Birkenfeld (Lower Franconia)

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Birkenfeld (Lower Franconia)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 42'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Main-Spessart
Management Community : Marktheidenfeld
Height : 206 m above sea level NHN
Area : 29.15 km 2
Residents: 2148 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 97834
Area code : 09398
License plate : MSP
Community key : 09 6 77 119
Community structure: 2 districts
Address of the
municipal administration:
Langgasse 19
97834 Birkenfeld
Website : www.gemeinde-birkenfeld.de
First Mayor : Achim Müller ( FW )
Location of the municipality of Birkenfeld in the Main-Spessart district
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Birkenfeld is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart and a member of the Marktheidenfeld administrative community .

geography

The community is located in the Main Spessart region.

Birkenfeld community

Community structure

Three settlements belong to Birkenfeld, which are spread over two districts:

There are the districts Billingshausen and Birkenfeld.

Catholic parish church St. Valentin
Depiction of the local patron St. George

Neighboring communities

Surname

etymology

The name Birkenfeld consists of the Old High German adjective birkîn (from the birch) and the word felt (field).

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

  • 788 "Pirchanafelt"
  • 860 "Birchinafelde"
  • 1164 "Birkenuelt"
  • 1178 "Birchinuelt"
  • 1376 "Birkenfelt"
  • 1418 "Birckenfeld"
  • 1799 "Birkenfeld"

history

Until the church is planted

It is documented that there was already a "Pirchanafelt in pago Waldsasse" in 788. It was mentioned in connection with the extensive donation of Matton from the Waldsassengau to the imperial abbey of Fulda of Count Matto and his brother Mengingoz. The Imperial Abbey of Fulda under Abbot Sturmi (us) received two parts as a gift in the village of Pirchanafelt. Mattone Mengingaud was bishop of Würzburg from the beginning of 754 to January 769, then abbot in the Neustadt monastery until his death on September 26, 783. His relatives bequeathed the Mattonen property in Birkenfeld to the Fulda monastery in 788. During the time of the tribal duchies , the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

In addition to the Count von Rieneck (up to 1337) and the Würzburg Monastery, the Premonstratensian Monastery in Oberzell and, since 1164, the Naumburg Monastery in association with the Würzburg Monastery had property, incline, tithes and torrent rights. The secular landlords were the Schecken von Homburg in 1199, the lords of Westernburg before 1342 and since 1348 the lords of Witzstadt. From time immemorial, rights and goods were owned by the Bailiffs von Rieneck and the Counts von Wertheim. The males von Kollenberg and at the beginning of the 16th century the families Steigerwald, Loos and von Kottwitz are also mentioned in a document. The Würzburg monasteries Neumünster, Agnetenkloster and Himmelspforten as well as the Schönau monastery near Gemünden around 1320, Sankt Burkardus in Würzburg and the Bronnbach an der Tauber monastery are also mentioned.

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 neighboring community Billingshausen was incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 1977 to 2152 by 175 inhabitants or 8.9%.

  • 1830: 1393 inhabitants
  • 1875: 1652 inhabitants
  • 1905: 1586 inhabitants
  • 1919: 1748 inhabitants
  • 1933: 1642 inhabitants
  • 1939: 1563 inhabitants
  • 1946: 2319 inhabitants
  • 1952: 2061 inhabitants
  • 1960: 1810 inhabitants
  • 1961: 1833 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1862 inhabitants
  • 1985: 1925 inhabitants
  • 1991: 2031 inhabitants
  • 1995: 2067 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2127 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2160 inhabitants
  • 2010: 2104 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2121 inhabitants

politics

Achim Müller (Free Voting Association) has been mayor since May 1, 2014; he was re-elected on March 15, 2020 with 97.4% of the vote.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of
Blazon : “In red on a gold-bridled, silver horse, the silver-armored Saint George, who thrusts a golden lance into the head of the golden-armored, silver dragon; a golden birch leaf floating in the upper right corner. "

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were four employees at the place of work in the field of agriculture and forestry, 111 in the manufacturing sector and 27 in trade and transport. In other economic sectors, 69 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 867 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were five companies in the manufacturing sector and five in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 46 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​2374 ha, of which 2231 ha were arable land and 140 ha were permanent green space.

education

The following institutions exist (as of: 1999):

  • Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 84 children
  • Schools: school building for three classes (elementary school Karbach)

Personalities

Web links

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

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. a b Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marktheidenfeld: Brief overview of the history of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Marktheidenfeld . 2014 ( online [accessed June 5, 2014]). online ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vgem-marktheidenfeld.de
  3. Mayor. Congregation, accessed May 31, 2020 .
  4. http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111119/023818&attr=OBJ&val= 1713
  5. a b 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. 38–39 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. 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. 763 .
  7. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Birkenfeld (Lower Franconia)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History