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Stone Meadows is a market in the Upper Franconian district Kronach.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 monuments
• 4.3 Picture Gallery

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Stone Meadows is part of the Franconian Forest nature park and situated in the valley of the Unterrodach.

Community structure

Districts:

• Neufang
• Nurn
• Stone meadows
• Schlegelshaid
• Birnbaum

History

In 1323 Stone Meadows was first mentioned. The market rights were granted to the municipality on August 11, 1939.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Birnbaum and Nurn as well as parts of the territory of the dissolved municipality Neufang were incorporated.

Policy

Parish council

The market council has 16 members

• CSU 11 seats
• SPD 5 seats

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " Split front and shared by Green and silver; above a silver stone block, down a red oblique wave beams; the back of a covered gold with a silver slant bar, red reinforced black lion. "

Culture and sights

Structures

Interesting from a technical point of view and as a recreation area is the Ködeltalsperre lying within the territory of the municipality.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in stone meadows

Gallery

Catholic Church of St. Mary's, Rectory

Teichsmühle

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Stöcker (1835-1913), innkeeper, brewer and member of the German Reichstag.
• Josef Müller (1898-1979), deputy of the Bavarian People's Party and later became the first chairman of the CSU
• Max Spindler (1894-1986), historian
• Wolfgang Hoderlein (* 1953), SPD politician, 2000-2003 Regional Chairman of SPD in Bavaria.