Heroldsbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 11 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.6 km 2
Residents:	5061 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	324 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91336
Area code :	09190
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 135
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 9 91336 Heroldsbach
Website :	www.heroldsbach.de
Mayor :	Benedikt Graf von Bentzel ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Heroldsbach in the Forchheim district

Heroldsbach is a municipality in the Forchheim district ( Upper Franconia administrative district ).

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in the Hirtenbachtal, about five kilometers as the crow flies southwest of Forchheim . Heroldsbach is traversed by the Hirtenbach, which is dammed into several fish ponds. The Hirtenbach flows into the Regnitz in the neighboring municipality of Hausen to the east , about 3.2 km from Heroldsbach .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise) Hallerndorf , Hausen , Hemhofen , Adelsdorf .

Community structure

There are 4 districts :

• Heroldsbach
• Oesdorf
• Poppendorf
• Thurn

Poppendorf, aerial photo (2015)

history

Heroldsbach community near Forchheim

The history of all parts of Heroldbach's parish is closely linked to that of the former royal court Forchheim, which was built around the year 750. In 1007 Heroldsbach was first mentioned in a document as "Herigoldesbach" (on the brook of Herigoldes). The place belonged to the royal court in Forchheim and was donated by King Heinrich II. Together with 14 other settlements to the newly founded diocese of Bamberg . From 1478 to 1849 the Barons vonöffelholz owned the Heroldsbach Castle, a former forester's house. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place came to Bavaria. In 1923, the Heroldsbach parish, which existed from 1405 to 1610, was re-established. The municipality of Heroldsbach was enlarged on April 1, 1971 through the voluntary merger of the municipalities of Heroldsbach and Thurn. Oesdorf was added on May 1, 1971. A Marian apparition site with a chapel of grace in Thurn was inaugurated in 1998.

The pond management was an economic factor . A map from 1825 shows over 150 ponds. Around a hundred of them are still managed, even if their size has often shrunk a bit.

Heroldsbach became known nationwide from the 18th to the late 20th century for its " Krenweiber " ( horseradish women), who wore traditional costumes and large baskets throughout Bavaria selling spices and tea.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 20 members plus the mayor.

	CSU	SPD	Free voters Heroldsbach-Thurn	Free voters Oesdorf	Young citizens	Free voters Poppendorf	Women's forum Heroldsbach	Total seats
2020	5	3	3	3	4th	1	1	20th
2014	5	4th	3	3	3	1	1	20th

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020)

mayor

Benedikt Graf von Bentzel (CSU) has been the first mayor since May 1, 2020. His predecessors since May 1, 2008 were Edgar Büttner ( SPD ) and previously Richard J. Gügel ( Free Voters Heroldsbach-Thurn ).

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split between red and gold; in front a golden lion's head, looking out, with a golden heraldic lily in its mouth; behind a black ibex trunk. "

traffic

From 1892 to 1999 the 23-kilometer standard gauge Hirtenbachtalbahn ran through Heroldsbach. In 1984 passenger traffic was stopped, in 1998 goods traffic. In 2005 the railway line was closed and converted into a cycle path in 2013.

The Nuremberg-Bamberg railway runs through Forchheim (approx. 5 km east) in a north-south direction.

The municipality is connected to Forchheim by two bus routes about half an hour through the transport association for the greater Nuremberg area.

In the north, the B 470 crosses the parish grounds and the villages of Oesdorf and Wimmelbach in a west-east direction . Citizens and residents have come together in a citizens' initiative B 470 and are campaigning for more safety on the federal highway.

About 3 km to the east is the Main-Danube Canal , which connects the Danube river system with the Rhine - Main river system. Right next to it is the Regnitz river , which, after the confluence of the Pegnitz and Rednitz rivers , flows from Fürth towards Bamberg and flows into the Main just after Bamberg.

Also in the east (approx. 4.5 km away) the A 73 runs from Nuremberg to Bamberg in a north-south direction . 10 km west which runs A 3 , connects the Nuremberg Würzburg.

The Franconian Marienweg runs through Heroldsbach .

Culture and sights

church

The Catholic parish church of St. Michael is located in Heroldsbach . Ecclesiastically, Heroldsbach belongs to the Dean's Office Forchheim and thus to the Archdiocese of Bamberg . The parish of Heroldsbach also includes the subsidiary churches St. Vitus Oesdorf, St. Laurentius Wimmelbach, St. Georg Poppendorf and the castle chapel of Thurn Castle for Saint Sebastian .

Together with the Catholic parish of Hausen, the Heroldsbach parish forms a pastoral care area founded in 2006. Pastors in the pastoral care area in Heroldsbach-Hausen are Pastor Klaus Weigand, Deacon Andreas Eberhorn (both since 2015) and parish officer Christian Deuber (since 2012).

Evangelically, Heroldsbach and its parish parts belong to the parish of Hemhofen with the Heilandskirche there. A so-called community apartment in the Ringstrasse serves as a meeting point in Heroldsbach. Otherwise they use the church and the parish hall of the Catholic community on an equal footing.

Memorial to the Fallen

The Munich sculptor Max Seibold created after the First World War the monument behind the church for the Fallen, to the fallen of 1945 after World War II has been expanded.

Thurn Castle

Thurn Castle

The municipality of Thurn (recorded in 1422) was shaped by the Thurn aristocratic estate. At the end of the 18th century, the then dilapidated castle buildings were demolished and today's complex, a baroque , two-wing pleasure palace surrounded by a wide moat, was built. The current owner, Hanfried Graf Bentzel-Sturmfeder-Horneck , has redesigned the area of ​​the old castle park (around 300,000 m²) into the Schloss Thurn adventure park.

Place of prayer

The so-called Marienerscheinungsstätte was recognized by the Archdiocese of Bamberg in 1998 as a place of prayer , but not as a place of apparition . The place is visited by pilgrims especially on Catholic holidays. Supporters of the alleged apparitions have registered in the private pilgrim association Heroldsbach e. V. merged.

Orchestra, choirs and music

In Heroldsbach there are many groups that deal with music. Particularly noteworthy are the choirs: In Heroldsbach there is the Cäcilia choir with a children's and youth choir, the recreation choir, the church choir, the so-called new choir and in the Thurn district there is the Eintracht men's choir with a vocal ensemble. In Poppendorf there is the Liederkranz choir with the children's choir Poppsternla and in Wimmelbach there is another church choir.

At the primary school, children are supported with the JEKI program (every child has his instrument). The Heroldsbach Music Association trains children and young people in wind and percussion instruments. In the parish home, the Forchheim Music School offers training in string and keyboard instruments. The Franconian Cello Academy is located in the Ringstrasse.

Bands and groups in the church environment are Bassd scho, Nullach-fuchzehn, Kreuz & Quer, the Wimmelbacher guitar group and Volume 5.

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Heroldsbach . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 600 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Heroldsbach community
• Heroldsbach place of prayer
• History and pictures of the church near Forchheim
• Heroldsbach: 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. ↑ Parish Heroldsbach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 462 .
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 30, 2014 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. 
5. ↑ Greetings. Heroldsbach parish, accessed on August 15, 2020 . 
6. ^ Entry on the Heroldsbach coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
7. ↑ Seibold, Max . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 454 .
8. ^ Website of the place of prayer
9. ^ Website of the pilgrims' association