Kirchehrenbach

Kirchehrenbach is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim and office of the Management Community Kirchehrenbach.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 traffic 4.1.1 Railway
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 7.2 personalities who have worked in this community

Geography

Geographical Location

The town lies in the Franconian Switzerland, at the foot of the Ehrenbürg, ( Walberla ) on the eponymous Ehrenbach.

Community structure

Kirchehrenbach divided into two districts:

  • Kirchehrenbach
  • St.Walpurgis on the Ehrenbürg ( Chapel )

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ): Pretzfeld, people stream Wiesenthau, Forchheim, Weilersbach.

History

The first written mention of the town was in 1089 as Arinbach. Kirchehrenbach belonged until 1803 to the Bishopric of Bamberg, which was in the Frankish Empire Circle from 1500, and came in the wake of the upheavals during the Napoleonic Wars, the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor since 2008 Anja Gebhardt ( SPD). Its predecessor was Waldemar Hofmann ( CSU).

Parish council

The local council of Kirchehrenbach has 15 members including the mayor.

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: Over red sign foot, in a silver wave beams in blue on silver mountain a single-tower white church with red roofs.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Railway

The municipality has a break point on the railway line Forchheim Behringersmühle and is integrated into the tariff area of the transport association Greater Nuremberg.

Culture and sights

  • Nature reserve and geotopes Ehrenbürg
  • Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

See also: List of monuments in Kirchehrenbach

Partnerships

  • Hassel ( Weser)

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Nicholas Pieger (1900-1983), Catholic prelate and founder of the ethnic pastoral care in the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Johann Schütz (1913-2010), lawyer and legal scholar, President of the Higher Regional Court Bamberg

Personalities who were active in this community

  • From 1523 to 1525, the Frankish humanist and cartographer Johannes Schoner lived ( 1477-1547 ) as curate and parish administrator in Kirchehrenbach.
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