Haystack

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Rhön-Grabfeld
Management Community :	Haystack
Height :	232 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.56 km 2
Residents:	1291 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97618
Area code :	09773
License plate :	NES, CAN, MET
Community key :	09 6 73 133
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Municipality of Heustreu ; Wetterstr. 4 ; 97618 Heustreu
Website :	www.heustreu.de
Mayor :	Ansgar Zimmer ( CSU / Free Voting Community )
Location of the municipality of Heustreu in the Rhön-Grabfeld district

Heustreu is a municipality and a village in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld and the seat of the Heustreu administrative community .

geography

The place of the same name is located in the Main-Rhön region on the Streu .

Community structure

There are two districts:

Haystack
Meadow mill

There is only the district Heustreu.

Surname

etymology

The name Heustreu is derived from the Streu river that flows through the municipality and flows into the municipality of the Franconian Saale . The addition of hay ( mhd. Höuwe ) and at times Niedern was intended to distinguish the village from the northeastern towns of the same name.

Earlier spellings

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

1058 Houstrowe
1143 Hovvestrovve
1144 Hay crew
1157 Hoistrowe
1180 Nidernstrowen
1199 Hovstrow

1234 Houstrov
1279 Heustrouue
1317 Houstrou
1320 Heustrev
1330 Hay litter

history

Until the church is planted

The first documentary mention took place in the year 1057. The office of the Hochstift Würzburg belonged from 1500 to the Franconian Empire . After secularization in 1803 in favor of Bavaria, it was left to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany in 1805 to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to Bavaria. In 1818 the political municipality was established.

Population development

1970: 1128 inhabitants
1987: 1157 inhabitants
1991: 1228 inhabitants
1995: 1390 inhabitants
2000: 1459 inhabitants
2005: 1296 inhabitants
2010: 1215 inhabitants
2015: 1252 inhabitants

politics

Mayor is Ansgar Zimmer (CSU / Free Voting Association), his deputy is Markus Werner. In 2014 Zimmer succeeded Walter Weber (CSU / Free Voting Community). The municipal council has 13 members including the mayor. All members belong to the CSU / Free Voting Community.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Two golden swords of flame crossed at an angle over a lowered silver shaft."

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 258 people in the manufacturing sector and no employees in the trade and transport sector who were subject to social security contributions at the place of work. In other economic sectors, 44 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1,031 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were two companies in the manufacturing sector and eight in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 76 farms with an agricultural area of 1746 hectares, of which 1438 hectares were arable land.

education

There are the following institutions (status: 2013):

Kindergarten St. Michael
Association school Hollstadt-Wollbach ( elementary school )
Parish library, open Wednesdays (4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.) and Sundays (11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)