Frankenblick

Frankenblick is the name of a unit municipality in the district Sonneberg in Thuringia, which was created January 1, 2012 through the merger of the municipalities Effelder -Rauenstein and Mengersgereuth- hammers.

Geography

Frankenblick lies in the southwestern part of the district Sonneberg. The municipality is bordered to the east by the Franconian Forest and the north by the Thuringian Slate Mountains. The main part of Frankenblick is on the Schalkauer plate or also called Schalkauer plateau. The boundary of the township in the south is also the boundary of the district Sonneberg Thuringia and Bavaria. In the West, the city Schalkau borders the municipality, in the north of the city Neuhaus am Rennweg and the city Steinach, in the east the county seat Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg in the south ( Coburg, Bavaria).

Community structure

The municipality Frankenblick include the following districts:

• Döhlau
• Effelder ( with Blatter village)
• Grümpen
• Meschenbach
• Rabenäußig ( with Fichtach, Hohetann and Melcher mountain )
• Rauenstein
• Rückerswind
• Seltendorf ( with Welchendorf )
• Mengersgereuth- hammers ( with Schichtshöhn, researchers Tight Reuth, Mengersgereuth and hammers )

History

The merger of the municipalities Effelder -Rauenstein and Mengersgereuth- hammering was initially rejected by the Home Affairs Committee of the Thuringian Landtag. After fresh discussions on the Thuringian state parliament December 16, 2011 approved the formation of the unified community.

The administrative center is Effelder, an outpost there in Mengersgereuth- hammers.

Policy

Parish council

The first municipal election on April 22, 2012 had the following result:

Mayor

In the municipal election held on April 22, 2012 Jürgen Köpper (CDU ) was elected with 66.4 % of the valid votes for mayor. His strongest female opponent Elke Zinner ( LEFT ) reached 17.4%.

Culture, attractions and tourism

The community Frankenblick is part of the tourism association Schaumberger country. These include, in the district of Sonneberg also the city Schalkau. By joining Rödental the catchment area of ​​the tourism network expands across countries to Upper Franconia.

The oldest recipe for the much-vaunted Thuringian dumplings comes from Pastor Frederick Timothy home from the district Effelder the community Frankenblick in his handwritten traditional "Topography of the parish game Effelder " ( 1808-1814 ).

Dialect

In the community Frankenblick the Main-Franconian dialect is spoken Itzgründisch, followed by the ethno- cultural affiliation reveals francs to the region.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the top left of the coat of arms of Upper Saxony Margrave of Meissen. The municipality belonged from 1353 to 1425 as part of the care Coburg to their dominion until this then until 1918 went to Upper Saxony Wettin. The upper right is the coat of arms of the Holy St. Kilian, the evangelical church is dedicated in Effelder. At the bottom left there is the coat of arms of the Frankish noble family of Schaumberger and bottom right the coat of arms of the lords of Sonnenberg has been placed. Both noble families dominated the area until the late 13th or early 14th century. During this period, the municipality came as part of the new rule of the Frankish Henneberger 1291 to Mark Brandenburg.