Euerbach

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 10 ° 8 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Schweinfurt
Height :	238 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.4 km 2
Residents:	3054 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	176 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97502
Area code :	09726
License plate :	SW , GEO
Community key :	09 6 78 128
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 97502 Euerbach
Website :	www.euerbach.de
Mayoress :	Simone Seufert (CSU)
Location of the municipality of Euerbach in the district of Schweinfurt

Euerbach is a municipality in the district of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia .

geography

Community structure

The three districts are:

• Euerbach
• Sommersdorf
• Obbach

Plus the wasteland

• Reichthalshof

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Sulzthal , Poppenhausen , Niederwerrn , Geldersheim and Wasserlosen .

history

Euerbach, once Urbach, later called Ewerbach or Ewersbach, was mentioned in writing for the first time in 777. But even before that there had been settlements in the area around Euerbach, which is proven by finds of ribbon ceramics from the Neolithic Age (around 3500 BC).

In the middle of the 16th century the population joined the Protestant denomination entirely. The 40 m high tower of today's Evangelical Church of St. Cosmas and Damian (see drawing from 1974 - below under web links) and the crypt from the same century are evidence of the early faith . The choir of the church was built during the 14th century, the sacristy in 1531. Even the bells (1478, 1524 and mid-16th century), the pulpit (1546) and the font (1574) are stately old.

The former town hall (1537), the Weihersbrunnenlinde (1569), which fell victim to a fire, and the Lower Castle (1592) also date from around the same time. Euerbach owed the town hall and the pond fountain to its ruler and owner Heinrich von Bibra . The castle was built by one of the lords of Steinau . It later became the property of the Lords of Münster , hence the names Upper Castle (Bibra Castle) and Lower Castle (Steinausches or Münster Castle).

In the Thirty Years' War Euerbach was almost totally destroyed, then rebuilt in the same place.

In 1711 the existing church (today a Protestant church) was declared a simultaneous church , ie services for both denominations were held there. This repeatedly led to an argument. It was not until 1740 that the Lords of Münster finally settled it, not until 1740, when they had a Catholic castle church built, the plans of which come from Balthasar Neumann . Its tower is 29 meters high, the bells are from 1793. Two years after the construction of the Catholic church, a nave was added to the existing church.

The pavilion of the Upper Castle, which served as the summer house of the Lords of Bibra and is also said to have been built by Balthasar Neumann, dates from the same time.

Euerbach has owned a Jewish cemetery for the Jewish community since mid-1672 . Funerals were held there until 1940. The cemetery is about one kilometer outside (west) of Euerbach and contains over 1170 graves.

Today Euerbach with the incorporated villages of Obbach and Sömmersdorf has over 3100 inhabitants and, according to the first written mention, is around 1230 years old. It has three churches, the newest of which was completed in 1970. The Protestant church was renovated from 1970 to 1974, as was the old town hall. In addition, the pavilion, the upper castle and one of the old mills have been preserved. However, the Upper Mill, the Lower Castle and the Weihersbrunnenlinde no longer exist. The Obere Mühle was demolished by its owner in 1968 and a modern house was built in its place. The lower castle also had to be demolished in 1968 because it was in disrepair. The linden tree was felled in 1972 because it was completely burned out.

However, the Euerbach people have retained their nickname. They received it when Lorenz Ludwig von Münster, lord of Euerbach Castle, captured a Turkish standard during the siege of Vienna in 1683 . It was first exhibited in the castle and then sold to the War Museum in Munich, where it can still be viewed today. Therefore, the Euerbach people are still called the Turks by the inhabitants of the surrounding villages .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Obbach and Sömmersdorf were incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 2022 inhabitants
• 1970: 2372 inhabitants
• 1991: 2757 inhabitants
• 1995: 2980 inhabitants
• 2003: 3134 inhabitants
• 2005: 3106 inhabitants
• 2006: 3086 inhabitants
• 2007: 3055 inhabitants
• 2008: 3031 inhabitants
• 2009: 2998 inhabitants
• 2010: 2965 inhabitants
• 2011: 2986 inhabitants
• 2012: 2989 inhabitants
• 2013: 3002 inhabitants
• 2014: 3038 inhabitants
• 2015: 3047 inhabitants
• 2018: 3038 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

In the term of office from May 2020 to April 2026, the municipal council was elected as follows:

	Seats	voting share
CSU / Obbach village community	4th	23.75%
SPD	3	18.08%
Free voter community Euerbach	6th	36.04%
Sommersdorf voter community	3	22.13%
total	16	100.00%

In the previous term of office from 2014 to 2020, the CSU, the Obbach community, the Euerbach community of voters and the Sömmersdorf community of voters submitted a joint election proposal and won 13 seats; the SPD had two mandates, one municipal council was non-attached.

mayor

Simone Seufert (CSU / Free Voting Community Euerbach) has been at the head of the community since May 1, 2020. It was elected on March 15, 2020 with 67.0% of the vote. Her predecessor was Arthur Arnold (nominated by the CSU and three electoral communities), in office from May 1, 1995 to April 30, 2020.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided; above in silver two five-spoke black wheels next to each other, below in red two golden inclined bars. "

Town twinning

There is a partnership with the French municipality of Cambremer .

Inter-municipal alliance

The community is a member of the Intercommunal Alliance Upper Werntal .

Culture and sights

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  Euerbach Ev. Church of St. Cosmas and Damian

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  Euerbach Catholic Church of St. Michael

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  Euerbach fortified church

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  Euerbach draw well by Heinrich von Bibra from 1571

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  Obach Ev. Church and castle

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  Sommersdof Kath. Church Johannes d. T.

Euerbach

• Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Cosmas and St. Damian , with the crypt from 1251 the oldest building in the community, stands in the middle of a partially preserved alley of a fortified church
• Roman Catholic Church of St. Michael built by Balthasar Neumann 1739–1942
• Old town hall from 1537
• Jewish cemetery , inaugurated in 1672
• Weihersbrunnen from 1569 and Bibraischer Ziehbrunnen from 1571

Obbach

• The synagogue of the Jewish community in Obbach was built around 1850. At that time more than 200 Jews lived in Obbach - this corresponded to 30% of the total population. The synagogue - a building made of unplastered sandstone blocks - was set on fire by SA men during the November pogrom on November 10, 1938 and burned down to the ground.

Sommersdorf

• The Roman Catholic village church of St. John the Baptist of Sömmersdorf is a listed building.
• Wayside shrines

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  Processional altar stone pit

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  Processional altar Zinnstrasse

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  Kreuzschlepper Raiffeisenstrasse

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  Wayside shrine Röderstück

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Euerbach

Regular events

→ Main article : Franconian Passion Play Sömmersdorf

Passion Play Stage

Since 1933 the Franconian Passion Play has been taking place in an open-air facility in Sömmersdorf , surrounded by tall forest trees . Since 1968 there have been performances every five years from June to September, the next time in 2018. In the 2013 season, 34,000 guests attended the Passion Festival. In the previous seasons in 2008 there were 30,000 guests and approx. 400 participants and in 2003 there were 30,000 visitors and 450 participants in 16 performances.

traffic

The B 303 with the diversions U 55 and U 62 for the A 7 leads through Euerbach. The state road St 2290 ends in Euerbach. In addition, the A 71 has been passing Euerbach since 2006.

Web links

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

Wikisource: History of the deposed Feyertage in the knightly Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Obbach, Euerbach, Niederwehrn  - sources and full texts

• Euerbach community
• Sommersdorf Passion Play
• Euerbach: 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. ↑ Municipal Council. Municipality of Euerbach, accessed on June 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/204441&attr=OBJ&val= 1755
4. ↑ Adolf Schipper: The families of the community Euerbach 1649-1901. Nuremberg 2008 (Franconian ancestors, 6). ISBN 978-3-929865-45-5 .
5. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 753 .
6. ↑ Population figures on December 31, 2018. Bavarian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ 2020 municipal council election , accessed on July 3, 2020
8. ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of Euerbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
9. ↑ Memorial plaque at the exit towards Greßthal
10. ↑ "The very successful 2013 season came to an end on August 18, 2013." ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to www.passionsspiele-soemmersdorf.de (accessed April 19, 2014)  
11. ^ Website of the Franconian Passion Play in Sömmersdorf ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ On "18. August 2013 the very successful 2013 season came to an end. ” ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to www.passionsspiele-soemmersdorf.de (accessed April 19, 2014)  
13. ↑ Schweinfurter Tagblatt dated May 7, 2008: Fränkische Passionspiele 2008 in Sömmersdorf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.