Hausen, Upper Franconia
Hausen is a municipality in the district of Forchheim ( district government of Upper Franconia ). In the year 2007 marked the 1000th anniversary was celebrated Hausen.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical Location
The community is located between Erlangen and Bamberg near the town of Forchheim.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ):
Forchheim, Baierdorf, Herold Bach, Hallersdorf
Community structure
The municipality is divided into two districts:
- Live
- Wimmelbach
History
First records of the place Hausen was born on November 1, 1007 in the certificate of incorporation of the diocese of Bamberg by Henry II In addition to the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg had until the end of the 18th century, especially the imperial city of Nuremberg, and the Principality of Bayreuth, the common rule over the small village. The rules for this so-called Kondominat were established in the Forchheimer recess of 1538. In the Napoleonic era, the village was French, together with the Principality of Bayreuth from 1806-1810 for almost four years before he came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810. Part of the district (then: Landgericht ) Forchheim Hausen was was only in 1857, as it was always oriented due to its close relations with the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg until then rather by means franc and the former District Court Herzogenaurach.
In the whole of Germany known Hausen was his Pilatus announcement, in claiming Pontius Pilate was born in Hausen, whereby the old house numbers even quite specifically called 48 and 73 two birth houses.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1972, until then independent municipality Wimmelbach was incorporated.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal council of Hausen has 17 members including the mayor.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: Shared and split down; above in a Gold oberhalbes black bucket; divided down the front of a wacky, deposed silver chevrons of black and red, the back of a silver diagonally left red palm branch.
The meaning of the crest: the above water wheel is reminiscent of the many water wheels that once dominated the region. The colors black and gold back to the coat of arms of the Bishopric of Bamberg, Bamberg because the bishops had earlier the water authority. The rafters indicates the former local government of the Haller family of Hallerstein. The palm branch points to the church patron, St. Wolfgang.
Economy and infrastructure
Until the 20th century the place was a purely farming village. Nowadays it hosts mainly commuters who work in the neighboring centers of Erlangen and Nuremberg. As a major industrial development, the roof tile factory of Lafarge / Braas is mentioned (2009, the operation was stopped and the site sold). Since the 1970s, the Main -Danube Canal passes by Stockhausen, as well as the motorway A 73 ( Frankenschnellweg ). The existing since 1892 railway line to Hochstadt an der Aisch with a stop in Oberhausen is now set and broken in the municipal area. The Hausen is known for its successful women's football.
Attractions
At the center of the town is built in the 1468 by the Nuremberg patrician family of Haller Haller stone church, which was later rebuilt in Baroque style. Attraction for tourists is especially one of the historic waterwheels in the Regnitz with which the farmers to irrigate their fields and of which there are about thirty were formerly in the Hausener hallway. Also worth seeing is the small village museum in grasping house that gives a good overview of the place and its history.
Church
In Hausen is the parish church St. Wolfgang. Ecclesiastical Hausen is part of the Dean's Office Forchheim and thus to the archbishopric of Bamberg. Still belongs to the parish Hausen affiliated church of St. Lawrence Wimmelbach.
Together with the parish Heroldsbach forms the parish, founded in 2006 Hausen a pastoral area. Chaplain in pastoral area Herold Bach Hausen priest Franz Berger knobs (since 2008) and community speaker Christian Deuber (since 2012).