Mönchsroth

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Ansbach
Management Community :	Wilburgstetten
Height :	441 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.92 km 2
Residents:	1604 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	135 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91614
Area code :	09853
License plate :	AN , DKB, FEU, ROT
Community key :	09 5 71 179
LOCODE :	DE MCS
Community structure:	6 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Main street 2 ; 91614 Mönchsroth
Website :	www.moenchsroth.de
Mayoress :	Edith Stumpf (Free Citizen List)
Location of the community Mönchsroth in the district of Ansbach

Mönchsroth is a municipality in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach and a member of the Wilburgstetten administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

The community lies exactly on the state border with Baden-Württemberg . The district of Mönchsroth is traversed by the Rotach, a tributary of the Wörnitz . Neighboring communities are (clockwise from the north): Dinkelsbühl , Wilburgstetten , Stödtlen and Wört .

Community structure

The political municipality Mönchsroth has six officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Diederstetten ( village )
Fall mastery ( wasteland )
Hammer forge (wasteland)
Hasselbach (village)
Mönchsroth ( parish village )
Winnetten (village)

history

The place was first mentioned in the 12th century as "Rotha". The document also mentions a “preposituramque Rothe”, which means the Benedictine monastery Mönchsroth founded around 1130 . In 1286 the place was first called "Mvnchrôte", in 1350 "Muenchrot", and finally in 1604 "Mönchsrodt". The place name is derived from the name of the Rotach (= red river), where the place is located.

With the community edict (early 19th century), the rural community Mönchsroth was formed. It was subordinate to the Mönchsroth Lordship Court in terms of administration and jurisdiction . In 1961 the municipality had an area of 6.937 km².

Incorporations

On January 1, 1971, Diederstetten was incorporated in the course of the regional reform.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 1305 to 1580 by 275 inhabitants or 21.1%.

Mönchsroth community

year	1818	1840	1852	1861	1867	1871	1875	1880	1885	1890	1895	1900	1905	1910	1919	1925	1933	1939	1946	1950	1961	1970	1987	2005	2011	2016
Residents	808	940	976	1008	981	1054	1060	992	1002	887	869	845	824	830	794	782	715	654	928	908	764	890	1286	1621	1605	1584
Houses	175					171			185			197				193				183	198		364		486	497
source

Part of the municipality Mönchsroth

year	001818	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987
Residents	808	1008	1054	1002	824	768	897	759	877	1093 ^*
Houses	175		171	185	192	190	180	196		324 ^*
source

^* including dropper's and hammer forge

politics

Village view

mayor

The teacher Edith Stumpf (Free Citizens List) has been the mayor since February 1, 2012. She was elected as the successor to Fritz Franke (SPD) on November 13, 2011 and was confirmed in office on November 5, 2017 with an opposing candidate with 68.5% of the votes.

Municipal council

After the local elections on March 2, 2008 , the local council has twelve members, all of whom belong to the Free Voting Group . The turnout was 56.2%. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: By lowered golden bars divided by blue and red, at the top a silver eagle holding a transverse golden abbot's staff in its claws, at the bottom a silver St. Andrew's cross.

Culture and sights

Former synagogue with a memorial plaque

Buildings

Limesturm (replica)
Former monastery church of the Benedictine provostry of St. Peter and Paul
Former synagogue from 1761 (Rathausstrasse 1). A comprehensive Genisafound was recovered here in 1988 and is now in the Jewish Museum Franken Fürth / Schnaittach.

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

traffic

The state road / state road 2385 runs through Mönchsroth east to Wilburgstetten to federal road 25 or west via Regelsweiler to Wört . The district road AN 46 / K 3211 runs south to Eck am Berg . Communal roads run north to Diederstetten , west to Gaxhardt and southeast to Wittenbach .

sons and daughters of the town

Johann Leonhard Dober (1706–1766), missionary
Georg Friedrich Benecke (1762–1844), philologist
Christian Daniel Benecke (1768–1851), businessman, senator and mayor of Hamburg
Abraham Kohn (1819–1871), co-founder and president of the Kehillat Anshe Ma'ariv Jewish community in Chicago

Personalities who have worked in the place

Georg Bickel (1862–1924), painter pastor

literature

August Gebeßler : City and district of Dinkelsbühl (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 15 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1962, DNB 451450930 , p. 167-173 .
Gunther Reese: Jewish Mönchsroth. Invitation to a tour. Haigerloch 2006. ISBN 3-933231-36-1
Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 151 .
Anton Steichele (Ed.): The diocese Augsburg historically and statistically described . tape 3 . Schmiedsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Augsburg 1872, p. 476-493 ( digitized version ).

Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Mönchsroth . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 703 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Mönchsroth - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map of the municipality of Mönchsroth on the BayernAtlas
Entry on the coat of arms of Mönchsroth in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Mönchsroth: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ Community Mönchsroth in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 17, 2019.
↑ W.-A. v. Reitzenstein, p. 151.
^ Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 77 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 763 ( digitized version ).
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 448 .
↑ ^a ^b Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840, in 1852 as houses , and from 1871 to 2016 as residential buildings.
↑ ^a ^b Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 60 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized ).
↑ ^a ^b Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1001 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1167 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).

↑ ^a ^b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1099 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1164 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1201 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1038 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 170 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB 94240937X , p. 329 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Mönchsroth: Official statistics of the LfStat

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-1] "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] Community Mönchsroth in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 17, 2019.

[3] W.-A. v. Reitzenstein, p. 151.

[4] Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 77 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1961-5] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 763 ( digitized version ).

[6] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 448 .

[Häuser-7] Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840, in 1852 as houses , and from 1871 to 2016 as residential buildings.

[OV_Rezatkreis_1818-8] Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 60 ( digitized version ).

[HGV-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized ).

[Handbuch_des_Königreichs_Bayern-10] Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1001 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1875-11] Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1167 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).

[OV_1885-12] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1099 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1900-13] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1164 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1925-14] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1201 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1950-15] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1038 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1970-16] Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 170 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1987-17] Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB 94240937X , p. 329 ( digitized version ).

[LStDV-18] Mönchsroth: Official statistics of the LfStat