Ebrach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Bamberg
Management Community :	Ebrach
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.26 km 2
Residents:	1888 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96157
Area code :	09553
License plate :	BA
Community key :	09 4 71 128
LOCODE :	DE EWC
Market structure:	12 districts
; Market administration address :	Rathausplatz 2 ; 96157 Ebrach
Website :	www.ebrach.de
Mayor :	Daniel Vinzens (ENL)
Location of the Ebrach market in the Bamberg district

View of Ebrach from the south

Ebrach is a market in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and the seat of the Ebrach administrative community . The market has over 1800 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

The main town is between Bamberg in the east and Würzburg in the west. This is located in the Steigerwald on the Middle Ebrach . The former Cistercian monastery of Ebrach is located there .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise) Rauhenebrach ( Lower Franconia ), Burgwindheim ( Upper Franconia ), Geiselwind and Oberschwarzach (both Lower Franconia).

Community structure

There are twelve districts (population figures in brackets):

Book (57)
Eberau (130)
Ebrach (1107)
Grossbirkach (78)
Grossgressingen (295)
Courtyard (20)

The dairy belongs to the district of Ebrach. There are the districts Buch, Ebrach, Großbirkach, Großgressingen and Neudorf bei Ebrach.

history

Until the 18th century

The place name probably does not come from Eber , but perhaps from an old pre-Germanic tribe ebr- (water), originally related to the Basque ibar (valley).

Ebrach and its former monastery complex

Ebrach abbey was in 1127 one of the first right Rhine een Cistercian monasteries by the Frankish Edelfreien founded Berno and Richwin of Eberau. In 1127 twelve monks moved from the mother monastery Morimond . In 1200, Abbot Hermann I began building the abbey church , which was completed in 1285. It is 88 meters long and is one of the most beautiful monuments of early Gothic architecture. In the building there is a splendid classical interior that was renovated in the 2010s . It comprises over 50 windows, 26 altars and a rose window twelve meters in diameter above the west portal, based on the model of Notre Dame in Paris . The windows were repainted in 1887. Although the Ebrach abbots repeatedly sought imperial immediacy for their monastery, the monastery remained under the rule of the Würzburg bishop. It was one of the richest abbeys in Franconia and had outposts ("official castles") in Mainstockheim , Sulzheim , Oberschwappach and Burgwindheim .

19th century

The monastery was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization , the place came under the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 like large parts of Franconia to Bavaria (see also History of Franconia ). Ebrach Monastery was only officially granted imperial immediacy when it was abolished. Before 1803 this had always been successfully contested by the Würzburg bishopric . The monastery church has been the Catholic parish church of the Assumption ever since . The baroque monastery buildings have served as a penal institution ( correctional facility in Ebrach ) since 1851 .

Territorial reform of the 1970s

On April 1, 1971, the former municipality of Neudorf bei Ebrach was incorporated as part of the municipal reform. On January 1, 1972, Buch, Großbirkach and Großgressingen followed.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the market grew from 1812 to 1848 by 36 inhabitants or 2%. A peak was reached on December 31, 1992 with 2042 inhabitants.

1900: 1403 inhabitants
1961: 2616 inhabitants, including Ebrach 1886, book 118, Großbirkach 160, Großgressingen 352, Neudorf 100
1970: 2471 inhabitants, including Ebrach 1795, book 111, Großbirkach 127, Großgressingen 332, Neudorf 106
1987: 1774 inhabitants
1991: 2030 inhabitants
1995: 1978 inhabitants
2000: 2017 inhabitants
2005: 1930 inhabitants
2010: 1878 inhabitants
2015: 1806 inhabitants

religion

According to the census on May 9, 2011, 57.4% of the population are Roman Catholic and 23.4% Evangelical Lutheran. 19.2% have another religion or are non-denominational.

politics

mayor

Daniel Vinzens from the Ebracher Neue Liste (ENL) has been mayor since May 1, 2020, who prevailed against Detlef Panzer (CSU) with 66.12% of the vote. His predecessor was Max-Dieter Schneider (SPD). He was the successor to Alfons Keller (CSU) in 2002, re-elected in 2008 with 90.84% of the votes and in 2014 without opposing candidates with 89.42%.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 969,000 euros in 1999 , of which 353,000 euros were trade tax revenues (net).

Municipal council

In the 2020 to 2026 election period, the municipal council plus the mayor has 12 members. The following table shows the result of the local elections on March 15, 2020 and the distribution of seats according to previous elections:

Party / list	Share of votes 2020	Seats 2020	Seats 2014	Seats 2008	Seats 2002
CSU	24.9%	3	3	3	3
SPD	13.7%	2	3	3	3
Ebracher New List	37.9%	4th	3	3	3
Free voters Ebrach and the surrounding area	16.1%	2	2	3	2
Young Ebracher List	07.4%	1	1	-	-
Free electoral roll	-	-	-	-	1
total	100%	12	12	12	12
Turnout: 68.97%

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Above a red shield base, inside a silver sloping bar, in gold a jumping black boar holding a silver abbot's staff at an angle in its mouth."

The boar with crosier refers to the legend of the founding of the Ebrach monastery , which tells that a boar showed the monks where to found the monastery by snatching the abbot's staff and dropping it at the site of the later monastery.

Partner communities

There are partnerships with the following communities:

Austria Eisbach in Styria , Austria , since 1979
FranceClairveaux, community Ville-sous-la-Ferté in the French region of Grand Est , Aube , since 1998

Public facilities

AcquaSana natural pool (opened in 2005)

Community library

Motorhome parking space (nearby)

Ebrach correctional facility

Culture and sights

Attractions

The monastery church of the former Cistercian abbey of Ebrach

Gothic rose window and partial view of the organ prospect of the main organ of the abbey church

Monastery suburb in Ebrach

Former abbey garden
Parish church Ebrach (former monastery church)
- Organ n

In addition to the large main organ (concert organ) on the west gallery with a modern work in a baroque case, which was built by the Würzburg organ builder Johann Philipp Seuffert in 1743, the former abbey church in the monk's choir houses two original baroque choir organs from the workshop of the Frankfurt organ builder Johann Christian Koehler . The two instruments are an organological rarity, as their players can see each other due to the positioning of the gaming tables . In the course of the extensive interior restoration of the church, the choir organs were removed and restored by the Klais organ building company, supported by the Hoffmann company, by October 2012 . They were consecrated again on November 4, 2012 by the Archbishop of Bamberg .

Abbey building of the former Ebrach monastery
St. John's Church in Großbirkach
Steigerwald treetop path

Regular events

Ebrach music summer
Ebracher parish fair

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

Due to its location in the Steigerwald, wood is an essential economic factor.

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 23 employees in agriculture and forestry, 330 in manufacturing and 36 in trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic areas, 100 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were 476 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one in the manufacturing sector and one in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 52 farms with an agricultural area of 1077 hectares, of which 766 were arable land and 310 were permanent green areas.

Voluntary fire brigades

Voluntary fire brigades exist in Ebrach, Buch, Großbirkach, Großgressingen and Neudorf (near Ebrach).

Breweries

The last brewery in the community was the Wilz monastery brewery, which closed in 1954. Today she has her beer brewed by the Göller brewery using the contract brewing process. In the Großgressingen district there was the Henkelmann brewery until 1946.

traffic

Ebrach station (2016)

The village is on the federal road 22 . On the state road 2258 the driveway is Geiselwind (AS 76) of the motorway A 3 to reach.

The Strullendorf – Ebrach railway line was shut down and dismantled in 2006 .

The place is connected by several public transport bus lines with the region and the regional center of Bamberg and the local train station approx. 35 kilometers away . Several regional bus routes start and end in Ebrach. Bus trips to Bamberg take about 50 minutes, which is only 14 km distant regional center Gerolzhofen in Lower Franconia neighboring county Schweinfurt is by public transport only with change and not under 100 minutes travel time to reach.

The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

education

In the school year 2017/2018 62 students were taught by 4 full-time teachers in the Ebrach primary school. In 2017/2018, 36 teachers taught 566 students at the Steigerwaldschule Staatliche Realschule Ebrach. In 1999 there were 50 kindergarten places with 36 children.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The market gave honorary citizenship to seven people after 1945. The last two awards were given to long-time mayors.

2009: Erich Weininger (* 1924 - April 15, 2013), 1st Mayor from 1956 to 1990
The only living sponsor is Alfons Keller (* 1940), awarded in 2015, 2nd mayor from 1978 to 1984, 1st mayor from 1984 to 2002

Sons and Daughters of the Market

Eugen Montag (1741–1811), last abbot of the Ebrach monastery
Friedrich Deml (1901–1994), teacher, writer, member of Bamberg's circle of poets .
Max Jobst (1908–1943), composer
Heinrich Aigner (1924–1988), politician ( CSU ), Member of the Bundestag , MEP

People connected to the community

Georg Sperber (* 1933 in Nuremberg ), forest scientist and non-fiction author, lives in Ebrach. From 1972 to 1998 he was head of the Ebrach Forestry Office.

Others

From 1957 to 1971, the Ebrach vacation seminars , organized by constitutional lawyer Ernst Forsthoff , took place in the monastery restaurant every year , bringing together well-known scientists from various professions for two weeks for joint discussions.

In June 2003 Ebrach was a stage of the Deutschland Tour .

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Ebrach . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 678-680 ( digitized version ).

Theodor Haas : Chronicle of the market town Ebrach. Markt Ebrach, 1969

Theodor Haas: Emperor Charles IV. Territorial policy and the Ebrach Cisterce. In: Erlanger building blocks for Franconian local research, Heimatverein Erlangen and the surrounding area, Erlangen, Vol. 14, 1967, pp. 52–66

Theodor Haas: Old types of hunting. From forest files of the Ebrach monastery. In: Erlanger building blocks for Franconian local research, Erlangen, Vol. 13, 1966, pp. 7-12

Theodor Haas: The foundation of the Ebrach monastery in 1127. In: Erlanger building blocks for Franconian homeland research, Vol. 10, 1963, pp. 113–117

Theodor Haas: The "colonization activity" of the Cistercian monastery Ebrach. In: Erlanger building blocks for Franconian local research, vol. 6, 1959, pp. 89–93

Theodor Haas: The secularization of the Ebracher Hof in Nuremberg and the office of Katzwang and its transition to Kurbaiern in 1803. In: Erlanger building blocks for Franconian homeland research, Vol. 3, 1956, pp. 92-108

Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Ebrach . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 572-573 ( digitized version ).