Gerchsheim

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Gerchsheim
Community Großrinderfeld
Coat of arms of Gerchsheim
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 25 ″  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 339 m above sea level NN
Area : 12.87 km²
Residents : 1520  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 118 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 97950
Area code : 09344
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Gerchsheim (colloquially Gerxi ) is one of four districts of the community Großrinderfeld in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

f1Georeferencing Map with all the coordinates of the living spaces in the Gerchsheim district: OSM

Gerchsheim is located about six kilometers northwest of Großrinderfeld in a basin in the shell limestone with loess drifts. The village of Gerchsheim ( ⊙ ) and the residential areas Altertheimer Weg ( ⊙ ) and the industrial area Gerchsheim ( ⊙ ) are located in the district. The district boundary of Gerchsheim ends at the state border of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, which surrounds the place in a semicircle (from southwest to southeast). The place has growth areas in the north ( whether the church since 1963/65), in the west ( Knauer since 1964/66) and in the south or southeast ( Mittelpfad since 1970/78, Renzenberg since 1974/76 and Trieb since 1974).

Neighboring places

About six kilometers northwest of Gerchsheim is Großrinderfeld and about four kilometers southwest of the Großrinderfelder district of Schönfeld . From southwest to southeast Gerchsheim borders clockwise on the three Lower Franconian communities Altertheim , Kist and Kleinrinderfeld , each of which is in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria .

history

middle Ages

The place name was first mentioned in the 14th century. In 1335/45 Goeurichshein , 1369 Genrichsheim and 1434 Gerichsheim were mentioned as personal names . The place name was derived from Gerik's home . Despite being mentioned relatively late, the place can probably be assigned to an older settlement layer.

Gerchsheim was once the Fronhof of the Schottenkloster in Würzburg with jurisdiction over its property. The patronage of the place was probably taken over by the lords of Zimmer over the Counts of Rieneck and later the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg .

Modern times

At the end of the Thirty Years' War , Gerchsheim came to the Grünsfeld office in Würzburg . In a contract of 1592, however, the tithe rule was reserved specifically for the Tauberbischofsheim office, as before. In 1803 Gerchsheim fell to Salm and in 1806 to Baden. From 1813 the Tauberbischofsheim district office , founded in the same year, was responsible for Gerchsheim, from 1840 again the Grünsfeld office and from 1849 again the Tauberbischofsheim district office. With this, Gerchsheim was assigned to the Tauberbischofsheim district in 1938 and to the newly formed Main-Tauber district in 1973 .

On January 1, 1975, Gerchsheim became part of Großrinderfeld as part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg . Until then, Gerchsheim was an independent municipality.

Population development

The population of Gerchsheim developed as follows:

year Gerchsheim population Others
1852 820 Contributions to the statistics of the internal administration of the Grand Duchy of Baden (the census in December 1852).
1871 797 Census result
1880 795 Census result
1890 853 Census result
1900 783 Census result
1910 841 Census result
1925 912 Census result
1933 898 Census result
1939 824 Census result, including soldiers.
1950 1074 Census result
1956 957 Census result
1961 984 Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from June 6, 1961 (municipality register)
1970 1112 Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from May 27, 1970 (municipality directory)
2000 1583
2016 1520 Updated data of the community Großrinderfeld based on the census in the European Union 2011 (census)

religion

The inhabitants of Gerchsheim are predominantly Roman Catholic . In 1543, Gerchsheim von Großrinderfeld received an independent parish. The Reformation was carried out by the Landgraves of Leuchtenberg. In 1570 the Counter Reformation took place.

The Catholic Church is assigned to the pastoral care unit Großrinderfeld-Werbach of the deanery Tauberbischofsheim in the Archdiocese of Freiburg . The evangelical believers are provided for by Wenkheim .

coat of arms

The Gerchsheim coat of arms shows a shield that is surrounded by two branches .

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

In the center of Gerchsheim is the Roman Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist from 1729 with an old choir tower. In 1961/64 the parish church was extended to the north and reoriented using the old altars.

Freilandkreuzweg to the war memorial chapel

The Gerchsheimer Freilandkreuzweg , built around 1900, leads from the parish church of St. John the Baptist up the Stationsbergweg to the Maria Queen of Peace Chapel (popularly also known as the War Memorial Chapel ).

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Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f community Großrinderfeld: district Gerchsheim . Online at www.grossrinderfeld.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i LEO-BW.de: Gerchsheim . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  3. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 469 .