Sonderhofen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Wurzburg
Management Community :	Aub
Height :	293 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.8 km 2
Residents:	832 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97255
Area code :	09337
License plate :	WÜ , OCH
Community key :	09 6 79 188
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 97239 Aub
Website :	www.sonderhofen.de
Mayor :	Heribert Neckermann ( UWG )
Location of the community of Sonderhofen in the district of Würzburg

Sonderhofen is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg and a member of the Aub administrative community .

geography

Sonderhofen is located on the Gaubahn cycle path between Rittershausen and Gelchsheim in the Würzburg region. The Franconian Marienweg leads through Sonderhofen .

Community structure

Sonderhofen is divided into five districts:

• Bolzhausen
• Wood mill
• Sächsenheim
• Sonderhofen
• Meadow mill

There are the districts of Bolzhausen, Sonderhofen and Sächsenheim.

history

Until the church is planted

The place in Gollachgau was mentioned in 973 in a document from Otto II , in which he confirmed the rights of the Marienkloster .

As part of the high pin Würzburg , the part of the Frankish Empire circle was Sonderhofen was 1,803 in favor of Bavaria secularized , then in the Peace of Pressburg (1805 ) Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Wurzburg left with which it finally at 1814 Bavaria fell. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities Bolzhausen and Sächsenheim were incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 958 inhabitants
• 1970: 952 inhabitants
• 1987: 791 inhabitants
• 1991: 770 inhabitants
• 1995: 809 inhabitants
• 2000: 842 inhabitants
• 2005: 827 inhabitants
• 2010: 826 inhabitants
• 2015: 848 inhabitants

politics

Mayor has been Heribert Neckermann ( UWG ) since May 1, 2014 ; with a turnout of 82.5%, he was elected for a further six years on March 15, 2020 with 85.8% of the votes.

The municipal council election on March 15, 2020 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

• UWG 4 seats (53.28%)
• CSU 4 seats (46.72%)

In the 2014 to 2020 term of office, the UWG and CSU each received four seats.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 404,000 in 2013, of which the trade tax income (net) amounted to the equivalent of € 85,000.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms, introduced in 1981, reads: "Under a silver shield head, inside a striding, red-tongued black lion, in blue a golden heraldic lily."

fire Department

The Sonderhofen volunteer fire brigade has existed since 1886. It is the base fire brigade of the southern district of Würzburg. The fire brigade has a fire fighting group vehicle LF 8 as well as the rescue vehicle RW 2 and the tank fire engine TLF 16, both of which were taken over from the Würzburg district. The commanders are Tobias Müller and Andreas Mark. The fire brigade association has 126 members.

Culture and sights

Village square

Village square in Sonderhofen

In August 2005 the village square in the center of the village was completed. The eye-catcher is a boulder from which a water fountain gushes. The former mayor Ludwig Mühleck personally tends this place with numerous flowers, shrubs and grassy areas.

Parish church

The parish church, consecrated to John the Baptist, was built around 1755. A new nave was added to the old building according to plans by Johann Michael Fischer .

In the baroque portal is the coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim above the entrance door . The tower was rebuilt in 1843 and provided with a domed roof and lantern in 1869.

Between 1765 and 1895 the furnishings were created by artists such as Johann Peter Wagner (high altar), Fritz Bayerlein and Antonio Petrolli (stucco work) and Georg Anton Urlaub (ceiling painting). The artistic, light, bright and festive-looking figures and the stucco decorations earned the church the nickname pearl in the Gau .

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Sonderhofen

Web links

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

• www.sonderhofen.de , the official website
• Description of coat of arms on the official website
• Entry on the Sonderhofen coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Sonderhofen: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.05 MB)

Individual evidence

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 of Sonderhofen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on July 12, 2020.
3. ^ Regesta imperii II Saxon House (919-1024) - II, 2 Otto II. (955) 973-983, ed. Hanns Leo Mikoletzky 1950, p. 278
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 756 .