Graefenberg

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Coat of arms of the city of Graefenberg
Graefenberg
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Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 11 ° 15'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Forchheim
Management Community : Graefenberg
Height : 433 m above sea level NHN
Area : 37.86 km 2
Residents: 4152 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 110 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 91322
Area code : 09192
License plate : FO, EBS , PEG
Community key : 09 4 74 132
City structure: 15 districts

City administration address : 		Kirchplatz 8
91322 Graefenberg
Website : www.graefenberg.de
Mayor : Ralf Kunzmann ( FW )
Location of the city of Graefenberg in the Forchheim district
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Graefenberg's coat of arms at Hiltpoltsteiner Tor
Graefenberg, steel engraving (1858)
View from the train station to the church (April 3, 2005)

Graefenberg is a town in the district of Forchheim ( administrative district Upper Franconia ) and the seat of the administrative community Graefenberg .

geography

Geographical location

Graefenberg has considerable differences in height (400 m to 550 m) and is the southern gateway to Franconian Switzerland . The city is located north of Nuremberg on the B 2 , which used to be an important salt trade route. The place is bordered by two large quarries in the east and north-west .

The Kalkach (a tributary of the Schwabach ) flows through the west side of the historic old town with a steep gradient. There are several allotments along the way.

research

Graefenberg gives the name to a network of 13 seismic measuring points in the Franconian Alb , the so-called Graefenberg-Array . This is part of the Central Seismological Observatory of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources .

climate

Graefenberg is located in the cool temperate climate zone in the transition area between maritime and continental climate, in Franconian Switzerland, which is favored by German standards, on the edge of the Regnitz valley. A region with a rather dry (600–700 mm annual precipitation), sunny (around 1700 hours of sunshine a year) and especially in valleys (Regnitz Valley) warm (annual average temperature over 9 ° C) climate. A climatic stadium in Kasberg at an altitude of 511 m has 1611 hours of sunshine, an average temperature of 8.1 ° C and 978 mm of annual precipitation, which is unusual for the regional conditions in several respects. The high precipitation can be explained by the location of Kasberg on the Alb plateau at the southwest end of Franconian Switzerland, which causes incline rain due to a difference in altitude of up to 250 m. The number of hours of sunshine is slightly less than in the rest of Franconian Switzerland and the Regnitz valley. The temperature is lower than in the Regnitz valley, due to the altitude and the location on the wind-exposed Alb plateau.


Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Graefenberg OT Kasberg
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Precipitation ( mm ) 82.0 73.0 79.0 60.0 81.0 90.0 97.0 80.0 82.0 76.0 83.0 95.0 Σ 978
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 1.7 2.8 3.6 5.6 6.6 6.8 7.2 6.8 5.2 3.6 1.8 1.3 O 4.4
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Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities are (starting from the north and clockwise):

Egloffstein , Obertrubach , Hiltpoltstein , Simmelsdorf , Weißenohe , Igensdorf , Neunkirchen am Brand , Kunreuth , Leutenbach

City structure

There are 15 districts :

history

Until the 19th century

Graefenberg was first mentioned in a document in 1172. The Nuremberg patrician family Haller had ruled the place since 1333. King Charles IV. Gave the city in 1371, the city charter . On June 4, 1567, the great city fire destroyed all the houses within the city walls. In the 16th century, the imperial city of Nuremberg acquired Graefenberg. On June 8, 1778, after a violent thunderstorm, Graefenberg was hit by a tidal wave that tore several citizens to their deaths. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the place came to Bavaria in 1803. On July 30 and 31, 1866 , an armistice was negotiated during the German Civil War in the town that was the headquarters of the advancing Prussians .

Incorporations

The Guttenburg community with the Graefenbergerhüll district joined the town of Graefenberg on April 1, 1959. On July 1, 1976, the community of Walkersbrunn (first mentioned in a document in 1021 as "Waltgeresbrunnun") with its districts of Kasberg, Rangen and Schlichenreuth was incorporated into the town of Graefenberg. On May 1, 1978, the municipality of Thuisbrunn (first mentioned in 1007 under the name "Tuosibrunno") with its districts Hohenschwärz, Höfles, Dörnhof, Neusles and Haidhof, only the district Haselstauden became part of the municipality of Obertrubach. Also from the community Lilling (1205 with the name "Lugelinge" first mentioned in a document, renaming of the community Wölfersdorf in Lilling on January 1, 1870) the districts Lilling and Sollenberg of the city of Graefenberg joined. The districts of Erlastrut and Wölfersdorf joined the Hiltpoltstein market.

religion

Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church (2018)
Altar in the Protestant church

Graefenberg is predominantly Protestant and the seat of the deanery , only Lilling and Sollenberg are catholic , as they used to belong to the Weißenohe monastery and thus to the Upper Palatinate. The Trinity Church dates from the 13th century and became Evangelical Lutheran with the Reformation. The oldest Christian church stood on the Michelsberg as Michaelskapelle in the early Middle Ages. There are other Protestant churches in Thuisbrunn and Walkersbrunn. The Catholics celebrate their services in a modern branch church (1967) and belong to the Weißenohe parish in the Erlangen dean's office in the Archdiocese of Bamberg . There is also a chapel in Lillinger Höhe, where prayers take place regularly in May.

politics

Administrative community

Graefenberg forms an administrative community with the communities Hiltpoltstein and Weißenohe . The chairman is the Graefenberg mayor Ralf Kunzmann.

City council

The local election on March 15, 2020 resulted in the following distribution of votes:

City council election 2020
Turnout: 65.32%
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A total of 16 seats

mayor

Ralf Kunzmann (Free Voters) has been the mayor since the 2020 local elections, and he prevailed in the runoff election against his predecessor Hans-Jürgen Nekolla ( SPD ) since 2014 .

Mayor since the local government reform in 1978

Since the entry of the municipality of Thuisbrunn, the last change of area, Gräfenberg has had a total of five mayors. Werner Wolf of the Free Voters held the office of First Mayor from 1996 to 2014. With a total of 18 years of service, he is the longest-serving mayor of the city of Graefenberg since 1852 (cf. Annex V. 1. Part of Hans Ackermann's chronicle "Graefenberg in past and Present "from August 1973).

Term of office Surname Political party
1978-1990 Hans Nekolla SPD
1990-1996 Horst-Werner Nitt CSU
1996-2014 Werner Wolf FW
2014-2020 Hans-Jürgen Nekolla SPD
since 2020 Ralf Kunzmann FW

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Graefenberg
 Blazon : “In red over a green three-mountain a silver battlement wall, which is covered with a split shield; in the front in gold a half, red-tongued black eagle at the slit, at the back divided diagonally five times by red and silver; above a growing, double-tailed, golden crowned and blue armored silver lion. "

The coat of arms has been documented by the use of seals since 1437.

Town twinning

  • FranceFrance France : Graefenberg has been twinning with the town of Pringy since 1987 .
  • HungaryHungary Hungary : On May 1, 2003, another twinning was established with the city of Tiszaföldvár.

Culture and sights

Old town

There are information boards on various buildings in the old town of Graefenberg. These were installed by the Old Town Friends Graefenberg association and are linked to a tour. This can also be accessed digitally on the Old Town Friends website.

Museums

A tower clock museum is located in Graefenberg, which is privately owned. From April to October, different clocks and the progress of the mechanics over several centuries can be viewed there on Sundays.

Buildings

Painting at Hiltpoltsteiner Tor in Graefenberg (1925)

The layout of the place on or on the mountain is of great urban charm.

The historic Graefenberg town hall was built by Conrad Kramer in 1689 and has been the seat of the Graefenberg town council since 1871. In 1989 the building was renovated and restored. Meetings of the city council and civil weddings still take place here on a regular basis.

The modern town hall, seat of the administrative association, was formerly the palace of the patrician family Haller; the extensive castle garden was closed at the beginning of the 20th century in favor of rock mining.

Regular events

  • The historical town festival with medieval market takes place every five years in honor of the host von Grafenberg (in the years ending with 4 and 9).
  • On the third Sunday in Advent, the Fränkische-Schweiz-Verein Gräfenberg organizes the traditional Graefenberg pre-Christmas, one of the oldest Christmas markets in Franconian Switzerland (since 1976). As a highlight, the Nuremberg Christkind closes the market every year and next to the Nuremberg one speaks a Graefenberg prologue written many years ago.
  • The parish fair is celebrated on the first Sunday in August in the old town of Graefenberg. The Michaeliskirchweih follows on the last Sunday in September.
  • The third Sunday in September is a parish fair (Kerwa) in Walkersbrunn.
  • Every year the Palm Sunday Market takes place one week before Easter and the Andreas Market on Eternity Sunday (Dead Sunday) in November. The historic town hall is being transformed into a “town hall café” by the horticultural association and the old town friends of Graefenberg.
  • Confirmation is on White Sunday in Graefenberg.
  • Regular events for young people take place in the renovated youth center on Schelmberg.
  • Graefenberg has organized the annual Open Mind Festival on the Saturday before the end of the Bavarian summer holidays since 2007.

Nature and geology

  • Kasberger Schlucht, is located southeast of Kasberg
  • Teufelstisch, striking rock formation south of Guttenburg
  • Thuisbrunner Leitenweg, path through the poor grassland and arid landscape around Thuisbrunn
  • Kalkach ; along the city wall and at the train station there are waterfalls and sinter steps, some of which are accessible by a path.
  • Todsfelder Tal , 1.5 km long valley with dry slopes and dolomite rocks
  • Lillachquelle , rises in the district Lilling flows over sinter steps towards Weißenohe

Graefenberg is colorful

Anti-Nazi demonstration "Graefenberg is colorful" on August 18, 2007 on the market square

Since 1999 the NPD has marched every year on the day of national mourning , from December 2006 to autumn 2009 every month to the Graefenberg war memorial . On the other hand, there was a broad public protest by Aktion Graefenberg ist bunt , a bipartisan movement against right-wing extremism and racism . The citizens of Graefenberg campaign for peace, diversity and international understanding with creative campaigns. The Gräfenberg Citizens' Forum is colorful, has supraregional importance, is the recipient of the Würzburg Peace Prize and enjoys nationwide recognition.

On the Day of German Unity in 2007, 2000 Graefenbergers and Nazi opponents from the area celebrated a two-day festival for democracy and human rights in a united Germany and protested against a gathering of neo-Nazis with an ecumenical service, many greetings and a cultural program . Prominent visitors were Arno Hamburger , Susanne Kastner , Ulrich Maly , Eva Bulling-Schröter , Ulrike Gote , Elisabeth Scharfenberg and Christine Stahl .

In October 2009, the NPD announced that it would be relocating its activities to the Upper Palatinate, Lower Bavaria and the nearby Weißenohe (where the founders of the Citizens Forum lived). For several years now, neo-Nazis have also been organizing events in Geschwand near Obertrubach, which is just a few kilometers away .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Graefenbergbahn

Graefenberg is the final stop of the Graefenbergbahn R21, with which day trippers and hikers get to Graefenberg, especially in the warmer seasons. The train offers connections every hour. There are five bus lines that connect the surrounding villages from the train station, as well as one bus line as a cross connection to Forchheim.

The city lies on the federal highway 2 between Nuremberg and Pegnitz .

Breweries

There are four breweries in Graefenberg and its districts :

  • Friedmann Brewery, family-owned since 1875, emerged from the Heldschen brewery
  • Lindenbräu (Brehmer), brewery since 1932
  • Hofmann brewery, Hohenschwärz, brewery since 1897
  • Elch-Bräu, Thuisbrunn, reopening 2007

Personalities

schools

Grafenberg has a secondary school (since 2010: middle school), a primary school and the Ritter-von-Wirnt - junior high school ; the next high school is in Eckental, nine kilometers away .

tourism

Due to its medieval old town, its location on the edge of Franconian Switzerland and its many gastronomic establishments, Graefenberg is a popular local recreation destination for guests from Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen . The place is part of the hiking trail network of the Franconian Switzerland Association .

Five Seidla Steig

The Fünf-Seidla-Steig is a 19-kilometer hiking trail , opened in 2008, between the four breweries in the city of Graefenberg and the Weißenohe monastery brewery . It is named after the Franconian beer mug, the Seidla . The breweries produce a total of 21 different beers.

Fabulous Graefenberg

This hiking trail links the scenes of various legends around Graefenberg. The trail has a total of 14 stations. Including the regionally known rock formation Teufelstisch . The support takes place via a specially developed app.

Sports

TSV 09 Graefenberg is the largest club in Graefenberg with the departments soccer, skiing (cross-country skiing), volleyball and tennis. The club, founded in 1909, has a sports center just outside of Graefenberg.

leisure offers

Graefenberg has an outdoor pool and an indoor pool attached to the school center. The latter is a pure teaching pool. The municipal open-air swimming pool was built in 1937 by the citizens of Graefenberg on their own, and the building structure has hardly changed significantly since then. In summer, the city's own outdoor pool is open when the weather is good. It offers a 50 mx 25 m pool with a separate children's area.

Others

The first documented sheep's head game according to "Bavarian rules" took place in Graefenberg in 1849.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Graefenberg  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Graefenberg  - Travel Guide
Wikisource: Grevenberg in the Topographia Franconiae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ^ Graefenberg array
  3. ↑ Graefenberg Array, Haidhof
  4. ^ Franconian Switzerland at Bavaria online
  5. ^ Community of Graefenberg in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b Wilhelm Volkert (Ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 462 .
  7. ^ 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. 683 and 684 .
  8. ↑ Results of the 2020 local elections - City of Graefenberg. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Run-off election for the mayor - 2020 municipal elections for the city of Graefenberg - overall result. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  10. ^ SPD Graefenberg: History. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ entry to the insignia of Gräfenberg  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  12. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.graefenberg.de
  13. ↑ Tour of the old town online. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ http://www.turmuhren-graefenberg.de/ Turmuhren-Museum
  15. ↑ Open Mind Festival press release from 2014, accessed on January 13, 2015
  16. ↑ Graefenberg is colorful - aims and actions of the citizens' forum ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.graefenberg-ist-bunt.de
  17. ^ Prize winners since 1995 on the website of the Würzburg Peace Prize Committee
  18. ↑ Letter of appreciation from the Federal President (press release)
  19. ↑ War memorial banished behind a construction fence , Junge Welt from August 1, 2008, p. 15
  20. ↑ Nordbayerischer Kurier: Citizens' Forum: NPD waives elevators in Graefenberg ( memento from October 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) from October 1, 2009
  21. ↑ Do neo-Nazis celebrate unmolested near Obertrubach? ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Nürnberger Nachrichten of July 2, 2009; Retrieved June 21, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nordbayern.de
  22. ^ In the Franconian town of Graefenberg, a citizens' forum successfully fought right-wing extremist marches, Die Zeit, July 26, 2012
  23. ↑ Network plan of the VGN  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. for the Forchheim district (as of December 13, 2009); Bus 212 is not taken into account as a replacement train with roughly the same route to Nuremberg@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.vgn.de  
  24. ↑ Hans Czerny Lebenslinien: One who shows face ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) 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. teleschau, July 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msn.com
  25. ↑ Matthias Müller, Graefenberg: passion instead of bonuses. In: nzz.ch. November 13, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Franken-Wiki.de , Fünf-Seidla-Steig
  27. ↑ https://www.infranken.de/regional/artikel_fuer_gemeinden/rundwanderweg-auf-den-spuren-graefenberger-sagen-und-geschichten;art154303,3464880 Legendary Graefenberg opened
  28. ^ History - Friends of the Gräfenberg swimming pool. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
  29. ^ Pools - City of Graefenberg. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  30. ↑ The spectator on the Pegnitz