Maroldsweisach
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Maroldsweisach is a market in the Lower Franconian district Haßberge in Bavaria.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 2.3 Spin-off
- 2.4 Population development
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Market council
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Education
- 4.3 breweries
- 5.1 monuments
- 6.1 freeman
- 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Maroldsweisach is located in the Main- Rhön at the edge of the Natural Park Haßberge, at the foot of Zeilberges.
Community structure
The 17 districts (in brackets the number of inhabitants, as of 31 December 2008) are:
- Allertshausen (159 )
- Old Stone (290 )
- Birkenfeld (133 )
- Dippach (58 )
- Ditterswind ( 353)
- Dürr Ried (80 )
- Eckartshausen (138 )
- Gerold Wind (97 )
- Greßelgrund (60)
- Gückel brain (25 )
- Hafenpreppach (326 )
- Marbach (116 )
- Maroldsweisach ( 1079 )
- Pfaff village (330 )
- Todtenweisach (49)
- Voccawind (110 )
- Wasmuth Hausen ( 180)
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are, from the north clockwise beginning: Schweickershausen, slipways ( Thuringia) Sesslach ( Upper Franconia ), Pfarrweisach, Burgpreppach, Hofheim in Franconia, Bundorf, Sulzdorf at the Lederhecke and Ermershausen.
History
The castle Old Stone, one of whose possession Maroldsweisach in the Middle Ages, in 1225 first mentioned and falls since 1703. Maroldsweisach was the seat of the eponymous manor of the Barons of Horneck, which was mediatised in 1806 in the Grand Duchy of Würzburg of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany. 1814 coincided with the Grand Duchy of Bavaria.
Maroldsweisach reached in 1978 some notoriety through the ordered incorporation of Ermershausen in the context of local government reform in Bavaria, which vehemently opposed. This culminated in the occupation of the city hall of Ermershausen and the erection of barricades by the citizens in order to prevent the relocation of the municipal administration for Maroldsweisach. The village was finally stormed by several hundreds of riot police and evacuated the town hall. The amalgamation was completed on 1 May 1978. Since 1 January 1994 Ermershausen is self again.
Religions
75 % of the population are Protestant, 25 % Roman Catholic.
Incorporations
On 1 July 1971, the formerly independent communities Allertshausen and Marbach were incorporated. Gückel brain was added on July 1, 1975. Old stone followed on 1 January 1976, Pfaff village on June 1, 1976. Also a part of the community Burgpreppach with then about 50 inhabitants was transferred on June 1, 1976. Ditterswind, Hafenpreppach and Wasmuth Hausen lost its independence on 1 January 1978 and were incorporated into the market Maroldsweisach. The series of incorporations was with the inclusion of Dürr Ried, Eckartshausen, Ermershausen completed ( with the incorporated on 1 July 1973 market Birkenfeld and the former rural community Dippach ) and Voccawind on 1 May 1978.
Spin-off
On 1 January 1994, the district Ermershausen from the market Maroldsweisach was outsourced. Birkenfeld and Dippach remained in the market.
Population Development
Policy
Mayor
Mayor is tungsten Thein, was able to prevail in the elections on 3/16/2014 with a majority of only 43 votes ( 51.01 to 48.99 percent) against its competitors Harald Deringer (CSU ) and thus for the next six years - as successor of Wilhelm Schneider (CSU ) - will be the head of the municipality.
Market council
Coat of arms
"Under a red wave plate in three main golden hammers in silver over green Dreienberg a slight left lying black wire ".
Economy and infrastructure
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 14, 459 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 140 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 380 people. Social insurance contributions at town there were a total 1397th In the manufacturing sector there were two, in the construction of ten companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 118 farms with an agricultural area of 3015 hectares, of which 2420 acres of arable land and 583 acres of meadowland.
Traffic
Federal highway 279 leads as the main road through Maroldsweisach.
There was also the terminus of the line Breitengüßbach Maroldsweisach. In 1988, the setting of the passenger traffic, 2001, the final decommissioning and after the reduction of the section boars - Maroldsweisach.
Education
In 1999 there were the following facilities:
- A children's garden with 100 seats and 106 children
- Two elementary schools with 28 teachers and 447 students
Breweries
Today there are on the territory of the municipality, only the Hartleb brewery in Maroldsweisach.
Culture and sights
- Alte Burg ( Old Stone )
- Ancient stone castle
- Castle Ditterswind
- Castle Hafenpreppach
- Castle Maroldsweisach
- Castle Pfaffendorf
- Pfaff village church village
- Castle Birkenfeld
- Jewish Cemetery with memorial plaques for the persecuted and murdered Jews
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Maroldsweisach
Personalities
Freeman
- Johannes Rau (1931-2006), former President of
Sons and daughters of the town
- Erdmann Rudolf Fischer (1687-1776), Lutheran theologian
- Christoph Ernst Luthardt (1823-1902), Lutheran theologian
- Bertha Keyser (1868-1964) devoted her life to humanitarian aid
- Rudolf Berthold (1891-1920), a successful fighter pilot in World War I and recipient of the Order Pour le Mérite
- Franz Schubert (1905-1992), politician