolfgang Dultz (SPD / CDU).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a maple leaf and the stylized castle maple landmark of the community. The colors of green and silver maple leaf and lock in this case have to go to the membership of the church to the former Duchy of Wettin Saxe-Coburg. Nestled are maple leaf and gold and blue castle from the family coat of arms of the Barons of Erffa in the colors.

Twinning

Maple has since 1975, with the market town of Irdning in Styria, Austria, and, since 1990, a twinning with the town ice rink in Thuringia.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

There were 1998 in the field of agriculture and forestry 8, in the production sector and 491 in the area of ​​trade and transport 52 persons work at the workplace. In other areas at the work persons were employed to social security 337. Employees at the residence, there was total in 1632. In the manufacturing sector ( including mining and the mining and quarrying ) gave it 5, 2 in construction companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 37 farms with an agricultural area of 949 hectares. Of these, 722 hectares of arable land and 227 acres of meadowland.

Established businesses

Industrial area Triebendorf (Old furniture production site Hoffmann)

In the outskirts of the town of Maple is a small industrial area with three local companies. This includes the Carpenter Janson, the print S G thrust and a dealer for catering furniture, the M24 GmbH.

Education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

  • Two kindergartens with 175 seats
  • An elementary school with 17 teachers and 338 students

Attractions

Structures

  • Ahorn Castle in the Renaissance style with round corner towers. In the courtyard there is an octagonal stair tower with a spiral staircase, whose steps are not as usual mounted on a column but on a stone-carved spindle. This construction was often referred to as the ninth wonder of the world. The castle is privately owned and can not be visited.
  • The Castle Church, which is structurally connected to the castle, grew out of a Gothic castle chapel. Inside there are two magnificent epitaphs of the Lords of armed mountain.
  • Castle Hohenstein in the community town of Hohenstein
  • Castle Finkenau in the community part Finkenau

Museum

  • The devices Museum of the Coburg region is housed in the former Maple sheep-keeper of the castle and shows units from the peasant, artisan and early industrial area in the former Duchy of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha, but also agricultural tools from the past 150 years.

Dialect

Add maple is Itzgründisch, a main Franconian dialect spoken.

Coburg (district) House of Wettin Eisfeld Gothic art Bad Rodach Lautertal, Bavaria Meeder Sonnefeld Untersiemau Weitramsdorf Integrated Authority File
36251
de