The stream

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Diebach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '  N , 10 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Ansbach
Management Community :	Schillingsfürst
Height :	394 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.36 km 2
Residents:	1131 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91583
Area code :	09868
License plate :	AN , DKB, FEU, ROT
Community key :	09 5 71 134
Community structure:	10 parish parts
Address of the municipal administration:	Insinger Strasse 1 91583 Diebach
Website :	www.diebach.de
First Mayor :	Gabriele Hofacker ( Diebach voter group / Oestheim voter group / Bellershausen voter group )
Location of the community Diebach in the district of Ansbach

Diebach is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia . The community is a member of the Schillingsfürst administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located south of Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the western slope of the Frankenhöhe into the valley of the upper Tauber , the eponymous capital at the confluence of the right residential stream into the still small river.

Neighboring communities

• Insingen
• Gebsattel
• Competition
• Schillingsfürst
• Wörnitz

Community structure

There are ten officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Bellershausen ( Kirchdorf ) Bestleinsmühle ( wasteland ) Böllersmühle (wasteland) Diebach ( parish village ) Neumühle (wasteland)

Oberoestheim (parish village) Pepper mill (wasteland) Seemühle (wasteland) Unteroestheim ( village ) Wolfsau ( hamlet )

The Heckenmühle and Schwarzmühle are no longer officially named parts of the municipality.

history

Until the church is planted

The village of Diebach was created around the year 700. A toll and protective castle ( Diebach Castle ) of the Lords of Diebach was mentioned in a document around 1236 and was owned by the von Fürbringer family of Rothenburg patricians between 1557 and 1651. The place itself was first mentioned in 1249 as "Dieppach". The place name is derived from the water body of the same name (now called Wohnbach), whose defining word is “thief”. It remains to be seen whether this should simply refer to a remote or low-lying stream or refer to a corresponding event.

During the Thirty Years' War , Upper Austrian exiles immigrated to Diebach, one of their own, Matthias Pantzer from Stockerau, acquired the castle in 1651, which then changed hands frequently. In 1803 the village became part of Bavaria. In 1817, Diebach Castle became so dilapidated that it was demolished.

With the community edict (early 19th century), the tax district Diebach was formed, to which the towns of Bestleinsmühle , Bockenfeld , Böllersmühle , Heckenmühle , Schwarzenmühle and Wolfsau belonged. A little later, the rural community of Diebach was formed, to which the places Bestleinsmühle, Böllersmühle, Heckenmühle and Wolfsau belonged. Its administration and jurisdiction were subordinate to the Schillingsfürst Lordship Court (from 1840 Schillingsfürst Regional Court ). The community originally had an area of ​​9.839 km².

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Bellershausen and Oestheim were incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 912 to 1134 by 222 inhabitants or 24.3%.

Diebach community

year	1818	1840	1852	1861	1867	1871	1875	1880	1885	1890	1895	1900	1905	1910	1919	1925	1933	1939	1946	1950	1961	1970	1987	2005	2011	2015
Residents	418	416	431	466	491	461	507	535	539	524	492	453	453	471	465	442	430	404	578	583	437	416	919	1130	1097	1116
Houses	81	89				86			92			90				91				89	99		259		342	352
source

Part of the municipality Diebach

year	001818	001840	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987
Residents	351	350	410 †	386	453	404 *	399 *	531 *	390 *	373 *	382
Houses	70	74			77	80 *	81 *	79 *	89 *		106
source

^†including bestleins and hedge mill

^*including Bestleins , Böllers and Heckenmühle

politics

Municipal council

After the last local election on March 16, 2014 , the local council has 13 members. The turnout was 62.2%. The choice brought the following result:

• Voting group: 6 seats (47.0%)
• Voting group Oestheim: 5 seats (39.7%)
• Bellershausen voter group: 1 seat (13.3%)

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor. Gabriele Hofacker was elected as the new mayor in March 2014, and took office in May 2014.

badges and flags

Diebach has had its own coat of arms since 1989.

Blazon : “In red a curled silver tip, in ita black crown of leaves over a lowered blue wavy bar ; in front on the right a vertical silver grate, in the back on the left a silver mermaid holding a silver sea leaf in her right hand. " Black-white-red municipal flag.

Founding of the coat of arms: The community of Diebach has consisted of the formerly independent communities of Bellershausen, Diebach and Oestheim since 1978. The foliage crown comes from the coat of arms of the Lords of Diebach, a local noble family that can be verified in the Middle Ages. The wave bar stands for the place name. The rust is the attribute of St. Laurentius and represents the place Bellershausen, whose parish church is dedicated to this saint. The water mermaid stands for the place Oestheim and refers to the legend of the water maids. Three of them came from the bottomless hole to dance in Oberoestheim. They made their human companions wait in vain. The next day the water was colored with her blood - her father had killed her.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Diebach  and Bodenloses Loch

• Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

Diebach St. Bartholomew

traffic

The state road 2247 leading to Insingen or via Beller Hausen for Schillingsfürst . The district road AN 33 leads to Bockenfeld . The district road AN 7 leads to Faulenberg . Communal roads lead to Seemühle and Wolfsau .

sons and daughters of the town

• Gustav Reinwald (1837–1898), pastor in Lindau (Lake Constance) , historian, born in Heckenmühle
• Gustav Adolf Krauss (1888–1968), forest scientist

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Diebach . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 591-593 ( digitized version ).
• Hans Karlmann Ramisch: District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 25 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967, DNB  457879254 , p. 25 .
• 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. 54 .
• Gottfried Stieber: Diebach . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 315-316 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Diebach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Diebach community
• Diebach in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 18, 2019.
• Diebach: Official statistics of the LfStat

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. ↑ Greetings. Diebach community, accessed on June 6, 2020 . 
3. ^ Community Diebach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 18, 2019.
4. ↑ See also Diebach (Neustadt an der Aisch) .
5. ↑ W.-A. v. Reitzenstein, p. 54.
6. ^ Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 82 ( digitized version ).
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 813 ( digitized version ).
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 707 .
9. ↑ ^{a b} Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840 as houses , and from 1871 to 2015 as residential buildings.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 18 ( digitized version ). For the community of Diebach plus the residents and buildings of Bestleinsmühle (p. 9), Böllersmühle (p. 11), Heckenmühle (p. 38) and Wolfsau (p. 105).
11. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 230-231 ( digitized version ). According to the historical municipality register, the municipality had 415 inhabitants.
12. ^ ^{A b c d e f g h i} Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality directory: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 182 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version ).
13. ↑ ^{a b} Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1074 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digital copy ).
14. ↑ Kgl. Statistisches Bureau (Ed.): Directory of the municipalities of the Kingdom of Bavaria according to the status of the population in December 1867 . XXI. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1869, p. 172 ( digitized version ).
15. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 1241 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
16. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Manufactured due to the new organization of government districts, district offices and judicial districts. Addendum to issue 36 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1879, p. 68 ( digitized version ).
17. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Results of the census of December 1, 1880. Issue 35 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1882, p. 195 ( digitized version ).
18. ↑ ^{a b} K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1176 ( digitized version ).
19. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 1247 ( digitized version ).
20. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 1282 ( digitized version ).
21. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 1109–1110 ( digitized version ).
22. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 168 ( digitized version ).
23. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 325 ( digitized version ).
24. ↑ ^{a b c} Diebach: Official statistics of the LfStat
25. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/kommunalwahlen/
26. ^ Entry on Diebach's coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
27. ↑ Diebach. In: Kommunalflaggen.eu. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .