Hausen (near Forchheim)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Height :	271 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.52 km 2
Residents:	3792 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	280 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91353
Primaries :	09191 (partly 09190)
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 134
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Heroldsbacher Str. 51 ; 91353 Hausen
Website :	www.hausen.de
First Mayor :	Bernd Ruppert ( CSU )
Location of the community of Hausen in the Forchheim district

Hausen near Forchheim aerial view (2019)

Hausen ( listen ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the district of Forchheim ( administrative district of Upper Franconia ).

geography

Geographical location

The community is located between Erlangen and Bamberg, not far from the city of Forchheim .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise) Forchheim , Baiersdorf , Heroldsbach and Hallerndorf .

Community structure

The municipality of Hausen has 2 districts :

Hausen
Wimmelbach

history

Until the 19th century

First mentioned the place Hausen on November 1, 1007 the Memorandum of was the diocese of Bamberg by Henry II. In addition to the Bishopric of Bamberg had until the end of the 18th century, especially the city of Nuremberg and the Principality of Bayreuth , the common rule over the small village . The rules for this condominium were laid down in the Forchheim Recess of 1538. From 1426 to 1848 the Tucher ruled the land .

During the Napoleonic period, the place became French together with the Principality of Bayreuth from 1806 to 1810 for almost four years before it came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810 . Hausen only became part of the district (then district court) Forchheim in 1857, as it had always been oriented towards Middle Franconia due to its close ties to the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg and belonged to the then district court of Herzogenaurach .

Hausen became known nationwide through its Pilatus legend, in which it is claimed that Pontius Pilatus was born in Hausen, with the old house numbers 48 and 73 even specifically naming two birth houses.

21st century

In 2007 the 1000 year anniversary of Hausen was celebrated.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Wimmelbach was incorporated.

politics

mayor

Bernd Ruppert (CSU) has been mayor since 2020. Predecessors were Gerd Zimmer (SPD), Franz Renker (UWG) and before that Edmund Mauser (CSU).

Municipal council

The municipal council of Hausen has 16 members plus the mayor.

	CSU	The green	SPD	Citizens' forum Wimmelbach	UWG	JUB	JUW	total
2020	5	2	1	2	4th	1	1	16 seats
2014	5	-	3	2	4th	2	-	16 seats
2008	4th	-	4th	2	5	1	-	16 seats
2002	7th	-	4th	3	2	-	-	16 seats

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: “Divided and split below; above in gold a black bucket wheel above; at the bottom in front by an inclined, overturned silver rafter divided by black and red, behind in silver a diagonally left red palm branch. "

The meaning of the coat of arms: The water wheel is a reminder of the many water wheels that once shaped the region. The colors black and gold go back to the coat of arms of the bishopric of Bamberg , because the Bamberg bishops used to have water sovereignty. The rafter shows the former rule of the Haller von Hallerstein family. The palm branch indicates the church patron St. Wolfgang.

Economy and Infrastructure

Until the 20th century the place was a pure farming village. Today mainly commuters who work in the neighboring centers of Erlangen and Nuremberg live here . The roof tile factory of the company Lafarge / Braas was an important industrial settlement. In 2009 operations were closed and the site was sold. Since the 1970s, leading Rhine-Main-Danube Canal to Hausen over, just as the motorway A 73 (Frankenschnellweg). The railway line to Höchstadt an der Aisch, which has existed since 1892 and has a stop in Hausen, has since been discontinued and dismantled in the municipality. The community of Hausen is known for its successful women's football .

Attractions

In the center of the village is the church of St. Wolfgang, built in 1468 by the Nuremberg patrician family Haller von Hallerstein , which was later rebuilt in the Baroque style. The main attraction for tourists is one of the historic water paddles in the Regnitz , with which the farmers irrigated their fields and of which there used to be around thirty in the Hausener Flur. The small village museum in the Greifenhaus gives a good overview of the place and its history.

church

Catholic parish church of St. Wolfgang

The Catholic parish church of St. Wolfgang is located in Hausen . Ecclesiastically, Hausen belongs to the Forchheim deanery and thus to the Archdiocese of Bamberg. The village of Wimmelbach , politically part of the municipality of Hausen, does not belong to the parish of Hausen, but to the parish of Heroldsbach.

Together with the parish of Heroldsbach, the parish of Hausen forms a pastoral care area founded in 2006. Pastors in the pastoral care area of Heroldsbach-Hausen are Pastor Klaus Weigand (since 2015), Deacon Andreas Eberhorn (since 2015) and parish officer Christian Deuber (since 2012). The retirement clergy clergyman Michael Kramer, who was pastor in Hausen from 1976 to 2005, still lives there and was made an honorary citizen of the community in 1976.

Architectural monuments

See: List of architectural monuments in Hausen (near Forchheim)

literature

Gerhard Batz: The Pilatus Puzzle. Inventory and background of a European legend in Franconia . Palm & Enke, Erlangen 2003. ISBN 3-7896-0675-8 reading sample
Gerhard Batz: The millennium chronicle. The history of the village of Hausen and its sovereigns from Bamberg, Nuremberg and Bayreuth . Hausen 2007
Gerhard Batz: Handbook of historical names of the community Hausen. Hausen 2016
Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Hausen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 530 ( digitized version ).
Konrad Kupfer : * History of the village of Hausen near Forchheim, Obfr. Streit, Forchheim 1956 (reprint Gürtler, Forchheim 1985).
Engelbert Wagner: Hausen (near Forchheim). From the history of a Franconian village . Verlag Fränkischer Tag, Bamberg 1997. ISBN 3-928648-26-8

Web links

Commons : Hausen (near Forchheim) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on the coat of arms of Hausen (near Forchheim) in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Individual evidence

↑ "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 ).
^ Community Hausen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
↑ About the legend that Pontius Pilatus was born in Forchheim. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 462 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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 Hausen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.

[3] About the legend that Pontius Pilatus was born in Forchheim. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .

[4] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 462 .