Frankenberg (Weismain)

Frankenberg City of Weismain Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 47 "  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 34"  E
Height :	471 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	46  (Jan 1, 2013)
Postal code :	96260
Area code :	09575
Catholic chapel of St. Faustinus and Jovita

Frankenberg is a village with 46 inhabitants and a district of Weismain in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels , in the north of the Free State of Bavaria .

Geographical location

Frankenberg is located at 471  m above sea level. NN on a plateau northeast of the Kleinziegenfelder valley , which belongs to the northern foothills of the Franconian Jura in the Franconian Switzerland - Franconian Jura Nature Park . The village is located between the Hainsgrund in the south and the Schöpfleinsgraben in the north. The next localities are Erlach , Schammendorf , Mosenberg and Kaspauer . The city center of Weismain is located around 3.2 kilometers northeast.

history

The first documentary mention was in 1322, when Gundeloh, Marshal von Dietersdorf, sold the tithe to the Bamberg Katharinenhospital.

In 1975 the road from Mosenberg to Wallersberg was expanded.

Frankenberg was incorporated into Weismain on January 1, 1976 as a district of the Wallersberg community together with Schammendorf , Waßmannsmühle , Weihersmühle and Mosenberg .

The small Catholic chapel on the northern edge of the village was built in 1977 as a square, plastered building with a slate roof. The consecration to the patronage of St. Faustinus and Jovita took place in the following year .

In spring 2012, the local connection road from Frankenberg to Schammendorf, the "Frangabärche Berg", was renewed and expanded. This measure was made possible by the financial support of the Upper Franconian district government. The section was officially inaugurated on July 20, 2012.

Population development

The table shows the population development in Frankenberg.

year	Residents	estate	Source:
1833	58	11
1987	47	15th
2013	46	16
2015	41	16

societies

• Frankenberg-Schammendorf volunteer fire department

literature

• Frankenberg-Schammendorf volunteer fire department: 100 years of Frankenberg-Schammendorf volunteer fire department , Weismain 2000

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographic map of Bavaria - Frankenberg - Weismain , geoportal.bayern.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
2. ^ Dieter George: Lichtenfels; The old circle . Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 6: Lichtenfels. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7696-6862-9 , p. 31.
3. ↑ Josef Urban: Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, pp. 65–71.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Frankenberg ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
5. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann: Geographical description of the Archdiocese of Bamberg: together with a short overview of the suffragan dioceses: Würzburg, Eichstätt and Speyer . Bamberg 1833, p. 511 ( full text in Google Book Search). , P. 496
6. ↑ Frankenberg's Genealogical Site Directory , gov.genealogy.net, accessed on December 26, 2014
7. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2013 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
8. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2015 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on October 10, 2015