Geldersheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Schweinfurt
Height :	234 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.33 km 2
Residents:	2908 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	190 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97505
Area code :	09721
License plate :	SW , GEO
Community key :	09 6 78 132
Community structure:	1 district
Address of the municipal administration:	Würzburger Str. 18 97505 Geldersheim
Website :	www.geldersheim.de
Mayor :	Thomas Hemmerich ( CSU )
Location of the community of Geldersheim in the district of Schweinfurt

St. Nicholas

Geldersheim (Franconian: Galderschum ) is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt , three kilometers west of the independent city of Schweinfurt, in the Main-Rhön region . It is one of the oldest villages in Franconia, which was first mentioned in a document in 763, and has a well-preserved, typically Franconian townscape with gable-sided houses, a fortified church and a village gate.

Geldersheim was a strategic outpost of the Würzburg bishopric , on the Würzburg – Meiningen road , which was opened in 1796 to bypass the Protestant imperial city of Schweinfurt . To this day, the Schweinfurt suburb is said to have maintained its centuries-long rivalry with the city and to be closer to the Catholic but much more distant Würzburg . This connection to the Hochstift is also shown in the local coat of arms.

geography

The community is located in the fertile Schweinfurt Gau, in which intensive agriculture has always been practiced. The village also belongs to the Upper Werntal: The "Euerbach", a tributary of the Wern , which is called "Biegenbach" from the boundary of the district, flows through the village itself in a west-east direction . This flows into the Wern shortly before Schweinfurt.

In the direction of Egenhausen is the “Asbach” forest area, the forest in the direction of Sömmersdorf is called “Vorberg”.

There is only the district of Geldersheim. During the Bavarian territorial reform in the 1970s, no place was incorporated into Geldersheim. However, one of Geldersheim the southern, larger part of the Conn Barracks : a former air base of the Wehrmacht and later barracks of the 2014 resolution US Army Garrison Schweinfurt .

The municipalities of Niederwerrn , Schweinfurt , Bergrheinfeld , Werneck , Wasserlosen and Euerbach border the district of Geldersheim .

history

Until the church is planted

Geldersheim was first mentioned in 763 in a document from the Fulda monastery . In 976, Emperor Otto II issued certificates, as did Emperor Heinrich III. in 1049. Geldersheim was the Franconian royal palace and was the central place in the area. The surviving choir of the former Palatinate Chapel and archaeological finds from the Carolingian-Ottonian period, which were found during archaeological excavations in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, bear witness to this medieval era.

As early as 1230, a large parish church in the late Romanesque style was built next to the old palatinate chapel, which was already consecrated to St. Nicholas. In the years 1610 to 1618 today's parish church of St. Nicholas was built in its current form. The tower, with its Welschen Haube , was increased in 1692 and has dominated the western part of the Schweinfurt region ever since. The interior of the church was decorated in baroque style in the 18th century. The imposing frescoes by the Franconian painter Johann Peter Herrlein in the choir and nave date from this time .

Until the collapse of the Würzburg monastery in 1802, Geldersheim was a prosperous market town despite several major fires and wars. From 1500 to 1806 the place was in the Franconian Empire . After the secularization of Bavaria in 1803, the former tithe of the Würzburg Monastery was given to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany in 1805 to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to Bavaria. In 1818 the political municipality was established.

See also : Deanery Geldersheim

Population development

The community had a jump in population of 500 people in 2015 as a result of the closure of the Schweinfurt US garrison in 2014. Americans, including family members, were not counted in the population statistics. After her departure, there was suddenly a lot of living space available, with a very good economic situation in Schweinfurt at the same time.

• 1970: 2175 inhabitants
• 1987: 2350 inhabitants
• 1991: 2410 inhabitants
• 1995: 2544 inhabitants
• 2000: 2591 inhabitants
• 2005: 2597 inhabitants
• 2010: 2471 inhabitants
• 2015: 2967 inhabitants
• 2017: 3099 inhabitants
• 2018: 3006 inhabitants

politics

Mayor and City Council

The first mayor has been Thomas Hemmerich ( CSU ) since May 1, 2020 , and Martin Schlör (Young List) has been the second mayor since May 7, 2020.

The municipal council has 14 members (excluding the First Mayor). Since May 1, 2020, the committee has been composed as follows: CSU / Free Citizens List (4 members), Free Voters (5), Young List (3), SPD (2).

tax income

In 2017, the municipal tax revenue amounted to 2,213,000 euros, of which the trade tax revenue (net) was 414,000 euros and the municipality's share of income tax was 1,456,000 euros.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by blue and silver; in front a silver grain yolk, behind under the blue bend of a bishop's staff three two-to-one blue balls "

Inter-municipal alliance

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

Culture and sights

These are Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas, the Gaden plant from which the church is surrounded, and the many shrines and courtyard gate systems from sandstone .

Fortified church with Gaden

St. Nicholas

Museums

• Geldersheim Archaeological Museum
• Small farming museum
• Local history collections of the association for the care of local history and customs

Parish Church of St. Nicholas

The parish church of St. Nikolaus with the surrounding Gaden (former church castle). The Archaeological Museum , located in the Gaden south of the church, shows numerous prehistoric and early historical finds from the municipality.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Geldersheim

See also : Crucifixion shrine from 1522

Economy and Infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were 386 employees subject to social security contributions at the place of work in 2017. There were a total of 1256 employees subject to compulsory insurance at the place of residence, so that the number of out-commuters was 870 more than the number of in-commuters. 63 residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were 22 farms.

The southern part of the Conn Barracks belongs to Geldersheim, an air base from the 1930s that USAG Schweinfurt expanded into a large barracks. The northern part belongs to Niederwerrn . The conversion for the barracks has been going on since the American armed forces withdrew from Schweinfurt in 2014 . An inter-municipal business park is being considered. But so far (2017) the conversion here, in contrast to former US areas in Schweinfurt, has not shown any visible success.

fire Department

The Geldersheim volunteer fire brigade has been part of the Schweinfurt-Land ABC train since December 2005 . It provides the crew of the respiratory protection / radiation protection equipment vehicle , which is deployed in the entire district of Schweinfurt in the event of an alarm.

traffic

The place Geldersheim is on the federal highway 71 . The next junction is Schweinfurt -West about two kilometers north of Geldersheim. The Federal Highway 19 led to the construction of a bypass directly through the town.

In bus traffic, Geldersheim is served by the 8148 Werneck –Schweinfurt line of the Schweinfurt transport association . The next train station is Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof , about five kilometers to the east.

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2018):

• A day care center with 108 approved places for 100 children
• A primary school with 7 teachers, 5 classes and 101 students

Personalities

• Nicholas III Molitor (1600–1640), abbot of the Münsterschwarzach monastery

Web links

Commons : Geldersheim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Geldersheim in the Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Local government
• Literature by and about Geldersheim in the catalog of the German National Library
• Geldersheim: Official statistics of the LfStat
• Geldersheim in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library

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. ↑ Population figures on December 31, 2018. Bavarian State Office for Statistics, accessed on May 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Municipal Council. Geldersheim municipality, accessed on July 18, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Local elections 2020 in the community of Geldersheim - overview. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics: Statistics communal 2018, municipality of Geldersheim. (PDF) Retrieved June 28, 2020 . 
6. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Geldersheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
7. ↑ Small peasant museum. Geldersheim.de, accessed on March 19, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Local history collection. Heimatverein-Geldersheim.de, accessed on March 19, 2017 .