Wonfurt

Wonfurt is a municipality in the district of Lower Franconia Haßberge and a member of the administrative community Theres.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 monuments

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Mayor

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Education
• 5.3 Culture
• 5.4 Sports

Geography

Geographical Location

Wonfurt is located in the district Haßberge, near the district town of Haßfurt.

Community structure

The five districts (in brackets population, Stand: Jan. 2009 ) are:

• Dampfach ( 483 )
• Peter mill
• Reinhard winds
• Steinfeld ( 299 )
• Wonfurt ( 1194)

There are the following districts: Dampfach, Steinfeld, Reinhard winds, Wonfurt.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ): Hassfurt, Knetzgau, thunder village and theres.

History

The story begins Wonfurts latest in the recent Hallstatt period, as the grave hill in the forest district testify Thick shock. Since there probably to Celtic times was an important river crossing, was the ford, whose surname could refer both to the Celtic won = meadow marsh as well as the Old High German wunnja = pasture, long a bone of contention highest interests.

According to tradition, the castle in Wonfurt was originally a Court. After the colonization of the Main area by the Franks a central office ( centuria ) there was under Charlemagne founded an office of court administration and the surrounding settlements.

According to tradition Wonfurt said to have received its name from the first owner of this Court, a woman Unfordi whose husband had been killed in a campaign against the Thuringian and the yard had 810 to 850. Since she had no children, she handed over their property to Count Albert von Babenberg, Viscount Theres, with the condition that the Court should only be passed on a spiritual brotherhood, if the Count or his descendants sold the farm.

The place was first mentioned in the year 905 in a certificate as Uniforti Fulda. Count Adalberd, one of the Babenberg brothers, handed by way of exchange " to the St. Boniface ", ie the monastery of Fulda, some places in the nation field, including Uuunfurten ( Wonfurt ) with all the rights. The swap agreement was approved by King Louis the Child ( 900-911 ) in the year 904 in the royal court to Forchheim.

The manor ( castle Wonfurt ) the since 1569 established in Wonfurt Barons of Seckendorf 1806 mediated by the Grand Duchy of Würzburg of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany and fell with this 1814 Bavaria. Since 1978, it is privately owned by the families of Bismarck.

In 2005, the congregation celebrated its 1100 - year anniversary with a big village festival.

Incorporations

The municipality Wonfurt have been part of municipal reform, which took effect on 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Dampfach and Steinfeld.

Attractions

• Seckendorf Castle

• St. Andrew's Church

• The Catholic cemetery chapel

• The natural monument iron source

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Wonfurt

Policy

Parish council

The local elections in 2008 and 2002 brought the following distributions seat in the municipal council:

Mayor

Mayor since 2013 Holger Baunacher ( CSU / steam Acher list / Steinfelder list). Its predecessor was Dieter Zehendner (CSU ).

Economy and infrastructure

Wonfurt has become one of the recycling sites of the district, next to a large car recovery and a company for cable recycling here is also the county waste center.

Traffic

Wonfurt is right on the Main Valley Autobahn (A 70), junction Theres / hate ford.

Education

• Kindergarten Wonfurt

Culture

• Since 2005, every year in the summer, the Music Festival Palace Wonfurt instead. The organizer is the Bismarckian salon.

Sports

• The TSV Wonfurt offers in addition to the departments soccer, gymnastics, volleyball, tennis, speedminton, also a versatile course program.
• The Sport Fishing Club Wonfurt, founded in 1965, counted 150 members in 2004.
• The Association for dog sports Wonfurt offers regular events such as steeplechase and dogs tournament.