Itzgrund (region)

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The Itzgrund , formerly also Itschgrund , is a landscape along the lower course of the Itz , a right tributary of the Main . It is located in Franconia , mostly in Upper Franconia , and partly in Lower Franconia , between Bamberg and Coburg .

geography

The Itzgrund is bounded in the north by the city of Coburg and in the south by the confluence of the Itz in the Main near Rattelsdorf . In the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany , the Itzgrund is a sub-natural area of ​​the Itz-Baunach hill country . Occasionally, the name Itzgrund is used for the entire landscape along the river. Itzgrund includes the communities Niederfüllbach , Untersiemau , Großheirath and Itzgrund in the Upper Franconian district of Coburg , Untermerzbach in the Lower Franconian district of Haßberge and the market Rattelsdorf in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg . The largest towns in the rural area are Rattelsdorf, Untersiemau, Ebing and Großheirath.

history

The Itzgrund has always been an agricultural region. Finds from the Neolithic Age prove agriculture as early as 4000 BC. Chr.

The hamlet of Bodelstadt in Itzgrund was first mentioned in a document in 788, making it the oldest documented town in the Coburg region . The landscape designation Itzgrund is mentioned from the 18th century, for example in the Realen Staats- und Zeitungs-Lexicon 1757 as "an area in Coburg against Bamberg".

As part of the regional reform in Bavaria , the municipality Itzgrund was formed on May 1, 1978 from the previously independent municipalities of Gleußen , Kaltenbrunn (with Herreth , which was incorporated on July 1, 1972 ), Lahm , Schottenstein and Welsberg in the middle of Itzgrund , but only one municipality Part of the region includes.

1993 taught Coburg in Coburg part of Itzgrunds the 1,222 ha large landscape conservation area a "Southern Itzgrund".

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

To promote tourism in the region, restaurateurs and hosts from the Itzgrund municipalities have joined forces to form the Itzgrund eV tourism association in order to promote tourism in the region.

traffic

The main traffic axis of the region is the federal highway 4 , which connects Bamberg with Coburg . In addition, the region was previously opened up by two railway lines, which have now been closed and dismantled: The Breitengüßbach – Dietersdorf railway connected the south of Itzgrund with Bamberg, the Itzgrundbahn from Creidlitz to Rossach connected the north with Coburg. Efforts to connect the two routes were never realized despite the 6.7 kilometer gap. This was due on the one hand to the competing main line Coburg-Lichtenfels-Bamberg, on the other hand the Itzgrundbahn was in the Duchy of Coburg and the route to Dietersdorf in the Kingdom of Bavaria . After Coburg was annexed to Bavaria , the gap failed in the following years because of the costs.

Today, a cycle path leads from Bamberg to Coburg through the Itzgrund, partly on the former railway lines.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Friedrich Büsching : New Earth Description Part 8: The Upper Saxon Circle , Hamburg 1791 ( online ), p. 632.
  2. ↑ Itzgrund on the Coburg district website , accessed on March 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ New, increased and improved Reales Staats- Zeitungs- und Conversations-Lexicon . Bader edition. 1757, p. 554 ( google.de ).
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 575 .
  5. ^ 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 .
  6. ↑ NaturschutzVO Südlicher Itzgrund 120 1 - City of Coburg , accessed on March 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ Website of the Touristikverein Itzgrund - Our Association , accessed on March 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ Itzgrund-Radweg on schoene-radtouren.de, accessed on March 7, 2018.