Itzgrund

Itzgrund is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Education
  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located in the Middle Itzgrund on the highway 4 between Coburg and Bamberg in a varied landscape, left and right of the river Itz.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages

  • Gleußen
  • Herreth ( with Merkendorf )
  • Kaltbrunn
  • Lahm / Pülsdorf
  • Schottenstein / Bodelstadt
  • Catfish mountain

History

The community Itzgrund was on 1 May 1978 at the context of the municipal reform of the previously independent municipalities Gleußen, cold Brunn ( with the incorporated 1 July 1972 Herreth until 1863 " Kleinhereth " ), Lahm, Schottenstein and Catfish Mountain, up to 30 June. Season 1972 County stone belonged.

The community Itzgrund became a member of the administrative community Untersiemau. Effective January 1, 1980, she left the management community.

Religions

The evangelical Christians in the community Itzgrund distributed among the Lutheran churches Lahm, Gleußen, Schottenstein and Staffelstein with Herreth the Deanery Michelau the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. The Catholics are among the parishes of the Deanery Altenbanz Lichtenfels or cold Brunn and Sesslach the Deanery Coburg in the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

Population Development

Policy

  • CSU: 5
  • SPD: 5
  • FWG: 4

Parish council

The municipal election of 2008 led to the following distribution of seats in the municipal council ( compared to the 2002 election )

  • SPD 5 seats (-1)
  • CSU 5 seats ( / -0 )
  • Free electoral group 4 seats ( 2)
  • BBI 0 seats (-1)

Mayor

Mayor Werner Thomas of the SPD.

Coat of arms

Description: " In red and silver zigzag cut geviertem main shield in gold and black crowned a reinforced red Basilisk, based his left claw on a gevierten of silver and red shield ".

Culture and sights

Structures

  • District Gleußen: Old coaching inn from 1603, classical Protestant parish church
  • District Herreth: Evangelical James Church from 1694
  • District Kaltenbrunn: Catholic parish church of St. Wolfgang von 1748/49 with rococo
  • District Lahm: Ensemble with Baroque castle of the Barons von Lichtenstein ( 1710), Castle Church Holy Trinity with Autumn organ of 1732, former farm buildings and park with castle pond

Education

The Oscar - Schramm - Itzgrund school in the district Bodelstadt is a primary and secondary school.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Hans Bohla (1891-1928), politician ( member of parliament ) and journalist, born in the district Herreth
  • Torsten Oehrlein ( born 1986 ), football player

Others

In Itzgrund the main Frankish dialect is spoken Itzgründisch. However, the dialect name stands for a much larger language area and is much older than the church Itzgrund.

Church pictures

James Evangelical Church in Herreth

Catholic Church of St. Wolfgang in Kaltbrunn

Evangelical Castle Church in Lahm

Evangelical Church in Schottenstein

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