Altenkunstadt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '  N , 11 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Lichtenfels
Height :	292 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.92 km 2
Residents:	5397 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96264
Area code :	09572
License plate :	LIF, STE
Community key :	09 4 78 111
Community structure:	12 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 2 96264 Altenkunstadt
Website :	www.altenkunstadt.de
First Mayor :	Robert Hümmer ( CSU )
Location of the community Altenkunstadt in the district of Lichtenfels

Catholic Church

Altenkunstadt is a municipality on the Upper Main in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels .

geography

Geographical location

Altenkunstadt is located at the foot of the Kordigast in the Upper Franconia-West region on the left side of the Main , about 17 km east of Lichtenfels and about 40 km northeast of Bamberg . The neighboring town of Burgkunstadt is on the opposite north side of the river . The city of Weismain joins it to the south, and the municipality of Hochstadt am Main and the city of Lichtenfels to the west .

Community structure

The following districts exist : Altenkunstadt, Baiersdorf , Burkheim , Maineck , Pfaffendorf , Prügel , Röhrig , Spiesberg , Strössendorf , Tauschendorf , Woffendorf , Zeublitz . Maineck is four kilometers east of Altenkunstadt, directly on the Main .

history

Historical map of Altenkunstadt from 1851

Until the church is planted

The history of Altenkunstadt is closely linked to the history of the city of Burgkunstadt . It is unclear whether the mention of “Kunestat” in the 9th century refers to Burgkunstadt or Altenkunstadt. The Catholic Church of Altenkunstadt is one of the original parishes of Upper Franconia. Its foundation was probably shortly after 800, in a pre-Carolingian, that is also probably pre-Christian cemetery and thus belongs to the oldest settlement area Altenkunstadt. The first settlement in Altenkunstadt is to be assumed at the foot of the hill on which the church is located. The population was Slavic for a long time . Only gradually did the Franks penetrate this settlement area.

The place was first mentioned as "Alten-Kunstadt" in 1248. The church from 1537 had three previous buildings. For a long time it was a fortified church ; it had a wall that was used to protect and defend the population in times of war. This wall is still partially preserved. With its Kilians patronage , the church initially belonged to the diocese of Würzburg . In 1336 it was incorporated into the Langheim monastery and since then has owned the Marien-Patrozinium. The sovereignty now lay with the Bishop of Bamberg. Until the secularization in 1803, the Altenkunstadt pastors came from the Langheim monastery, to which the place was subordinate.

For centuries the house of the Messner (formerly Kirchner) was next to the church . There was also the oldest school in town, which was probably built when the church was founded. Since the pastor could hardly cope with the lessons himself because of the original size of his parish district (approx. 800 square kilometers), the office of teacher was transferred to the Kirchner. The oldest news about this comes from the year 1458, from 1517 a schedule of fees for the school has been preserved. In the beginning, the school served mainly to train boys in the service of altar boys and in choir singing. After the introduction of compulsory schooling in 1802, the elementary school was established in this building . In 1854 the house was demolished and the school moved to today's town hall.

For centuries Altenkunstadt belonged to the Bamberg Monastery and from 1500 also to the Franconian Empire . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 . In the course of this community reform, Woffendorf and Baiersdorf were added to the community of Altenkunstadt. Industrialization began in the middle of the 19th century.

History of the Jews

A large number of Jewish families had lived in the village for a long time . In the middle of the 19th century they made up almost half of the population. The cemetery that the Jewish communities established in Burgkunstadt was correspondingly large and contains over 2000 tombstones. The synagogue from 1726, probably looted during the November pogrom in 1938 , was extensively restored from 1989 to 1993 after several years of use as a storage room for the community's waterworks and set up as a museum and meeting place. A permanent exhibition on the former women's gallery recalls the history of the Jews in the upper Main Valley.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, part of the previously independent municipality of Pfaffendorf was incorporated. Zeublitz was added on July 1, 1972. Maineck followed on January 1, 1974. Strössendorf was incorporated on January 1, 1975. With the incorporation of Burkheim on January 1, 1977, the series of incorporations was completed. A merger of Altenkunstadt with Burgkunstadt, originally planned by Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss , could - according to reports from those involved - be prevented by direct intervention by Mayor Fred Hermannsdörfer with Interior Minister Bruno Merk.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 4,836 to 5,383 by 547 inhabitants or by 11.3%, which is the highest percentage increase in the district in the period mentioned. On December 31, 2002 Altenkunstadt had 5669 inhabitants.

year	1840	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	1317	4215	4536	4766	5014	5545	5649	5612	5393	5380

Of the 5618 inhabitants on December 31, 2014 (with second residences), 3327 were Catholic, 1550 Protestant and 741 of other faith or non-denominational.

politics

Municipal council

Local election 2014, distribution of votes

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.70

22.47

14.85

9.65

9.22

5.31

4.42

4.38

CSU

JWU

FBO

SPD

FWG

SB

JB

Green

Remarks:

^z Turnout: 70.21% Eligible
voters: 4,484
Voters: 3,148
Invalid votes: 95
Valid votes: 56,061

After the local elections on March 16, 2014, the local council is composed as follows:

CSU	6 seats
SPD	2 seats
Green	1 seat
Young Voter Union (JWU)	4 seats
Free citizens of the districts (FBO)	3 seats
Free Association of Voters (FWG)	2 seats
Social Citizens (SB)	1 seat
Young Citizens (JB)	1 seat

The mayor is also a member of the local council.

mayor

Mayor is Robert Hümmer (CSU). He was elected in the local elections after a runoff election on March 30, 2014 with a turnout of 68.02% with 51.92% of the valid votes. The predecessors in office were: Georg Vornbrunn ( CSU , 1996–2014), Eugen Braun ( CSU , 1987–1996), Alfred (“Fred”) Hermannsdörfer ( SPD , 1972–1987), Georg Böhmer ( SPD , 1946–1972), Bruno Döring (1945–1946)

coat of arms

The current municipal coat of arms was introduced on August 7, 1957 with ministerial approval. The blazon reads: “Split by silver and blue; at the front two blue bars, covered with a sloping red wavy bar; behind a golden chalice with a golden abbot growing from it . ”These two elements reflect Altenkunstadt's political affiliation. In the front half of the coat of arms you can see the family coat of arms of the Marschälken von Kunstadt, who have been wealthy in the town for centuries . The rear half is based on the coat of arms of the Langheim monastery , which owned substantial property in Altenkunstadt from 1336 to 1803 and was the local church patron.

Town twinning

•  France : Since 2006, the municipality with the neighboring town of Weismain has been twinning with the French municipality of Quéven in Brittany.

Rectory and Catholic Church

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The rectory was built in 1784 in the Franconian Baroque . The two-flight staircase is decorated as is typical of the time. The apex in the lintel indicates that Pastor Erasmus Zillig had the building performed. The side wing of the rectory was built in 1802/03. Its foundations partly rest on the old wall surrounding the church. Until 1854, the rectory was connected to the church house opposite with an archway that closed off the church district.
• The Catholic Church from 1537

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Altenkunstadt

music

The Musikverein Altenkunstadt e. V. was founded in 1970 and has 25 members.

Stumbling blocks

→ Main article : List of stumbling blocks in Altenkunstadt

Rescue organizations

In the community of responsible use in fire and disaster cases, the base fire department Altenkunstadt with the associated district fire departments. The volunteer fire brigade has existed for almost 150 years (founded in 1871).

Economy and Infrastructure

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In 1998 there were none in the field of agriculture and forestry, 578 in the manufacturing sector and 1648 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. There were a total of 2282 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were three in manufacturing (as well as mining and quarrying of stones and earth) and six in the construction industry. In addition, in 1999 there were 76 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1273 hectares. Of this, 875 hectares were arable land and 394 hectares were permanent green space. The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 4,067,000 euros in 1999, of which the trade tax revenue (net) amounted to the equivalent of 1,416,000 euros.

Altenkunstadt (in front) and Burgkunstadt (in the background) from the Großer Kordigast (536 m)

Established businesses

Well-known companies are the soft toy manufacturer NICI , the Leikeim brewery and Baur Versand .

education

There are two day-care centers in Altenkunstadt, a primary school and a middle school .

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Wolfgang Mack (1808–1883), German surgeon and benefactor
• Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955), German-Swiss numismatist, archaeologist and art dealer
• Alfred Nikolaus Witt (1914–1999), orthopedist and surgeon, university professor in Berlin and Munich
• Josef Seiz (1934-2010), German table tennis player

Personalities associated with Altenkunstadt

• Martin Rehm , German photographer

literature

• 1200 years of Altenkunstadt . Altenkunstadt community, Altenkunstadt 2006.
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Altenkunstadt . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 56 ( digitized version ).
• Gerhard Hofmann: Altenkunstadt community through the ages. Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1990.
• Josef Motschmann: Altenkunstadt - home between Kordigast and Main. Altenkunstadt community, Altenkunstadt 2006.
• Johann Baptist Müller: Altenkunstadt - Burgkunstadt - a contribution to the settlement and castle history of the area around the Kordigast. Bayreuth 1978.
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Altenkunstadt . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 650 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Altenkunstadt  - travel guide

• Homepage
• Entry on the coat of arms of Altenkunstadt  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Altenkunstadt: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.04 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. ↑ Robert Hümmer: About me. Retrieved May 13, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Municipality of Altenkunstadt - information brochure with a map . Graphic design Stuhlmann in collaboration with the Altenkunstadt community, Altenkunstadt 2008, p. 5
4. ↑ ^{a b} display board in front of the church
5. ↑ Grave plaque at the church
6. ^ The synagogue in Altenkunstadt (Lichtenfels district). In: www.alemannia-judaica.de. Alemannia Judaica - Working group for the research of Jewish history in southern Germany and neighboring areas, accessed on August 30, 2015 . 
7. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 512 .
8. ^ 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. 694 .
9. ↑ Thomas Gunzelmann: The cultural landscape around 1840 . In: Günther Dippold: In the upper Main Valley on the Jura an Rodach and Itz , self-published by Kreissparkasse Lichtenfels, Lichtenfels 1990, p. 75
10. ^ Official Journal of the Altenkunstadt Community, No. 1/2015, p. 3 (PDF; 2.2 MB)
11. ↑ Preliminary result for the 2014 municipal council election on March 16, 2014, Altenkunstadt municipality. (No longer available online.) In: altenkunstadt.de. March 30, 2014, archived from the original on April 29, 2014 ; Retrieved August 4, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Official Journal of the Altenkunstadt Community, Volume 42, No. 4. (PDF; 2.1 MB) April 28, 2014, p. 5 , accessed on August 30, 2015 . 
13. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics. In: www.wahlen.bayern.de. Retrieved August 30, 2015 . 
14. ↑ cf. Gerhard Hofmann: Altenkunstadt community through the ages, Geiger-Verlag Horb am Neckar, 1990, pp. 79–81; o. V .: Altenkunstadt appoints two former mayors, article from December 17, 2014 at https://www.infranken.de/regional/lichtenfels/Altenkunstadt-ernennt-zwei-Altbuergermeister;art220,897652
15. ↑ Motschmann (2006), p. 17
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Altenkunstadt community - information brochure with local map . Graphic design Stuhlmann in collaboration with the Altenkunstadt community, Altenkunstadt 2008, p. 7
17. ↑ Display board in front of the rectory