Veitshöchheim

Veitshoechheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, Lower Franconia, and is located on Main.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 local elections 2008 3.1.1 council election
• 3.1.2 mayoral election

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Structures
• 4.3 Regular events
• 4.4 special

• 5.1 traffic 5.1.1 road
• 5.1.2 Bus and Train

• 5.2.1 Education facilities
• 5.2.2 Leisure and sports facilities
• 5.2.3 authorities - Bundeswehr

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Connected to Veitshoechheim

Geography

Community structure

Veitshoechheim divided into two districts:

• Gadheim
• Veitshoechheim

Neighboring communities

To the north are the communities Erlabrunn, Thüngersheim and Güntersleben; the eastern neighboring municipalities are Rimpar and Estonians field. In the south Veitshoechheim adjacent to Würzburg, also in the south is Zell am Main. In the west, on the opposite side of the Main, the community is Margetshöchheim.

History

Veitshoechheim was first mentioned in 779. In 1246, the election of the German king was held in place, Heinrich Raspe was the winner. A private local coat of arms for Veitshoechheim was granted at the request of community leaders in 1563 by Prince Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg.

The Veitshoechheim castle was built in the years 1680-1682 under the Prince-Bishop Peter Philipp von Dernbach 1749-1753 and extended by Balthasar Neumann. With the installation of the Hofgarten, which belongs to the castle, began 1702nd The still preserved, St. Vitus parish church was inaugurated in 1691, built the synagogue in the years 1727-1730 Veitshöchheimer.

In 1814, the city finally fell to the State of Bavaria, after he came to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg only nine years earlier. The municipality was formed in its present form in the wake of the Bavarian administrative reform in 1818. The Veithichheim Train with King Pavilion was built in 1853-1854 under Maximilian II of Bavaria.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1976, until then independent municipality Oberdürrbach was dissolved. Its main part was reclassified in the city of Würzburg. The hamlet Gadheim came to Veitshoechheim.

Policy

Local elections 2008

Council election

• SPD: 10 seats ( 40.2 %)
• CSU: 9 seats ( 36.8 %)
• Independent voters Community - CDU: 3 seats (13.1%)
• GREEN: 2 seats (9.9%)

Mayoral election

• Kinzkofer, Rainer (SPD ): 70.51 %
• Conrad, Gaby (CSU ): 29.49 %

This is the first mayor of the municipality Veitshoechheim, Rainer Kinzkofer, continuously since he took office on 10 September 1986 at the office and interacts with the re-election in 2008 his fifth legislature as a local leader.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In an outstanding red from a dreikugelfüßigen, two-handled, golden kettle, unclothed, golden nimbierter man in natural colors with folded hands in front of chest, accompanied the upper right and left of each with a six-pointed golden star. In the recesses ( spear rest) of Tartschenschildes left is the black number "15" and on the right the black number "63" attached. "

Coat Explanation: The coat of arms shows the martyrdom of St Vitus (St. Vitus ) in the boiler, the local patron saint of Veitshoechheim. The numbers in the suspension of the spear Doppeltartschenschildes form with the year " 1563 " indicating the year of the coat of arms granted to the church on July 26, 1563 by the Prince-Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg.

Twinning

• Geithain Germany (Saxony ) since 1990
• Italy Greve Chianti ( Italy) since 1994
• France Pont -l'Évêque (France) since 1995
• Rotava Czech Republic (Czech Republic) since 2006

Culture and sights

Museums

• Jewish Cultural Museum and synagogue

Structures

• The courtyard of the castle Veitshoechheim is considered one of the most beautiful rococo gardens in Europe. The garden figures come from Ferdinand Tietz
• Veitshöchheim Palace, built 1680-1682 by Prince-Bishop of Dernbach; Expanded 1749-1753 by Balthasar Neumann
• Museum of Jewish Culture Veitshoechheim
• Parish Church of St. Vitus
• Erwin Vornberger Square
• Station ( built in 1850)
• Trinity Image Stock
• Presbytery
• Prince Bishop's Cellar, worth seeing is the old vaulted cellar
• Martin Fountain ( Märzebrünnle ), the oldest fountain of community
• Martin's Chapel, one of the oldest churches in the district of Würzburg
• Hermits mill
• Markuskapelle ( district Gadheim )
• Show garden of the Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture ( At the walkways)
• Kuratiekirche to the Most Holy Trinity ( Gartensiedlung )
• MainFranken halls

Regular events

• The Altortfest was an annual summer festival celebration with culinary specialties, but is no longer held.
• Fastnacht in Franken, the grand meeting of the FVF, which is broadcast annually by the Bavarian television, makes the place known nationwide.
• Open Day of the Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture, every year on the first Sunday in July

Special

• The views from the Main Boardwalk on the opposite " garden village" Margetshöchheim.
• The Main Valley Bridge Veitshoechheim the high-speed line Hannover -Würzburg in 1986 was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest ever built in one-sided incremental launching bridge.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The Altort is an area with little traffic. The entire place is located so that only residents and tourists go on Altort. The most frequented road Veitshöchheims is the county road WÜ 3, which leads from the B27 through the Ortbereich about Günter life after Rimpar.

Road

Veitshoechheim located directly on the B 27 from Würzburg to Fulda. Distance to Wurzburg is about 6 km. Close to the motorway A 3 and A 7

Bus and train

Veitshoechheim is served by buses and trams to the public transport network. From Würzburg two bus routes to Veitshöchheim ( line 11 and 19). In addition, the town has a railway station on the Main-Spessart -Bahn, which is operated every hour from the regional train. The Main Valley Bridge Veitshoechheim the high-speed line Hannover -Würzburg passes close past the courtyard garden.

Public institutions

Educational institutions

• Vitus School (primary school; belongs to Eichendorffschule )
• Eichendorffschule ( primary and secondary school)
• School Veitshoechheim
• Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture
• Rupert Egenberger school for individual learning support
• Berufsförderungswerk Würzburg ( VET institution for the blind and visually impaired)
• Caritas Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre for gardeners and hotel professionals, Branch St. Markushof
• Frühförderstelle Würzburg city and country
• Singing and Music School
• Library at the station

Leisure and sports facilities

• Geisbergbad (Outdoor) renovation in winter 06/ 07
• Outdoor sports facilities with triple gymnasium, training pool and beach volleyball court
• Tennis courts
• Skaterplatz
• Mini-golf course
• 4 football fields

Authorities - Bundeswehr

In the Balthasar- Neumann barracks in Veitshoechheim including the staff of the Division Airmobile Operations ( DLO ), one of the largest divisions of the army, together with the DLO Signal Battalion and the Army Band 12 are stationed. In addition, the 5./Feldjägerregiment 3, the headquarters company of the Logistics Battalion 12 and a driver training center in the barracks are located. The barracks was formerly the site of the 12th Panzer Division. In addition, the Armed Forces Service Center Veitshoechheim is to be found as a local authority of the territorial defense administration. At the also the territorial defense administration associated Bundeswehrfachschule Sciences Würzburg retiring soldiers can in the last years of her active service, acquire higher qualifications ( high school and college entrance ) on time.

Gastronomy

In the resort today there are more than 25 restaurants and cafes.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Holy Bilhildis of Altmünster (around 655/660-um 750 ), founder and first abbess of the Benedictine monastery Altmünster in Mainz
• Johann Michael Fischer (* 1717 Veitshoechheim, † 1801 in Dillingen ), sculptor and pupil of Johann Wolfgang von der Auwera.
• Thomas Struchholz (born 8 December 1956), landscape architect and historian

Connected to Veitshoechheim

• Constantin Maria von Droste zu Hulshoff (1841-1901), grew up in Veitshoechheim, German Franciscans in the Diocese of La Crosse (Wisconsin ), United States
• Therese Dahn (1845-1929), grew up in Veitshoechheim, German writer and honorary senator of the University of Wroclaw.
• Klaus von Klitzing ( born June 28, 1943), Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1985, lived in Veitshoechheim during his time as a graduate student and his Habilitation at the Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg.