Egloffstein

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.04 km 2
Residents:	2061 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91349
Area code :	09197
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 124
Market structure:	16 districts
; Market administration address :	Badstrasse 166 ; 91349 Egloffstein
Website :	www.egloffstein.de
Mayor :	Stefan Förtsch ( FWG / CSU )
Location of the Egloffstein market in the Forchheim district

Egloffstein Castle

Easter fountain in Bieberbach

View of Egloffstein

Egloffstein is a market in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim and is located in Franconian Switzerland . Egloffstein has been a state-approved climatic health resort since 1956 .

geography

Geographical location

The place Egloffstein is located in the Trubach valley on a hillside below the castle of the same name .

Neighboring communities

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

Gößweinstein , Obertrubach , Graefenberg , Leutenbach , Pretzfeld

Community structure

The Egloffstein market has 16 districts :

history

Until the 19th century

Before 1180, the Egloffstein Castle can be traced as the ancestral seat of the Lords of Egloffstein . The first documentary mentions, however, only come from the years 1180 and 1184, in which the Salmann "Henricus de Hegelofuesten" or "Heinricus de Agilulfi lapide" (from Latin lapide , stone ) was named.

In 1509 the castle became a fiefdom of the bishops of Bamberg, but it has remained in the possession of the von Egloffstein family to this day. In 1525 the village of Egloffstein was burned down during the Peasants' War , and in 1561 the Reformation took hold in Egloffstein.

The place was burned down twice during the Thirty Years War . In the course of secularization in Bavaria , he came to Bavaria.

The associated place Bieberbach was in the second half of the 16th century temporarily in the possession of Hans von Streitberg.

20th and 21st centuries

In 1956 the predicate climatic health resort was awarded and three years later Egloffstein was promoted to market.

Incorporations

Before the municipal reform , the Egloffstein market consisted of the main town, Dietersberg, Egloffsteinerhüll, Leithen (now part of Mostviel) and Mostviel. On May 1, 1978, the communities Affalterthal, Bieberbach and Hundshaupten Egloffstein were completely closed. The Schweinthal district was added from the dissolved community of Zaunsbach .

Religions

With the exception of the Hundsboden district, the Protestant denomination predominates in the Egloffstein market, divided between the Affalterthal and Egloffstein parishes. The Trubach forms the natural border between the parishes - citizens living on the right of the Trubach belong to the Affalterthal parish, and to the left of the Trubach to the Egloffstein parish. Their church of St. Bartholomew is right next to the castle.

politics

Market council

The municipal council has 14 members. In addition, the full-time 1st mayor belongs to him. The following distribution of seats resulted in the last four local elections:

Term of office	Electoral community Egloffstein and the surrounding area	Affalterthal Free Voting Association	Independent church list	Village community Bieberbach	Civic Association Hundshaupten Hundsboden	WG Schweinthal Schlehenmühle Äpfelbach	total
2002-2008	4th	2	3	3	1	1	14 seats
2008-2014	3	3	3	3	1	1	14 seats
2014-2020	4th	2	3	2	2	1	14 seats
2020-2026	4th	2	3	2	2	1	14 seats

mayor

Stefan Förtsch (CSU / FWA) has been mayor since 2008. He was confirmed in office in the local elections in March 2014 with 91.6% and in March 2020 with 80.6% of the votes. His predecessor since 1976 was Christian Meier.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In black, a silver, red-tongued, cut-off bear head."

Coat of arms history: The municipality bears the coat of arms of the Barons von Egloffstein, but in reverse colors to better distinguish it from the family coat of arms. The castle can be traced back to before 1190 as the ancestral seat of the lords and later barons of Egloffstein. They were Bamberg ministerials, were first mentioned around 1180 and are still based in the town today. In 1509 the castle became a fiefdom of the bishops of Bamberg, but remained in the family's possession. Egloffstein has been a market since 1959.

The coat of arms was introduced in 1956 by decision of the municipal council and the approval of the Ministry of the Interior.

Evidence: Ministerial resolution of March 17, 1956
Former communities with their own coat of arms are Affalterthal and Hundshaupten.
Elements come from the family coat of arms of the von Egloffstein family.

Attractions

Entrance to the rock cellar

The Egloffsteiner Felsenkeller in the town center.

nature

Leisure and sports facilities

Egloffstein from the west

Egloffstein: outdoor swimming pool (built in 1935 for the first time), sports and gymnasium, sports field, Kneipp facility, children's playground, climbing rock, geographical center of the "hiking paradise Trubachtal"
Affalterthal : multi-purpose house, football field, shooting ranges for air rifles and pistols, viewing rocks (Pfarrfelsen, Balkenstein, Spiegelfelsen), climbing rocks, DSV-certified Nordic walking trails, numerous hiking trails, hiking pavilion
Bieberbach: sports field
Hundsboden: soccer field
Hundshaupten: Wildlife Park
Schlehenmühle: mini golf course

Personalities

Leopold II von Egloffstein (1335–1343), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
Johann I von Egloffstein (unknown – 1411) was the 50th Prince-Bishop of Würzburg between 1400 and 1411 and the first founder of the University of Würzburg.
Leonhard von Egloffstein (approx. 1450–1514), important humanist and Canon of Bamberg
Julie Countess von Egloffstein (1792–1869) was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Weimar and a painter and lived temporarily in Egloffstein. She was a confidante of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Privy Councilor Fritz Neumeyer (1875–1935) was an Egloffsteiner forester's son. Neumeyer, founder of well-known industries (including Zündappwerke), important business leader (see Neumeyer-Höhe am Pfarrfelsen)
Wilhelm Stählin (1883–1975), later Oldenburg regional bishop, worked from 1910 to 1916 as local pastor in Egloffstein.
Oleg Popow (1930–2016), Russian clown and pantomime, lived in Egloffstein since the early 1990s.

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Eglofstein . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 704 ( digitized version ).
Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Eglofstein . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 587 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

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 ).
↑ Mayor. Congregation, accessed June 14, 2020 .
^ Community Egloffstein in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on May 25, 2020.
↑ www.dieter-zoeberlein.de, Die von Streitberg, History of a Franconian noble family (accessed on November 7, 2018)
↑ Dieter Zöberlein, Die von Streitberg, history of a Franconian noble family , self-published, Burggrub 2018, part 2, pp. 148–149.
^ 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 .
↑ http://www.egloffstein.de/sites/gensite.asp?SID=cms16102011100809116&Art=697
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Egloffstein in the database of the House of Bavarian History

[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] Mayor. Congregation, accessed June 14, 2020 .

[3] Community Egloffstein in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on May 25, 2020.

[4] www.dieter-zoeberlein.de, Die von Streitberg, History of a Franconian noble family (accessed on November 7, 2018)

[5] Dieter Zöberlein, Die von Streitberg, history of a Franconian noble family , self-published, Burggrub 2018, part 2, pp. 148–149.

[6] 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 .

[7] ttp://www.egloffstein.de/sites/gensite.asp?SID=cms16102011100809116&Art=697

[Wappen-8] Entry on the coat of arms of Egloffstein in the database of the House of Bavarian History