Erlau (Walsdorf)

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Erlau is part of the municipality of Walsdorf in the Bamberg district and is located about eight kilometers southwest of the cathedral city of Bamberg . It has just under 550 inhabitants. It is also known as Erddl in Franconian dialect .

geography

The village is 269 m above sea level. NN in the valley of the Aurach , which rises in the municipality of Oberaurach in the Steigerwald and flows into the Regnitz near Pettstadt . Neighboring villages are Mühlendorf in the east, Kreuzschuh in the south, Walsdorf in the west, and Weipelsdorf in the north.

geology

Geologically, Erlau lies in the Keuper area, which originates from the Triassic and thus in the southern German layer level country , which was caused by the formation of the Rhine rift.

history

Secular history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1303 in the fief book of the Hochstift Würzburg in Upper Franconia under the bishops Andreas von Gundelfingen (1303-1317) and Gottfried III. von Hohenlohe (1317-1322). The place was called "Erel", which means Zur Erle and reminds of the once swampy areas of the Aurach , which were often forested with alders . During the Middle Ages and the early modern period, Erlau belonged to the Frankish imperial knighthood, namely to the knightly canton of Steigerwald. In the oldest picture map, which was made by the Würzburg court painter Martin Seger in 1575, the place is already referred to as "Erla". It caused a sensation when, in 1771, a gang of thieves and robbers, also called "Erlauer host Georg Kühn alias Johann Christoph Meyer and his gang of thieves", was sentenced to Hoheneich and executed. In the following centuries, four landlords ruled the village as condominiums . At the end of the 18th century these were:

Until the secularization 1802 Eger was part of the centering Hoheneich in the Bishopric of Würzburg . The seat of the court was in the Walsdorf district, near today's Hetzentännig. The barons of Crailsheim had the so-called capture and extradition rights. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place belonged to Bavaria and was a separate municipality.

The Second World War did not leave Erlau without a trace. When the Americans and the 3rd Battalion took the place on April 13, 1945 and moved on in the direction of Mühlendorf, they discovered a warehouse with ten Goliath explosive tanks on the so-called Ruhsteinsberglein . If handled improperly, two Goliaths exploded, killing two American soldiers and wounding two others.

On May 1, 1978, Erlau was incorporated into Walsdorf.

Confessional division

The Reformation led to a religious division between Protestants and Catholics. The Protestants based themselves on the Protestant Walsdorf, the Catholics on the Catholic Mühlendorf. The religious division had reached its climax in 1879 with the so-called parish fair dispute, in which Catholics and Protestants disagreed about the time of the parish fair. After years they were reconciled again. Erlau belongs politically to the municipality of Walsdorf, but ecclesiastically to the parish of Stegaurach .

politics

On May 1, 1978, Erlau lost its independence and was incorporated into the municipality of Walsdorf with an area of ​​around 2.6 square kilometers as part of the municipal area reform. However, the current mayor of Walsdorf Heinrich Faatz (CSU) comes from Erlau.

Population development

The number of residents has increased due to a number of new buildings and new arrivals in recent years.

  • 1818: 114
  • 1950: 220
  • 1961: 190
  • 1995: 439
  • 1997: 450
  • 1998: 449
  • 1999: 446
  • 2000: 467
  • 2001: 466
  • 2002: 473
  • 2003: 464
  • 2004: 472
  • 2005: 489
  • 2006: 512
  • 2007: 501
  • 2008: 491
  • 2009: 511
  • 2010: 531
  • 2011: 516
  • 2012: 545

societies

  • The volunteer fire brigade in Erlau was founded in 1877 and entered in the register of associations in 2007. It is the largest club in town and has a fire station .
  • The Stammtisch Unter Uns was founded in 1896 and has its club bar in the only restaurant in town.
  • The Erlau football regulars table , or FST Erlau for short, was founded in 1978 and is affiliated with the Walsdorf sports club. He maintains the soccer game in his spare time and plays against other regulars' table teams.

Events

  • Midsummer bonfire of FST Erlau in mid-June
  • Cellar party of the volunteer fire brigade in midsummer
  • Parish fair on the 2nd Sunday in October

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In the previous centuries, most of the inhabitants worked in agriculture and forestry. Since 1813 there was a brewery called Brauerei Kiessling . In 1930 the timber construction company Übel was added and in 1949/50 the sawmill on the Weinbach was built opposite. In 1996 the brewery, which, after being sold in 1991, was brewing beer specialties under the name of Erlauer , ceased production; the old brewery was demolished in 2006/2007. In 1998 the sawmill was closed after a major fire and also demolished. The Weinbach development area was built on the site in 2002 .

Street

Erlau is on State Road 2276, which connects Stegaurach in the east with the municipality of Oberaurach in the west. In addition, a narrow local road leads from Erlau to Kreuzschuh, 1 km south .

Street directory

  • Old sawmill
  • Erlenweg
  • Kellerberg
  • Kreuzschuher Street
  • Long street
  • Langermoos
  • Am Neusig
  • Ringweg
  • Rosenhof
  • Sandberg
  • Schindholzweg
  • White wire
  • To the Thoracker

bus

During the day, the OVF bus line 8244 drives to the bus stops Erlau-Kiessling and Erlau-Mühlen to Bamberg almost every hour. The Steigerwald with the towns of Untersteinbach, Trossenfurt , Grub and Ebelsbach can also be reached with the same bus route out of town.

Personalities

The Franconian cabaret artist and songwriter Wolfgang Buck , who was awarded the Franconian Cube in 2006, lives in the village.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 673 .

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Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 10 ° 48'  E