Gemünda in Upper Franconia

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Gemünda
City of Sesslach
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 31 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 277 m above sea level NN
Residents : 522  (Jul 2, 2015)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 96145
Area code : 09567
Former parish hall with forge
Former parish hall with forge

Gemünda in Upper Franconia (officially: Gemünda i.OFr. ) Is a district of the Upper Franconian town of Seßlach in the Coburg district .

geography

Gemünda is about twelve kilometers west of Coburg in the area where the Kreck meets the Rodach . The district boundary corresponds to the north-east of the Bavarian border with Thuringia . State road 2204 from Seßlach to Autenhausen runs through the village. About two kilometers northeast of Gemünda, on the border with Thuringia, lies the Gehegsmühle on the Rodach .

history

Gemünda was first mentioned in a document in 837 when the executor of Count Asis gave goods to the Fulda monastery in "Gimundi". Like Seßlach, Gemünda belonged to the Würzburg monastery . The rulers of the village included those of Rosenau , von Bibra , Stein zu Ostheim and the Marshals zu Erlebach . Most important were those of Lichtenstein . The Tambach monastery office owned ten farms in the village.

The construction of a church by the Lords of Lichtenstein is documented for the year 1401. A moated castle was built in the 15th century. The manor included three farms, a vineyard and clay pits. The castle was demolished at the end of the 18th century. Wine was grown until the 18th century. While the neighboring towns such as Autenhausen and Dietersdorf, which belonged to the Tambach monastery , remained Catholic, the Lords of Bibra introduced the Reformation in Gemünda in 1590.

The Gehegsmühle in the Kaltengrund of the Rodach Valley, on the border with Thuringia, belongs to Gemünda and was first mentioned in 1727 and worked as a paper mill until 1850. A small communal brewery was built in 1870, which brewed beer until 1963.

In the 18th century, Gemünda was called "Gemünden an der Kreck" and in the 19th century it was called "Gemünda an der Kreck". The place has had its current name since 1926.

In January 1806, Count Joseph Carl took possession of the Tambacher Lande, to which Gemünda also belonged, as the direct imperial county of Ortenburg-Tambach . In October 1806 the county was mediatized . From December 1806 to 1814, Gemünda belonged to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg as part of the Tambacher Land . After its dissolution, the Tambach Lordship Court was assigned to the Mainkreis . In 1862, the rural community of Gemünda and its Gehegsmühle part of the community were incorporated into the newly created Bavarian district office of Staffelstein .

After the Second World War , the location on the inner-German border shaped the town until 1989 .

In 1925 the village had 398 residents and 89 residential buildings. 382 people belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Around 1940 there were 55 small and micro farms in Gemünda. In 1987 the village had 487 inhabitants and 130 residential buildings with 152 apartments. In 1989, 18 service providers, handicrafts and businesses and 4 full-time farmers worked in the village center. In 2002 there were 26 farms, commercial and service businesses. In 2006, 50 overnight accommodations were offered.

On July 1, 1972, the Staffelstein district was dissolved. Since then, Gemünda has been part of the Coburg district . In the course of the Bavarian regional reform , Gemünda lost its independence as a municipality on May 1, 1978 and became a district of Seßlach.

In 2008, 2010 and 2015 ecumenical Passion Play took place in Gemünda as amateur theater on temporary open-air stages.

Population development

year population
1875 480
1900 399
1925 398
1950 538
1970 474
1987 487
2015 522

Attractions

Parish church

Gemünda has a high proportion of listed buildings that shape the townscape. In the list of architectural monuments in Gemünda there are 20 architectural monuments.

The Evangelical Lutheran parish church of St. Johannis , standing on a hill, is a late medieval hall building with a Gothic, retracted choir . Its core dates back to 1515. The 35 meter high church tower was built between 1566 and 1568. In 1787 a new nave was consecrated.

The chapel on the Heiligenleite, located directly on the former inner-German border, was built in 2011/12. On a private initiative, the Foundation 1150 Years of the Gemünda Village Community had the building constructed according to plans by the architect Josef Starkl. The spring on the Heiligenleite, which was revised in 2018, is nearby.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Gemünda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.sesslach.de ( Memento from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Walter Schneier: The Coburg country. 2nd edition, Coburg 1990. p. 226
  3. ↑ a b c Gemünda A parish village in the Coburg region
  4. ^ Wolfgang Vatke: Coburg breweries city and country . Veste-Verlag Roßteutscher, Coburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-925431-03-6 , p. 291
  5. ↑ Heinz Pellender: TAMBACH from the Langheim monastery office to the Ortenburg'schen Grafschaft . Issue 3 of the publication series of the historical society Coburg eV, Coburg 1985
  6. ↑ a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1157 . ( Digitized version ).
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  8. ^ 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. 680 .
  9. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1122. , Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  10. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1121 . ( Digitized version ).
  11. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 999 . ( Digitized version ).
  12. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 152 . ( Digitized version ).
  13. ^ Lothar Hofmann: Monuments Region Coburg - Neustadt - Sonneberg: Places of contemplation and prayer. Historical sacred buildings. A guide through the churches in the districts of Coburg and Sonneberg. Verlag Gerätemuseum des Coburger Land, Ahorn 2007, ISBN 3-930531-04-6 , p. 86