Hochstadt am Main

This article deals with the municipality of Hochstadt a.Main in Upper Franconia. The Hochstadt district of the city of Maintal in Hesse can be found under Hochstadt (Maintal) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 11 ° 10 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Lichtenfels
Management Community :	Hochstadt-Marktzeuln
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.78 km 2
Residents:	1622 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	118 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96272
Area code :	09574
License plate :	LIF, STE
Community key :	09 4 78 127
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Wolfslocher Strasse 4 96272 Hochstadt a. Main
Website :	www.hochstadt-main.de
Mayor :	Max Zeulner ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Hochstadt a.Main in the Lichtenfels district

Hochstadt am Main (officially Hochstadt a.Main ) is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels . The place of the same name is both the capital and the seat of the municipal administration.

geography

Geographical location

The place Hochstadt is about 7.5 km east of Lichtenfels. The highest point in the community is the Eulenberg at 457 m.

Community structure

Hochstadt am Main Anger Burgstall Geutersberg Pits

Obersdorf Reuth Thelitz Wolf hole

history

The place was first mentioned in 1182.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipalities of Obersdorf with the municipal parts of Anger, Reuth and Thelitz and Wolfsloch with Burgstall were incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 1,693 to 1,650 by 43 people or 2.5%. On December 31, 1998, Hochstadt am Main had 1,755 inhabitants.

politics

The community is a member of the Hochstadt-Marktzeuln administrative community based in Marktzeuln . A branch of the administrative association is located in Hochstadt.

mayor

The first mayor is Max Zeulner (CSU).

Municipal council

The municipal council has 13 members including the first mayor.

• CSU : 7 seats
• Free voters : 3 seats
• SPD : 2 seats

(Status: local election on March 15, 2020)

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In blue a golden chalice from which a golden abbot's staff grows; above it a continuous, three-arched, bricked silver bridge. "

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Hochstadt am Main

traffic

The station Hochstadt-Marktzeuln lies on the Bamberg-Hof railway and is the starting point of the Franconian Forest Railway . Hochstadt is located directly on federal highway 173 . The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

literature

• Hans Russnak: Hochstadt am Main . Lichtenfels: Obermain-Tagblatt, 1982. A short chronicle for the 800th anniversary of the first documentary mention

Web links

Commons : Hochstadt am Main  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local government
• Hochstadt am Main: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.04 MB)

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. ^ 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. 696 .
3. ↑ Mayor. Hochstadt am Main community, accessed on August 18, 2020 . 
4. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Hochstadt am Main  in the database of the House of Bavarian History