Foeritz

Foeritz community Föritztal
	Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 10 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 48 ″ E
Height :	410 m
Area :	32.12 km²
Residents :	3404 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	106 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	6th July 2018
Postal code :	96524
Area code :	03675 and 036764, 036761 (Heubisch)
Location of Föritz in Thuringia

Old school with the local government

Föritz is a district of the municipality of Föritztal in the district of Sonneberg in the Franconian south of the Free State of Thuringia .

geography

location

Föritz is located on the southern edge of the Franconian Forest . The districts of the former municipality are scattered in a hilly landscape around the Föritz . The districts of Föritz, Rottmar and Gefell are located on the Föritz .

Former parish structure

In brackets = first documentary mention. In addition to Föritz (1252), another nine places belonged to the municipality:

Eichitz (1323)
Gefell (1162/1182)
Hey (1162)
Mogger (July 4, 1225)
Mupperg (September 17, 1114)
Oerlsdorf (around 1275)
Rottmar (around 1275)
Schwärzdorf (July 8, 1151)
Weidhausen (October 4, 1252)

history

On July 1, 1950, the previously independent communities of Schwärzdorf and Weidhausen were incorporated into Föritz, Eichitz followed in 1957. Furthermore, in 1994 the communities Gefell (with Rottmar), Mupperg (with Mogger and Oerlsdorf) and Heubisch with Föritz merged to form the new unitary community of Föritz .

On July 6, 2018, Föritz was incorporated into the new Föritztal municipality with the communities Judenbach and Neuhaus-Schierschnitz .

politics

Former councilor

The local council in Föritz last consisted of 16 council members:

List name	Share of votes	Seats
CDU	37.2%	6th
The Left -GS	29.0%	5
SPD	19.5%	3
IFw	8.2%	1
FDP	6.2%	1

(As of: local elections on May 25, 2014 )

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In green, divided by a silver diagonal wave thread , above a silver pine cone , below a silver flight ; surrounded by a board split nine times by black and gold. " The coat of arms was approved on February 27, 1997.
	Justification of the coat of arms: The nine-fold division of the border symbolizes the nine districts next to Föritz, the wavy thread symbolizes the Föritz river or the Lindenbach. The wing was taken from the coat of arms of Mupperg , the cone symbolizes a pine tree.

Former mayor

After the merger of the municipality of Föritz with the municipalities of Gefell, Mupperg and Heubisch in 1994 until the municipality of Föritztal was founded, the following people were mayors of Föritz:

1994–2006: Bodo Groß (FDP), previously mayor of the municipality of Gefell
2006–2018: Roland Rosenbauer (CDU)

Economy and Infrastructure

To the west of Föritz there are several industrial areas in which numerous medium-sized companies have settled.

traffic

Railway viaduct near Föritz / Schwärzdorf

Föritz had a rail connection on the Sonneberg – Stockheim railway line until 1946 , and the place is also on federal road 89 , which leads from Sonneberg to Kronach .

Others

Itzgründisch , a Main Franconian dialect , is spoken in Föritz .

Individual evidence

↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: Landscape profile. 39202 Frankenwald ( memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 28, 2019.
^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 65, 76, 85, 122, 183, 187, 212, 240, 258, 306.
↑ ^a ^b The sports area - the sports field and the athletes' home. In: blau-weiss.heubisch.eu. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
↑ Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 7 2018 of July 5, 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018.
↑ Föritz. In: heraldry-wiki.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
↑ Mayoral election in Föritz 1994. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2000. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2006. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2012. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Föritz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Föritz on the website of the municipality of Föritztal

[1] Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: Landscape profile. 39202 Frankenwald ( memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[2] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , pp. 65, 76, 85, 122, 183, 187, 212, 240, 258, 306.

[b-w-heu-3] The sports area - the sports field and the athletes' home. In: blau-weiss.heubisch.eu. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .

[4] Thuringian Law and Ordinance Gazette No. 7 2018 of July 5, 2018 , accessed on July 6, 2018.

[Wappen-5] Föritz. In: heraldry-wiki.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .

[6] Mayoral election in Föritz 1994. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2000. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2006. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 . Mayoral election in Föritz 2012. In: wahlen.thueringen.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .