Birkach (Ebensfeld)

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Birkach
Ebensfeld market
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 4 ″  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : 350 m above sea level NN
Area : 3.97 km²
Residents : 274  (Jun 30, 2019)
Population density : 69 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 96250
Area code : 09573
Catholic branch church of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic branch church of the Immaculate Conception

Birkach is a district of the Upper Franconian market Ebensfeld in the Lichtenfels district .

geography

The place is about 4 km west of Ebensfeld in a depression on a ridge between Main Valley and Itzgrund . It belongs to the Banzgau , a long triangle between the Itz and the Main, south of Banz Monastery . The district road LIF 25 crosses Birkach in the north, the Untere Kreuzbach, an eastern tributary of the Itz, rises south of the village. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

history

In the 9th century, "Birchehe" was first mentioned in the traditions of the Fulda Monastery , which are based on a copy in the Codex Eberhardi from the 12th century, as being in the possession of Fulda servants. The next mention was in 1179, when the papal legate Petrus confirmed possession of the monastery of St. Theodor "in uillis vel uicis ... Birckehe". 1801 the place was part of the area of ​​the bishopric Bamberg . The Bamberg Dompropstei , which also owned a hunters' house, was the village, parish and feudal lord . The tithe was the manor to Oberbrunn . The diocese of Würzburg provided the responsible pastor in Döringstadt and the spiritual jurisdiction . In addition to the hunter's house, the village had a community center and 41 houses with barns.

In 1862 Birkach was incorporated into the newly created Bavarian District Office Staffelstein . The rural community belonged to the Staffelstein District Court .

In 1871 Birkach had 241 residents and 52 residential buildings. The Catholic school was in town. The church village belonged to the Catholic parish of Döringstadt, three kilometers away. In 1900 the rural community had an area of ​​397.10 hectares, 231 residents, all of whom were Catholic, and 49 residential buildings. and in 1925 218 people in 44 residential buildings. In 1950 there were 277 residents and 43 residential buildings. The place belonged to the district of the Catholic parish in Medlitz or to the Protestant parish Lahm . In 1970 Birkach had 236 inhabitants, in 1987 238 inhabitants and 50 houses with 60 apartments.

In 1957 the community had the farmer's house built, and in 1963 an elementary school. On July 1, 1972, the Staffelstein district was dissolved. Birkach was incorporated into the Lichtenfels district and Ebensfeld was added as part of the municipality.

Between 2001 and 2006, the town center around the church was renewed. Two streets and the children's playground have been redesigned. In 2009 the place had a full-time agricultural business and 25 part-time businesses.

Attractions

The Catholic branch church of the Immaculate Conception was built from 1858 to 1862. May 19, 1863 was the consecration day. It is in the center of the village, at the lowest point of the settlement, where the village pond was once located. It is a neo-Romanesque - Gothic block building with a roof turret with a pointed helmet. The church has a retracted choir with a cap vault , a round choir arch and a three-axis nave with barrel vault and west gallery.

The list of architectural monuments in Birkach includes six sights.

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

Commons : Birkach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ebensfeld.de
  2. ^ A b Dorothea Fastnacht: Staffelstein. Former district of Staffelstein. Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 5: Staffelstein. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7696-6861-2 . P. 39f
  3. ↑ 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. 1119 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ 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. 1117 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ 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. 1153 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ 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. 997 ( digitized version ).
  7. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 163 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ 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. 317 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ 23rd competition 2008 to 2010 "Our village has a future - our village should be more beautiful", p. 15 (PDF; 15.7 MB)