Kirchheim, Lower Franconia

Kirchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, Lower Franconia, and the seat of the administrative community Kirchheim.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Testimonies of former Jewish rural community
  • 4.2 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical Location

Kirchheim belongs to the region of Würzburg and is border village of Bavaria to Baden -Württemberg. The eponymous main town is crossed near the eastern edge of the moss creek in direction southsouthwest that join at the southern edge of the village to the south-southwest running it in the West limiting Rimbach for Wittig Bach, who moves on to the south.

Community structure

Kirchheim is divided into seven districts:

  • Egenburgerhof
  • Eulenmühle
  • Gaubüttelbrunn
  • Geiersmühle
  • Kirchheim
  • Mill ( upper)
  • Sellenbergerhof

There are the districts Gaubüttelbrunn and Kirchheim.

History

The first documented mention of Kirchheim from the year 742 are located in the Diocese of Würzburg books. It was part of the Bishopric of Würzburg ( Stift St. Burkhard, from the 10th century, a Benedictine monastery, and from 1469 to 1808 a collegiate ), which belonged to the Frankish Empire circle. 1803, the Bishopric was secularized and Kirchheim Bavarian territory; then leave in the Peace of Pressburg 1805, Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, with which it finally fell to Bavaria in 1814. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously separate municipality Gaubüttelbrunn was incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Anton Holzapfel ( CSU / CDU Kirchh. - Gaub. ).

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Shared by blue and red; above half a silver lily, down three silver spikes. "

Coat Explanation: The silver lily refers to the former rule, which exercised the monastery of St. Burkhard about Kirchheim. In a document from the year 832 donations from Kirchheim to this pen are mentioned. In religious symbolism both the lily and the color blue are used as a reference to Mary ( mother of Jesus). The three silver tips in Red are the so-called Franconian rake and stand for the diocese of Würzburg, to the territory of Kirchheim also belonged and generic francs.

The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality by decree of 4 January 1935, the Reich Governor in Bavaria Franz von Epp.

Culture and sights

Testimonies of former Jewish rural community

In Kirchheim existed from the 16th century until 1908 a small Jewish community land. In a 1667 built house (garden road 3) were a synagogue, a school and a mikveh (1993 found ) housed. The dead of the Jewish community were buried in the Jewish Cemetery Allersheim (municipality gable city). The congregation broke up due to migration into the cities themselves to.

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 7, 188 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 24 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 53 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 767 in the manufacturing sector there were 3 businesses operating in the construction industry 1. In addition, in 1999, there were 36 farms with an agricultural area of 1288 ha, of which 1272 ha of arable land and 12 ha of permanent grassland.

Kirchheim is headquartered Zeidler & Wimmel, one of the largest stone mason companies in Germany.

Traffic

In Kirchheim and Gaubüttelbrunn, there is one breakpoint at the Franconia Railway Stuttgart- Würzburg. Between Lauda and Würzburg, the regional trains of Westfrankenbahn run about in the two- hour intervals.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

  • 75 kindergarten places with 65 children
  • An elementary school with 15 teachers and 283 students

Personalities

  • Steffen Hofmann ( born 1980 ), midfielder at Rapid Vienna, played in the youth at first FC Kirchheim, TSV Kleinrinderfeld, Wurzburg FV and Bayern Munich
  • Martha Merz ( born December 18, 1916 in Kirchheim ), Bavaria's first registrar. She lived until her death ( † 21 February 2012) in Kelheim
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