Forth (Eckental)

Forth Eckental market town
	Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 36 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 39 ″ E
Height :	344 m
Residents :	3383 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	90542
Area code :	09126
	The Eckentaler district of Forth

Forth is a place in the market town of Eckental ( Erlangen-Höchstadt district ) in Middle Franconia with around 3300 inhabitants.

geography

The village borders the Büg district to the east . About 200 m to the north is Frohnhof , to the east Ebach and to the south Eckenhaid . Bundesstraße 2 runs through the village as Forther Hauptstraße.

history

The founding of the places Forth (farm) and Büg (manorial manor) by the imperial barons of Gotzmann took place between 1050 and 1150. In 1611 the manor Büg passed into the possession of the Lords of Bünau. In 1925 the political amalgamation of Forth and Büg took place. For centuries, the Jewish community promoted Forth's development into an important trading center in the Erlanger Oberland. This part of Forther's history ended with the deportation of the Jewish citizens in the pogrom night on November 11, 1938. Until the regional reform in Bavaria , Forth was an independent community with the districts of Büg and Frohnhof. Forth has been part of the market town of Eckental since 1972 .

Attractions

Büger Castle , two-storey sandstone block building from the 18th century
Evangelical-Lutheran parish church of St. Anna , hall church from 1520

Sons and daughters of the place

Lee Kohlmar (1873-1946), actor
Fitzgerald Kusz (* 1944), writer and satirist

Individual evidence

[1] Population of the market town

[2] Jewish history of the place in Alemannia Judaica