Bischofsheim an der Rhön

Bishop home at the Rhön ( officially: Bishop Home adRhön ) is a city in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön - grave field and lies at the foot of the cross the mountain in the Rhön.

  • 4.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 4.2 Education
  • 4.3 traffic
  • 5.1 Museums
  • 5.2 Structures
  • 5.3 monuments
  • 5.4 Attractions

Boroughs

Bishop home is divided into 14 Districts:

  • Bauernberg
  • Bischofsheim an der Rhön
  • Franks Home
  • Goose mill
  • Haselbach in the Rhön
  • Holzberg
  • Kreuzberg Monastery
  • Oberweißenbrunn
  • Rhönhaus
  • Granulator
  • Unterweißenbrunn
  • Fulling mill (lower )
  • Wegfurt
  • Wethmühle

History

The oldest documents date from the early 13th century. Finds from the Celtic period, however, show that Bishop home is much older. It can be assumed that the naming goes back to the St. Boniface. From Fulda, where he erected a Benedictine monastery in the year 744, the bishop led the way over to the Bishop home imperial palace salt. There he built probably a settlement to make on the way rest. The upper office of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, which belonged to the Frankish Empire Circle, was ceded to the secularisation of Bavaria in 1805 in favor of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and fell with this 1814 final at Bayern. see also Postal Altenbrenda

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972 Wegfurt was incorporated. On February 1, 1975 Haselbach was added in the Rhön. Franks Home, Oberweißenbrunn and Unterweißenbrunn followed on 1 May 1978.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor 's Udo Baumann ( CSU). It was founded in 2004 by Armin successor Lommel ( CSU / CDU) in the year.

Economy

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 587 in the area of ​​trade and transport 139 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 326 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there was total in 1697. In manufacturing, there was an operation in the construction of eight farms. In addition, in 1999, there were 173 farms with an agricultural area of 1617 hectares, of which 568 hectares of arable land and 1045 acres of meadowland.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2009):

  • 200 kindergarten places with 147 children ( kindergartens in Bischofsheim an der Rhön, Wegfurt, Oberweißenbrunn and Unterweißenbrunn )
  • A primary and secondary school with 38 teachers and 505 students
  • State Vocational School for wood sculptor. It is the only wood carving in northern Bavaria and the oldest in Germany. It was founded on 1 May 1843 in Poppenhausen ( Wasserkuppe) and published in 1861 by Bishop Home. In 2003 it celebrated its 150th anniversary.
  • School of Agriculture, Department of Home Economics
  • The Schullandheim Bauernberg of Schullandheim plant Lower Franconia

Traffic

Bishop home is on the BAB 7, exit Brückenau wild spots and on the BAB 71 at exit Bad Neustadt adS to reach. The city is located on the B 279 Fulda - Bishop Home - Bamberg and is the starting point of the B 278, which leads over Tann (Rhön ) into the Thuringian Buttlar. The Hochrhönstraße connects Bishop home with Fladungen.

Nearest Train: Gersfeld ( Rhön)

Culture and sights

  • Wood sculpture by Bishop Home

Museums

  • House of Little Wonders - An interactive museum about the meaning

House of the Little wonder there are not more.

Structures

  • Catholic Parish Community Am Kreuzberg, Bishop / Rhön St. George's Episcopal Home,
  • St. Wendelin Haselbach,
  • St. Anthony and St. Vitus Oberweißenbrunn,
  • St. Kilian francs Home,
  • St. Catherine Unterweißenbrunn,
  • St. Peter and Paul Wegfurt,
  • St. Lawrence Schönau
  • Kloster Kreuzberg

"Center tower "

The three crosses on Cross Mountain

Monuments

Attractions

  • Kreuzberg, the second highest mountain of Lower Franconia, the third highest mountain in the Rhön ( 927.8 m above sea level. NN )
  • Osterburg
  • Black Moor
  • Red Moor
  • Arnsberg
  • Rock stone
  • Himmeldunkberg
  • Rothsee
  • Hunting lodge wooden Berghof
  • Teufelsmühle
  • Adventure Mine on Bauernberg
  • Ski lifts at Kreuzberg
  • Ski lifts at Arnsberg

Others

Bishop home is a member of the Cittaslow movement to improve the quality of life by slowing down.

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany Treaty of Paris (1814) Poppenhausen, Hesse Bad Neustadt an der Saale Heidelstein Aubstadt Bastheim Burglauer Hendungen Herbstadt Heustreu Hohenroth Hollstadt Mellrichstadt Niederlauer Oberelsbach Oberstreu Salz, Bavaria Sandberg, Bavaria Stockheim, Lower Franconia Strahlungen Sulzfeld, Rhön-Grabfeld Trappstadt Unsleben Willmars Integrated Authority File
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