Hetzles

Hetzles is a municipality in the district of Forchheim ( district government of Upper Franconia ) and a member of the administrative community Dormitz. Districts are Hetzles and Honings.

• 2.1 Religion

• 3.1 council after the local elections 2008
• 3.2 List of mayors
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

Hetzles is located between Nuremberg and Bamberg and is approx 30 km from both cities.

Located at the gateway to the Franconian Switzerland below the 549m high mountain Hetzleser, it is known as cherry village. For walking and cycling fans there are around the Hetzleser fortified mountain tours.

Community structure

Hetzles divided into two districts:

• Hetzles
• Honings

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ):

Effeltrich, Kunreuth, Igensdorf, Neunkirchen am Brand, Langensendelbach

History

On the Hetzleser mountain, Table Mountain, there is a ring wall and some fixings section. The finds made ​​there are Hallstatt and laténezeitlich. Henry of Schweinfurt, also called Hezilo, gave the place its name. The name Hetzles was on the elongated mountain range, the far- projecting as part of the Franconian Alb in the Regnitz fold transferred.

1109 Hetzles was first mentioned in records. On the day of the consecration of St. Jacob's Church in Bamberg on July 25, 1109 Bishop Otto I gave the monastery of St. Jacob in addition to other villages also Hetzles. In the Testamantumbonorum, the list of donated goods, the name Hetzles five times each comes in German and Latin before ( " cemehezeles ", "villa hecelonis ", " curia hecelonis "). In the deed it says " Bischoff Otto of Bamberg at the pin Jacob bequeathed: from the village Cemehezeles and honing of a manor, seven Sölden and four hearths in the village Cembahe, a Sölde with all use".

Hetzles in present-day administrative region of Upper Franconia belonged in the Middle Ages and early Modern Domdechantei to the Bishopric of Bamberg. With the Imperial Diet of 1803 the city became part of Bavaria.

Religion

Hetzles is a Catholic embossed place. The village church is dedicated to St. Lawrence. The former fortified church was demolished and built from the stones of the present church.

The kindergarten in Hetzles is sponsored by the church.

With the arrival of new citizens, the share of Protestant citizens has increased, but for which there is no church of their own.

Policy

In the local elections of 2008, the first mayor Franz Schmidtlein ( citizens from Hetzles and Honings ) received 76.8 % of votes.

Council after the local elections 2008

The group calls itself the Free Voters since August 2010 Civil Forum Hetzles and Honings eV

List of mayors

Coat of arms

Blazon: About a split of silver and blue sign foot in a red diagonal left Asked silver crosier, beseitet of three stemmed cherries and a silver horn of Ammon.

The split of silver and blue sign foot reminiscent of the noble family of Breitenstein, on the Hetzles was established in the 14th century. The crosier indicates originating from Hetzles Michael of Deinlein, who was from 1858 to 1875 Archbishop of Bamberg. The cherries cherry speak for the village Hetzles; the Ammon's horn is reminiscent of the fossil record.

Tradition and costumes

On two holidays of the year the costume life has its highlights in Hetzles: the Corpus Christi or Kränzelestag and at the fair on the third weekend in August. While on Corpus Christi, the character of the costume is fixed daily and solemnly the joyful secular meaning is carried in the costumes on display at the Kirchweihtag more. The different character of the two festivals is reflected in the costume and colors. Every year in August, in the courtyard of the inn Schwarzer Adler ( Mendel host ) singing under the lime instead. In this festival the children costume dance group of traditional customs Hetzles occurs.

On Corpus Christi, the feast of the church, the dress colors especially for the younger girls and young women are more serious, but still smile about. The baroque character of this festive costume is consistent with the baroque saints who bear the girls. The red and purple of the church banners in harmony with the colors of the costumes, which also mix a bluish and greenish hue in the color paintings. The difficulty falling skirts are a contrast to the silken Schobben that cleaned out by decorative shelves and something velvet, the result baroque picture. The fixed -day white, red and colored headscarves of women farmers complete the harmony of colors.