Oberelsbach
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Oberelsbach is a market in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön - grave box and official health resort.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 4.1 monuments
- 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 5.2 Education
Geography
Geographical location
Oberelsbach ( Öwerälsbich dialect ) is located in the Main- Rhön. The municipality is also known for his basalt columns Gangolf mountain.
Community structure
Oberelsbach is divided into eight districts:
- Ginolfs
- Neumühlestrasse
- Oberelsbach
- Hammer mill
- Sondernau
- Unterelsbach
- Weisbach
There are the districts Ginolfs, Oberelsbach, Sondernau, Unterelsbach and Weisbach.
History
Oberelsbach was first mentioned in the year 812. The place was in possession of the pen Fulda and went on in 1332 to the monastery exchange Marketers angle. He finally arrived at the Julius Hospital Würzburg and thus to the Bishopric of Würzburg, which belonged to the Frankish Empire Circle from 1500. The place has since the year 1726 the market rights. The office of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was ceded to the secularisation of 1803 in Bavaria's favor in 1805, Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and fell with this 1814 final at Bayern. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818 the municipality Oberelsbach.
At least since the mid-19th century Jewish families in the village were resident who formed a Jewish community and 1899 at the end of Elsweges built their synagogue. This church was destroyed during the pogrom of November 1938 by SA men and is now used as a residential and commercial building, mentioned in a plaque recalls.
Incorporations
On 1 January 1972 Ginolfs was incorporated into the market Oberelsbach. On July 1, 1972 Weisbach followed. Finally, the market on 1 January 1978 has been increased by the previously independent municipalities Sondernau and Unterelsbach.
Population Development
The following table shows the population trend of the past 170 years is:
Policy
Mayor 's Birgit Erb (CSU ).
Culture and sights
- Baroque Church of St. Kilian, 1784 completed
- Emergency responders chapel with the statue of Mary Knots
- First German tobacco pipe museum, in the old schoolhouse since 1996. It shows a cross -section of the Rhön pipe-making, including a double pipe to the comparative sample. First, the pipes were later made from tone wood. There are works of art with relief. The Tobacco Pipe by Friedrich Wilhelm I. is to be visited. Another section is dedicated to Ulmer bagpipes. Subsequent materials were meerschaum ( valuable carved ) and porcelain ( with copper imprint).
- House of the Long Rhön, information center about the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön
- Oberelsbach is the seat of the International Society Rathgeber
Monuments
Economy and infrastructure
Economy, agriculture and forestry
In 1998 there were, according to official statistics in manufacturing and 160 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 89 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total 1081st In manufacturing, there was no, one in construction operation. In addition, in 1999, there were 111 farms with an agricultural area of 2031 hectares, of which 1021 hectares of arable land and 1007 acres of meadowland.
Education
In 1999 there were the following facilities:
Personalities
- Valentin Rathgeber (* 1682 in Oberelsbach, † 1750 in Kloster Banz ), Benedictine monk, composer, organist
- Wilhelm Vorndran (* 1924 in Oberelsbach - Sondernau, † 2012 in Erlangen ), Member of the Bavarian Parliament from 1958 to 1994 and its president of 1990 until 1994.
Others
Oberelsbach is the seat of the Bavarian part of the management of the Biosphere Reserve Rhön.