Graefendorf

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Graefendorf (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Main-Spessart
Management Community :	Gemünden am Main
Height :	196 m above sea level NHN
Area :	45.31 km 2
Residents:	1351 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	30 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97782
Area code :	09357
License plate :	MSP
Community key :	09 6 77 133
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Frankfurter Strasse 4 97737 Gemünden am Main
Website :	www.graefendorf.de
Mayor :	Johannes Wagenpfahl ( CSU )
Location of the community Gräfendorf in the Main-Spessart district

Graefendorf is a municipality and a village in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart . The place is in the valley of the Franconian Saale in the transition area between Spessart and Rhön .

geography

Geographical location

Gräfendorf is located between Gemünden am Main and Hammelburg , in one of the most sparsely populated areas in Germany.

Community structure

Eight settlements belong to Gräfendorf, which are spread over the five districts:

• Graefendorf with Eidenbacherhof and Seewiese
• Michelau an der Saale with Hurzfurt
• Schonderfeld
• Weickersgrüben
• Wolfsmünster

There are the districts of Graefendorf, Michelau an der Saale, Schonderfeld, Weickersgrüben and Wolfsmünster.

Neighboring communities

Burgsinn market	Omerz and Roter Berg ( non- parish area)	Community Wartmannsroth
City of Rieneck		City of Hammelburg
	City of Gemünden am Main	community Karsbach

Surname

etymology

The place name comes from the Middle High German words grêve and dorf . They mean count and village.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

1271 Greuendorf 1306 Grefendorf 1317 Grauendorf 1467 Greffendorff

1485 Grevendorff at the sale 1615 Graeffendorff 1624 Graefendorf

history

Until the church is planted

In Graefendorf, the barons of Thüngen and the Würzburg Juliusspital shared power. In the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 the Würzburg rights fell to Bavaria , 1805 to the Principality of Aschaffenburg , the Thüngischen rights were exchanged for the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt after the mediatization by Aschaffenburg in 1808 . In 1813 the place finally became Bavarian . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Religions

The Catholic parish of St. Wolfgang in the Wolfsmünster district is the mother parish for the entire lower Saale valley . In 802, Abbot Baugulf built a cella from the Fulda monastery . The parish of Wolfsmünster currently has the branches of St. Martin in Michelau, St. Laurentius in Schonderfeld, St. John the Baptist in Weickersgrüben, Maria Patrona Bavariae in Aschenroth and St. Jakobus the Elder in Seifriedsburg. Aschenroth and Seifriedsburg are politically part of the city of Gemünden am Main . In 1408 the independent parish of Holy Guardian Angels was established in Graefendorf. In 1966/67 a new parish church was built there. The parishes of Wolfsmünster and Graefendorf belong to the Karlstadt deanery of the Würzburg diocese .

Both Gräfendorf and Weickersgrüben belonged to the Thüngen area during the Reformation and became Lutheran in the first half of the 16th century. After a change of ownership, both places were re-Catholicized. In Gräfendorf, Catholic services were held again in 1677. The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Gräfendorf with the Michaelskirche from 1952 belongs to the parish of Gemünden am Main today, the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Weickersgrüben with the Church of the Resurrection from 1961 to the parish of Höllrich. Both parishes belong to the Lohr deanery of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . With the construction of the own Protestant church in Weickersgrüben, the simultaneum that had existed up to that point was dissolved.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978 the previously independent communities of Michelau an der Saale, Schonderfeld, Weickersgrüben and Wolfsmünster were incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population decreased from 1,437 to 1,351 by 86 inhabitants or 6%.

• 1961: 1730 inhabitants
• 1970: 1729 inhabitants
• 1987: 1452 inhabitants
• 1991: 1576 inhabitants
• 1995: 1595 inhabitants
• 2000: 1554 inhabitants
• 2005: 1458 inhabitants
• 2010: 1368 inhabitants
• 2015: 1395 inhabitants

politics

The community is a member of the Gemünden am Main administrative association . The first mayor is Johannes Wagenpfahl (CSU).

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided; Above in blue a silver sloping bar covered with three blue rings, below divided by red and gold, covered with a mill wheel in mixed up colors. "

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Gräfendorf

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

Suehnekreuz

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In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 139 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector and 37 in trade and transport. There were a total of 470 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 58 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​925 hectares, of which 596 hectares were arable land and 323 hectares were permanent green areas.

traffic

Graefendorf station

Gräfendorf and the sub-towns of Wolfsmünster, Michelau and Weickersgrüben are located on the Franconian Saale Valley Railway and are served by the Erfurt Railway every hour (with individual clock deviations) by modern Lower Franconia shuttle railcars. A stone pillar of the never completed Reichsautobahn route 46 stands between Gräfendorf and Schonderfeld . This is now used as a climbing wall.

Education and culture

Flood stone

Stepping stone waterfall

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

• Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 68 children
• an elementary school with five teachers and 139 students

Buildings

• Baroque churches in Michelau, Schonderfeld and Wolfsmünster
• Thüngenschloss from 1584 in Wolfsmünster
• Seewiese Castle

societies

• SV 1921 Graefendorf e. V.
• 1. JFG Saaletal 04 e. V.
• Music clubs in Graefendorf and Michelau
• ASC trout Gräfendorf
• Voluntary fire brigades in Graefendorf, Michelau, Schonderfeld, Weickersgrüben and Wolfsmünster

Web links

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

• Local government
• Gräfendorf: 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. ↑ ^{a b} General . The municipality of Gräfendorf introduces itself with all districts.
3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/194832&attr=OBJ&val= 1723
4. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 46 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 763 .
6. ↑ Greetings and office hours of the 1st Mayor. Gräfendorf municipality, accessed on August 2, 2020 . 
7. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Gräfendorf  in the database of the House of Bavarian History