Großwallstadt

Great Wall City is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Miltenberg.

  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Earlier spellings
  • 3.1 Population development
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 6.1 monuments
  • 6.2 educational institutions
  • 6.3 Sports

Geography

Geographical Location

Great Wall town lies in the Bavarian Lower Main region.

Community structure

The municipality Großwallstadt has an officially designated district.

There is only the district Großwallstadt.

Neighboring communities

Name

Etymology

The name Großwallstadt is composed of the Old High German words Walah for novels and stat for home together. As an explanation it follows abode of novels. The name affixes temporarily used large and king and the Lateinisierten differentiations maiori, major, maior ( the larger ), Regis ( the King ), trans morgum ( on the Main) and ex ista parte Mogi (of this Main part ) should distinguish it from Kleinwallstadt. The addition king refers to the basic rule of the king.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

History

As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz upper Great Wall city fell in the secularisation of 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (now a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) fell to Bavaria.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Roland Eppig (FW). It was in 2008 Successor by Reinhold Köhler (CSU ) in the year.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 29, 801 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 102 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 139 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1536. In the manufacturing sector, there were 16 farms, in construction 3 companies.

The largest employer with about 1,000 employees, the Ciba Vision GmbH, which is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of contact lenses and contact lens care products.

Traffic

Großwallstadt is affected by the B 469. The town lies on the Franconian Red Wine Hiking Trail.

Education and Culture

Monuments

Educational institutions

There are the following facilities:

  • Kindergartens: 200 kindergarten places with 174 children
  • Elementary Schools: Cardinal Dopfner middle school ( with 32 teachers and 404 students, primary and secondary school with M- train; Open all-day school; prior school year 2010 /11)

Sports

The 1888 TV Großwallstadt was until 2013 the only Bavarian representative in the handball league of gentlemen. The club was from 1978 to 1981, 1984 and 1990 six times German champion.

Personalities

  • Gregor ( Ludwig) Giegerich ( born April 29, 1913 in Großwallstadt; † October 4, 1950 in the prison of Pyongyang, North Korea), Missionary Benedictines, martyr of Tokwon
  • Norbert Geis (* 1939), politician ( CSU)
  • Manfred Hofmann ( born 1948 ), former German Handball goalkeeper in the world class
  • Siegfried Roch ( born 1959 ), former German handball goalkeeper, German Champion, European Champion and silver medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles

Curiosities

Potato " haas and goose " was not a festive feast. Too hot and whole potatoes were eaten Käs mat ( Quark ). As this Court also in Großwallstadt was often on the menu, they were in their nickname ( Ortsnecknamen ) derided as " Matteköpp ".

When turning over the vegetable garden with a spade, there is still a small blow to the clod of earth to crush them. That was the Grosswallstadt best, so they were also called the " Schollekläpperer ".

The Great Wall and the small townspeople Wall townspeople cursed himself over and over as " Pollack " on the Main. The word has a positive or negative meaning; the students of the Royal were but. Forest University Aschaffenburg to their Couleur " Forstpollacken " called. In their jaunty regalia they enriched the cityscape of Aschaffenburg and the surrounding area.

Gallery

Town hall

Museum of Local History

Village Tower

Aerial view 2008

Aerial view 2008

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