Effeltrich

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Effeltrich (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′  N , 11 ° 6 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Management Community :	Effeltrich
Height :	304 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.92 km 2
Residents:	2550 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	214 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91090
Area code :	09133
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 122
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Forchheimer Strasse 1 91090 Effeltrich
Website :	www.effeltrich.de
Mayor :	Peter Lepper ( Free Voters )
Location of the municipality Effeltrich in the Forchheim district

Effeltrich, church castle from a bird's eye view (2018)

Vertical view (2018)

Fortified church

Catholic parish church St. Georg in Effeltrich

Linden tree in Effeltrich

Effeltrich is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim and the seat of the Effeltrich administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

The community is about 20 kilometers north of Nuremberg . The incorporated district of Gaiganz, approx. Three kilometers northeast (approx. 450 inhabitants), belongs to Effeltrich. The Franconian Marienweg runs through Effeltrich .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (starting from the north and clockwise):

Pinzberg , Kunreuth , Hetzles , Langensendelbach and Poxdorf , with which Effeltrich forms an administrative community .

Community structure

The municipality of Effeltrich has 2 districts :

• Effeltrich
• Gaiganz

history

Until the church is planted

Effeltrich means place with many apple trees ( apple- rich). The place was first mentioned in a document in 1174 and since then has had a distinctive fruit tree cultivation, which has always been the main source of income for the place. The tree nurseries and horticultural companies still shape the townscape today . In 1433 the Effeltrich chapel was mentioned in a document. The place belonged to the bishopric of Bamberg until the secularization in 1802 , from 1500 to the Franconian Empire and then came to Bavaria.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent community Gaiganz was incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 members. He is chaired by a part-time mayor.

	CSU / ÜWG	The Effeltricher List (DEL)	FW	Citizen list gaiganz	SPD	total
2008	5 (CSU)	2	4th	2	1	14 seats
2014	5	5	3		1	14 seats
2020	4th	5	5			14 seats

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020)

mayor

Peter Lepper (FW) has been mayor since 2020. His predecessor was Kathrin Heimann (DEL) since 2014. Richard Schmidt (Free Voters) held office from 1996 to 2014.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In red, two pointed silver round towers connected by a silver wall, floating above a golden apple with a stem and a leaf."

Culture and sights

Effeltrich is known for its traditional costumes and customs, which are mainly cultivated by the Effeltrich folk costume association and the Effeltrich singers and musicians.

• Winter driving out on Carnival Sunday (Fosaleggn)
• Georgiritt with horse consecration on Easter Monday
• Parish fair on the second or third Sunday in July with customs

Effeltrich is also known for the at least 500 years old, legendary dancing linden tree on the village square, which was the cultural center of the community at student festivals, moonlit nights and other traditional events. The place has a fortified church from the Middle Ages, which is known as the fortified church and is dedicated to St. George.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Effeltrich

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Affalterich . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 21 ( digitized version ).
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Effeltrich . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 693-694 ( digitized version ).
• Robert Kotz: Effeltrich - parish and parish . Verlag Ludwig Müller, Erlangen 1980, ISBN 3-7896-0047-4
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Effeltrich . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 583-584 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Effeltrich municipality
• Foracheim: St. Georg in Effeltrich
• Effeltrich: Official statistics of the LfStat

Wikisource: Notice regarding permission to sell fruit trees on the move. February 13, 1897.  - Sources and full texts

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 from the 1st Mayor of Effeltrich. Effeltrich municipality, accessed on June 11, 2020 . 
3. ^ Municipality of Effeltrich in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
4. ^ 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. 684 .
5. ↑ fw-effeltrich.de
6. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Effeltrich  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
7. ↑ Rainer Graefe: Buildings from living trees: guided dance and court linden trees . Geymüller, Verl. For Architecture, Aachen [a. a.] 2014, ISBN 978-3-943164-08-4 .