Dörfles-Esbach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Coburg
Height :	325 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.83 km 2
Residents:	3560 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	930 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96487
Area code :	09561
License plate :	CO, NEC
Community key :	09 4 73 120
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rosenauer Str. 12 ; 96487 Dörfles-Esbach
Website :	www.doerfles-esbach.de
Mayor :	Udo Döhler (Independent Civic Association Dörfles-Esbach eV)
Location of the municipality Dörfles-Esbach in the district of Coburg

Dörfles-Esbach from the north-west

town hall

Dörfles-Esbach is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg .

geography

The neighboring municipality of Dörfles-Esbach is about five kilometers northeast of Coburg . It is located on a clay ridge north of the Itztal .

Community structure

The community is divided into two districts:

history

Esbach was first mentioned in 1149 as Groß-Espe, while Dörfles was first mentioned in a document in 1317. The communities belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha until 1918 and came to Bavaria as part of the Free State of Coburg in 1920 after a referendum in 1919. On January 1, 1971, Dörfles near Coburg and Esbach merged to form a unified community.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the community grew from 3,493 to 3,591 by 98 inhabitants or 2.8%. A peak was reached on December 31, 1997 with 4,116 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The 2020 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council :

Independent citizens' association Dörfles-Esbach 8 seats
SPD 3 seats
CSU 4 seats
FDP 1 seat

mayor

Udo Döhler (Independent Citizens' Association Dörfles-Esbach eV) has been mayor since 2005. His predecessor was Hans Lotter (Citizens Community Free Voters Dörfles-Esbach eV).

coat of arms

Description : In silver over a blue wave bar, a red oak trunk with two acorns each, including three red houses.

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The Coburger Kartonagenfabrik, founded in 1949 by Horst Gebler, is based in Dörfles-Esbach with around 260 employees and produces packaging in the food and non-food sectors.

The mechanical engineering company Reichenbacher Hamuel, which was founded in 1954 and belongs to the Scherdel Group, has around 170 employees (as of July 2015).

traffic

The Dörfles-Esbach stop is on the Coburg – Sonneberg railway line . Coburg is connected to the new line (Nuremberg–) Ebensfeld – Erfurt via the Dörfles-Esbach curve .

Dörfles-Esbach also has a city bus connection with neighboring Coburg . The next motorway junction to the federal highway 73 is the Rödental junction .

education

Emil Fischer Elementary School (primary school)
Willy-Machold Kindergarten

dialect

Itzgründisch is spoken in Dörfles-Esbach , a Main Franconian dialect .

societies

Fruit and horticultural association Dörfles-Esbach e. V.

TSV Dörfles-Esbach e. V.

DJK Dörfles-Esbach e. V.

Schützenverein Dörfles 1964 e. V.

Dörfles-Esbach volunteer fire department
Singing Association "Eintracht" Dörfles-Esbach

literature

Walter Eichhorn: Dörfles-Esbach; From old Franconian farms to the modern large community . Leaves on the history of the Coburg country, Coburg 1988, ISBN 3-926480-05-X .

Web links

Commons : Dörfles-Esbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Dörfles-Esbach municipality
Dörfles-Esbach: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF, 1.66 MB)

Individual evidence

↑ "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 ).
^ Greetings from 1st Mayor Udo Döhler. Dörfles-Esbach municipality, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 441 .
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Dörfles-Esbach in the database of the House of Bavarian History
↑ http://www.bayern-international.de/firmendatenbank/firmendetails/coburger-kartonagenfabrik-gmbh-co-kg-24628/

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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] Greetings from 1st Mayor Udo Döhler. Dörfles-Esbach municipality, accessed on June 11, 2020 .

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 441 .

[4] Entry on the coat of arms of Dörfles-Esbach in the database of the House of Bavarian History

[5] ttp://www.bayern-international.de/firmendatenbank/firmendetails/coburger-kartonagenfabrik-gmbh-co-kg-24628/