Geroldsgrün
Geroldsgrün is a community in the Upper Franconian district court and is located in the Franconian Forest.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geroldsgrün lies in the west of the district court on the border to neighboring county Kronach in the Franconian Forest, a wooded mountain range. The watershed between the Rhine and the Elbe runs on the eastern hill. The Ölsnitz flows through the Ölsnitztal with striking rock formations towards Unterrodach.
Community structure
Geroldsgrün consists of 21 districts:
- Dürrenwaid
- Dürrenwaiderhammer
- Geroldsgrün
- Gerold Reuth
- Great Reuth
- Hermes Green
- Hertwegsgrün
- Hirschberglein
- Langenau
- Langenbach
- Lothar healing
- Mühlleiten
- Neuenhammer
- Neumühlestrasse
- Upper hammer
- Parish granulator
- Silberstein
- Steinbach
- Trögershäuser
- Unterhammer
- Untersteinbach
The districts of Geroldsgrün are largely state-recognized climatic health resorts.
Climate
The average annual temperature in Geroldsgrün is 6.7 ° C, the average annual rainfall is 1,002 mm.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1323 as Gerhart green documentary. Until recently Geroldsgrün was always border town between different territories, so between the diocese of Bamberg and the Counts of Orlamünde, later. Between the diocese and the Bayreuth - Kulmbach Margravate From 1500 the town was in the Frankish Empire circle. As part of the Prussian Principality of Bayreuth since 1792 Geroldsgrün fell in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 to France and came to Bavaria in 1810. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.
Until the reunification Geroldsgrün was the border town again. In Steinbach am Langesbühl there was the station Echo 1 the Franconian Forest barracks.
A dark chapter was the witch hunt that ended in Geroldsgrün and the surrounding area until 1654.
Incorporations
On 1 July 1972 the then independent municipality Dürrenwaid was incorporated. The communities Langenbach and Steinbach at Geroldsgrün followed on 1 May 1978.
Coat of arms
The community Geroldsgrün received on 14 January 1955, own coat of arms: "Divided by silver and green; above a growing red eagle, down a golden Pochhammer ".
The Pochhammer points to the old local industry of metal ore mining. The Red Eagle was a major symbol of the Margrave of Bayreuth, to whose territory the place mentioned in documents in 1330 formerly belonged. The green field color of the lower half of the shield indicates the place name.
Policy
The local council of Geroldsgrün has 16 members and is composed as follows:
Culture and sights
- Baroque fortified church
- Frankenwarte
- Subterranean slate quarry slate factory Lothar healing
→ List of monuments in Geroldsgrün
Economy and infrastructure
- Branch plant of the company Faber- Castell: The factory building is artistically designed. Production in Geroldsgrün includes pins of all kinds and cosmetic products. All Faber -Castell product range is offered in a factory outlet.
- A wood processing plant of the company Graetz, later Nokia, which made in previous years television and radio housing, has now been closed.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Emilie mason (1863-1924), politician (SPD )
- Hans Huettner (1885-1956), Major General of the Wehrmacht
- Christian Keysser (1877-1961), pioneer missionary
- Detlef mackerel ( b. 1963 ), author