Itzgrund

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Itzgrund
Itzgrund
Germany map, position of the municipality Itzgrund highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 54'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : Coburg
Height : 320 m above sea level NHN
Area : 33.08 km 2
Residents: 2292 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 96274
Primaries : 09533, 09573
License plate : CO, NEC
Community key : 09 4 73 138
LOCODE : DE IZD
Community structure: 6 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Rathausstrasse 4
96274 Itzgrund
Website : www.itzgrund.de
Mayor : Nina Liebermann ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Itzgrund in the Coburg district
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Castle in Lahm

Itzgrund is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg . The seat of the municipal administration is in Kaltenbrunn.

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in the middle of Itzgrund on federal highway 4 between Coburg and Bamberg in a varied landscape, to the left and right of the River Itz .

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders (clockwise from the northwest) on the city of Seßlach , the municipality of Großheirath (both district of Coburg), the city of Bad Staffelstein , the market Ebensfeld (both of the district of Lichtenfels ), the market of Rattelsdorf ( district of Bamberg ) and the community of Untermerzbach ( District of Haßberge , Lower Franconia ).

Community structure

The community consists of the districts (former communities with their former districts):

There is no part of the municipality of Itzgrund, but the town hall address is "96274 Itzgrund".

history

Community development

The municipality of Itzgrund was established on May 1, 1978 as part of the municipal area reform from the previously independent municipalities of Gleußen, Kaltenbrunn (with Herreth, which was incorporated on July 1, 1972, until 1863 "Kleinhereth"), Lahm, Schottenstein and Welsberg June 1972 belonged to the district of Staffelstein .

Until January 1, 1980, the community was a member of the Untersiemau administrative community .

Religions

The Protestant Christians in the community are divided between the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Lahm, Gleußen, Schottenstein and Bad Staffelstein with Herreth of the Michelau deanery of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . The Catholics belong to the parishes Altenbanz of the deanery of Lichtenfels and Kaltenbrunn and Seßlach of the deanery of Coburg in the archdiocese of Bamberg .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the community grew from 1854 to 2308 by 454 inhabitants or 24.5%.

year Residents year Residents year Residents
1840 1968 1950 2635 1995 2047
1871 2079 1961 1941 2005 2317
1900 1914 1970 1866 2010 2303
1925 1860 1987 1825 2015 2286
1939 1723 1991 1946

politics

Municipal council

The 2020 local election resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council (compared to the 2014 election)

  • CSU / Landvolk 4 seats (± 0)
  • SPD 3 seats (−2)
  • Free voter group Itzgrund 4 seats (−1)
  • Municipal Independent List Itzgrund 3 seats (+3)

mayor

Werner Thomas (SPD) was mayor from 1996 until he left in 2020. He was followed on May 1, 2020 by Nina Liebermann (CSU).

coat of arms

Itzgrund coat of arms
 Blazon : "Under red and silver in the tip section geviertem Sign High in gold a black crowned and -bewehrter red Basilisk with upwardly turned horseshoe that supports his left claw on a gevierten of silver and red sign"

Culture and sights

Buildings

education

The Oskar Schramm School Itzgrund in the Bodelstadt district is a primary school.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Hans Bohla (1891–1928), politician (member of the Reichstag) and journalist, born in the Herreth district
  • Torsten Oehrl (* 1986), soccer player

Others

The Main Franconian dialect Itzgründisch is spoken in Itzgrund . The dialect name, however, stands for a much larger language area and is much older than the municipality of Itzgrund.

Church images

  • Evangelical Church in Gleussen

  • Evangelical St. James Church in Herreth

  • Catholic Church St. Wolfgang in Kaltenbrunn

  • Evangelical castle church in Lahm

  • Evangelical Church in Schottenstein

Web links

Commons : Itzgrund  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Gleußen district in the Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

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. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 575 .
  3. ^ 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. 680 .
  4. ↑ Mayor. Itzgrund municipality, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Entry on Itzgrund's coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History