Ahorn (district of Coburg)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Coburg
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.83 km 2
Residents:	4226 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	213 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96482
Primaries :	09561, 09565
License plate :	CO, NEC
Community key :	09 4 73 112
Community structure:	12 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 40 ; 96482 Ahorn
Website :	www.ahorn.de
1st Mayor:	Martin Finzel (independent)
Location of the municipality of Ahorn in the Coburg district

Maple Castle

Ahorn is a municipality and its main town in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg .

It is located on the southern outskirts of Coburg . The name comes from the maple trees that used to stand in the municipality.

geography

Center of Ahorn seen from the northwest

Ahorn is located in the Upper Franconia-West region on the federal highway 303 Coburg - Schonungen . Since the municipal reform, it has consisted of the following parts of the municipality: Ahorn, Finkenau , Hohenstein , Krebsmühle , Schafhof , Schorkendorf , Triebsdorf , Witzmannsberg , Eicha , Wohlbach , Ziegelhütte . The place Siebenwind ⊙ is also part of it. 50.231944444444 10.924444444444

history

Until the move to Bavaria

Ahorn was first mentioned in 1074/75 as " clearing farms in the forests of Ahorny Castle". The development is closely related to the history of Ahorn Castle , which Joachim von Rosenau had built in 1555 on the remains of an older castle in the Renaissance style after the Peasants' War .

From 1599 to 1645 Ahorn was owned by the Lords of Streitberg. followed in the following centuries by the lords of Schaumberg , Muffel von Ermreuth , von Hendrich, von Baumbach and finally the barons von Erffa . Ahorn belonged to the Ahorn office of the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg. It came with the Free State of Coburg after a referendum and the subsequent State Treaty on July 1, 1920 to Bavaria.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1971, Schafhof and Wohlbach were incorporated. Schorkendorf followed on April 1, 1971. Finally, on July 1, 1972, the Witzmannsberg community (previously in the Staffelstein district ) was incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew slightly from 4225 to 4244 by 19 inhabitants or 0.5%. On December 31, 1998, Ahorn had 4631 inhabitants.

1961: 2793 inhabitants
1970: 3096 inhabitants
1987: 4262 inhabitants
1991: 4492 inhabitants
1995: 4624 inhabitants
2000: 4592 inhabitants
2005: 4552 inhabitants
2010: 4,324 inhabitants
2015: 4184 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

The 2014 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council (compared to the 2008 election):

CSU / Citizens' Association: 7 seats (−1)
SPD / Free Voters : 9 seats (+1)

mayor

Martin Finzel has been (independent) First Mayor of the municipality of Ahorn since 2008. He is supported as a non-partisan candidate by the SPD , Alliance 90 / The Greens and Free Voters . Martin Finzel was confirmed in office in the 2014 and 2020 local elections. Its predecessor was Wolfgang Dultz (SPD), who in turn took over the office in 1988 from Walter Herpich (SPD).

coat of arms

The heraldic shield shows a maple leaf and the stylized Ahorn Castle as a symbol of the community. The colors green and silver of the maple leaf and the castle indicate that the community belongs to the former Wettin Duchy of Saxony-Coburg . The maple leaf and lock are embedded in the colors gold and blue from the coat of arms of the Barons von Erffa family .

Town twinning

Austria Austria : Ahorn has had a partnership with the market town of Irdning in Styria since 1975
GermanyThe town partnership with the town of Eisfeld in Thuringia has existed since 1990 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998 there were 8 employees in agriculture and forestry, 491 in manufacturing and 52 in trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic sectors 337 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1632 employees at the place of residence. There were five companies in manufacturing, mining and the extraction of stones and earth, and two in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999 there were 37 farms with an agricultural area of 949 hectares. Of this, 722 hectares were arable land and 227 hectares were permanent green space.

Triebsdorf industrial area

In the outskirts of the municipality of Ahorn, there is a small industrial area with a carpenter's shop, a printing shop and a retailer for catering furniture in the old production site of Möbel-Hoffmann.

education

The following institutions existed in 2018:

two day-care centers with 199 places and 159 children
a public elementary school with 7 classes and 147 students
a private support center with 12 classes and 110 students

Attractions

Buildings

Catholic Church St. Johannes in Witzmannsberg

Ahorn Castle in the Renaissance style with round corner towers. In the inner courtyard there is an octagonal stair tower with a spiral staircase, the steps of which are not attached to a column, as usual, but to a spindle carved in stone. This construction has often been referred to as the 9th wonder of the world. The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.
The castle church , which is structurally connected to the castle, emerged from a Gothic castle chapel. Inside there are two splendid epitaphs from the Lords of Streitberg.
Hohenstein Castle in the Hohenstein district
Finkenau Castle in the Finkenau district
The Catholic branch church of St. John the Baptist in Witzmannsberg was consecrated in 1711.

museum

The device museum in the old sheep farm

The Coburg Land Equipment Museum is housed in the former sheep farm of Ahorn Castle and shows equipment from the rural, craft and early industrial sectors in the former Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha , as well as agricultural equipment from the last 150 years.