Geroldsgrün

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	court
Height :	606 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.57 km 2
Residents:	2711 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	174 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95179
Primaries :	09288, 09267
License plate :	HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key :	09 4 75 128
Community structure:	21 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Keyßerstr. 25 95179 Geroldsgrün
Website :	www.geroldsgruen.de
Mayor :	Stefan Münch ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Geroldsgrün in the district of Hof

Geroldsgrün from the east

Geroldsgrün is a municipality and a village in the Upper Franconian district of Hof and is located in the Franconian Forest . Geroldsgrün belongs to the Hofer Land .

geography

Geographical location

Geroldsgrün is located in the west of the Hof district on the border with the neighboring Kronach district in the Franconian Forest , a wooded low mountain range. The watershed between the Rhine and Elbe runs on the eastern hill. The Ölsnitz flows through the Ölsnitz valley with striking rock formations in the direction of Rodach .

Neighboring communities

Adjacent municipalities are:

Langenbacher Forst ( municipality-free area ; district of Kronach )
Nordhalben (District of Kronach)		Bad Steben
Geroldsgrüner Forst (municipality-free area)	Forst Schwarzenbach a.Wald (municipality-free area)	Gerlaser Forest ( non- parish area)

Community structure

There are 21 parish parts:

Drought woe Dürrenwaiderhammer Geroldsgrün Geroldsreuth Grossenreuth Hermes green Hertweggrün Hirschberglein Langenau Langenbach Lotharheil

Mühlleithen Neuenhammer Neumühle Oberhammer Parish grinder Silberstein Steinbach near Geroldsgrün Trögershäuser Under hammer Untersteinbach

The parts of the community are largely state-approved climatic health resorts .

climate

The annual average temperature in Geroldsgrün is 6.7 ° C, the average amount of precipitation 1002 mm.

history

middle Ages

The place was first mentioned in 1323 as "Gerhartsgrün". Until recently, Geroldsgrün was always a border town between different sovereign territories, for example between the Diocese of Bamberg and the Counts of Orlamünde , and later between the Diocese and the Margraviate of Bayreuth-Kulmbach .

Modern times

A dark chapter was the witch hunt , which ended in Geroldsgrün and the surrounding area in 1654.

From 1500 the village was part of the Franconian Empire . As part of the Prussian principality of Bayreuth since 1792 , Geroldsgrün fell to France in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and became part of Bavaria in 1810 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Until the reunification in 1990 Geroldsgrün was again a border town. The Echo 1 station of the Frankenwald barracks ( Naila ) was located near Steinbach am Langesbühl .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Dürrenwaid was incorporated. The communities of Langenbach and Steinbach bei Geroldsgrün followed on May 1, 1978.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 3505 to 2763 by 742 or 21.2%, which is the clearest decrease in the number of inhabitants in the district in the period mentioned.

Place name

The place name is documented as "Gerhartsgrün" (1323), "Gerharczgrun" (1326 to 1328), "Gerharczgrün" (1333), Geroltsgrün (1414) and "Geroldsgrün" (from 1692).

The basic word is the Middle High German grüene for green color, greenness. The meaning is thus the (after clearing ) green space . The defining word in the place name of Geroldsgrün is the male personal name Gerhart .

politics

mayor

The first mayor is Stefan Münch (CSU).

Municipal council

The last local elections resulted in the following allocation of seats in the local council :

Parties	2008	2014	2020
CSU	7th	8th	7th
SPD	9	8th	4th
BfB			2
The party			1
total	16	16	14th

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided by silver and green; above a growing red eagle, below a golden hammer "

Meaning:

• The red eagle was a main symbol of the Margraves of Bayreuth , to whose territory the place formerly belonged.
• The stamp mill indicates the old local trade of iron ore mining .
• The green field color of the lower half of the shield indicates the place name.

History: The municipality of Geroldsgrün received the coat of arms on January 14, 1955.

Culture and sights

Jakobuskirche (2008)

• Baroque fortified church
• Frankenwarte
• Underground slate quarry with Lotharheil slate works
• Max-Marien-Quelle in the district of Langenau

See also: List of architectural monuments in Geroldsgrün and List of ground monuments in Geroldsgrün

Economy and Infrastructure

Faber-Castell factory in Geroldsgrün (2007)

• Branch of the Faber-Castell company : The factory building is artistically designed. The production in Geroldsgrün includes pens of all kinds and cosmetic articles. The entire Faber-Castell product range is offered in a factory outlet.

Former Graetz woodworks

• A woodworking plant of the Graetz company , later Nokia , which manufactured television and radio housings in earlier years, has since been closed.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Emilie Mauerer (1863–1924), politician (SPD)
• Hans Hüttner (1885–1956), major general in the Wehrmacht
• Christian Keyßer (1877–1961), pioneer missionary
• Detlef Stöcker (* 1963), author

literature

• Georg Paul Hönn : Gerolzgrün . In: Lexicon Topographicum of the Franconian Craises . Johann Georg Lochner, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1747, p. 250 ( digitized version ).
• Karl-Ludwig Lippert : District of Naila (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 27 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1963, DNB  453135234 , p. 25-30 .
• Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 81-82 .
• Hans Vollet and Kathrin Heckel: The ruins drawings by the Plassenburg cartographer Johann Christoph Stierlein , 1987

Web links

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

• Local government
• Geroldsgrün: Official statistics of the LfStat

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. ^ Community Geroldsgrün in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 6, 2018.
3. ↑ The "Drudner" Johannes Junius writes his last letter. (No longer available online.) District of Upper Franconia , archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 500 .
5. ^ 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. 687 .
6. ↑ ^{a b} Reitzenstein, p. 81
7. ↑ Town Hall> City Council and Committees of the Geroldsgrün community. Geroldsgrün community, accessed on July 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Preliminary result for the 2014 municipal council election on March 16, 2014: Geroldsgrün municipality. (No longer available online.) Geroldsgrün community, March 17, 2014, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Election of the municipal council - municipal elections 2020 in the municipality of Geroldsgrün - overall result. AKDB, accessed May 30, 2020 . 
10. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Geroldsgrün  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
11. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Geroldsgrün: Official description of the coat of arms (blazon). House of Bavarian History , accessed on September 7, 2015 . 
12. ^ Herwig Wagner:  Keysser, Christian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 1447-1453.