Hetzles

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Management Community :	Dormitz
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.75 km 2
Residents:	1350 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91077
Area code :	09134
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 137
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 3 91077 Hetzles
Website :	www.hetzles.de
Mayor :	Michael Bayer (Citizens' Block Hetzles)
Location of the municipality of Hetzles in the Forchheim district

Hetzles aerial photo (2019)

St. Lawrence Church

St. Laurentius Church with cemetery in the foreground aerial photo (2019)

Hetzles is a municipality in the Forchheim district ( Upper Franconia administrative district ) and a member of the Dormitz administrative community . Their districts are Hetzles and Honings.

geography

Geographical location

Hetzles is located between Nuremberg and Bamberg and is about 30 kilometers away from both cities. The place is in the run-up to the Franconian Switzerland below the 549 m high Hetzleser mountain. There are paved and signposted hiking and cycling trails around the Hetzleser Berg. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

Community structure

The municipality of Hetzles has 2 districts :

• Hetzles
• Honings

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise) Effeltrich , Kunreuth , Igensdorf , Neunkirchen am Brand and Langensendelbach .

history

On the Hetzleser Berg , a table mountain or witness mountain , there is a ring wall and some fortifications. The finds made there are from the Hallstatt and Laténe periods . Heinrich von Schweinfurt , also called Hezilo , gave the place its name. The name Hetzles was transferred to the elongated mountain range which, as part of the Franconian Alb, protrudes far into the Regnitzfalte.

Hetzles was first mentioned in a document in 1109. On the day of the consecration of St. Jacob's Church in Bamberg on July 25, 1109, Bishop Otto I gave Hetzles to the St. Jakob monastery, along with other villages. In the Testamantumbonorum , the list of goods given, the name Hetzles appears five times in German and five times in Latin ("cemehezeles", "villa hecelonis", "curia hecelonis"). The deed of donation says "Bishop Otto von Bamberg bequeathed to the Jakob Abbey: from the village of Cemehezeles and Honungen a manor, seven Sölden and four stoves in the village of Cembahe, one Sölde with all uses".

Hetzles in today's administrative district of Upper Franconia belonged to the cathedral dean of the Bamberg monastery in the Middle Ages and early modern times. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place came to Bavaria.

religion

Hetzles is a Catholic place. The village church is dedicated to St. Lawrence . The former fortified church was demolished and today's church was built from the stones. The kindergarten in Hetzles is sponsored by the church. The immigration of new citizens has increased the proportion of Protestant citizens for whom there is no church of their own.

politics

mayor

The first mayor is Michael Bayer (Citizens' Block Hetzles).

Local council after the 2020 local elections

	Seats
Citizens' bloc Hetzles	6th
Citizens from Hetzles and Honings	3
Citizens' forum Hetzles and Honings e. V.	3

List of mayors

• 1870–1882 Johann Bayer
• 1882-1894 Johann Fees
• 1894–1903 Friedrich Maier
• 1903-1919 Sebastian Schmitt
• 1919–1933 Johann Georg Albert
• 1933–1935 Johann Kauper
• 1935–1939 Johann Ludwig Mehl
• 1939–1945 Franz Förtsch
• 1945–1953 Peter Ziegelbauer
• 1953–1964 Johann Albert
• 1964–1984 Jakob Deinlein
• 1984–1996 Bruno Braun
• 1996–2020 Franz Schmidtlein (citizen from Hetzles and Honings)
• since 2020 Michael Bayer (Citizens' Block Hetzles)

coat of arms

Blazon: "Above a red shield base divided by silver and blue, a silver bishop's staff placed at an angle to the left, accompanied by three stalked cherries and a silver Ammon's horn ."

The shield base, divided by silver and blue, is reminiscent of the noble von Breitenstein family, who lived on the Hetzles as early as the 14th century. The bishop's staff refers to Michael von Deinlein, who came from Hetzles and was Archbishop of Bamberg from 1858 to 1875 . The cherries speak for the cherry village of Hetzles; the Ammon's horn is reminiscent of fossil finds.

Tradition and costumes

Traditional costume life in Hetzles has its high points on two festive days of the year: on Corpus Christi or Kränzel day and at the parish fair on the third weekend in August. While on Corpus Christi day the character of the traditional costume is festive and solemn, the cheerful, worldly sense is more on display in the traditional costumes on Kirchweihtag. The different character of the two festivals is reflected in the costumes and colors. Every year in August, singing under the linden tree takes place in the courtyard of the Schwarzer Adler inn (Mendelwirt). At this festival, the children's costume dance group of the Hetzle tradition occurs.

On Corpus Christi day, the solemnity of the church, the traditional costume colors, especially of the younger girls and young women, are more serious, but still in a happy mood. The baroque character of this festive costume matches the baroque saints that the girls wear. The red and purple of the church flags harmonize with the colors of the traditional costumes, which also mix a bluish and greenish tone into the color painting. The heavy skirts are a contrast to the silk sliding panels, which are trimmed with decorative borders and a little velvet, creating the baroque image. The white, red and colored headscarves worn by the peasant women complete the harmony of colors.

Culture and sights

See also : List of architectural monuments in Hetzles

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Hezles . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 655 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Hetzles  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Hetzles
• Entry on the coat of arms of Hetzles  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Foracheim: Hetzles
• Hetzles: 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 Hetzles in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.