Köditz

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Köditz
Köditz
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Köditz highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 51'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Franconia
County : court
Height : 510 m above sea level NHN
Area : 31.44 km 2
Residents: 2453 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 95189
Area code : 09281
License plate : HO , MÜB , NAI, REH , SAN
Community key : 09 4 75 141
LOCODE : DE KDZ
Community structure: 16 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Talstrasse 2
95189 Köditz
Website : gemeinde-koeditz.de
Mayor : Matthias Beyer ( FWV )
Location of the municipality of Köditz in the district of Hof
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About this picture

Köditz is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Hof and is located in the Bavarian Vogtland about five kilometers northwest of the district town of Hof on the federal highway 173 .

On the other hand, Köditz is also the name of a district of the municipality of Köditz, namely the eponymous core town from which today's municipality emerged through incorporations. It is also the most populous district.

Community structure

The municipality of Köditz is divided into 16 districts (population figures in brackets):

  • Well (38)
  • Brunnenthal (315)
  • Herald Green (8)
  • Hohbuehl (8)
  • Joditz (350)
  • Köditz (1378)
  • Lamitz (90)
  • Lamitz mill (3)

history

Until the church is planted

The first documentary mention of Köditz comes from the year 1359 with the sale of a farm to a knight from Weißelsdorf . Other fiefdoms belonged to those of Lüchau , Wildenstein and the Klarissenkloster Hof . The place increasingly came into the tension between the bailiffs of Weida and Gera and the burgraves of Nuremberg and their respective followers. 1402 the place in the dispute between the bailiffs and burgrave Johann III. destroyed. Today's coat of arms reminds of the von Falkenstein family . The former office of the Principality of Bayreuth belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 and fell to France in the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 and became part of Bavaria in 1810 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the formerly independent communities Brunnenthal, Joditz and Schlegel were incorporated .

Outsourcing

On July 1, 1976, parts of the area with fewer than 50 inhabitants were ceded to the city of Selbitz .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 2185 to 2440 by 255 inhabitants or 11.7%. On December 31, 2001 Köditz had 2843 inhabitants.

  • 1961: 2303 inhabitants
  • 1970: 2411 inhabitants
  • 1987: 2209 inhabitants
  • 1991: 2284 inhabitants
  • 1995: 2707 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2814 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2734 inhabitants
  • 2010: 2507 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2505 inhabitants

politics

City council election 2020
(in %)
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
54.61
44.07
1.32
FWVK
Current distribution of seats in the Köditz council (March 15, 2020)
  
A total of 14 seats
  • FWVK : 8
  • CSU : 6

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 members. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 1,319 of the 2,081 residents eligible to vote in the municipality of Köditz exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 63.38%.

mayor

The first mayor is Matthias Beyer (Free Voters' Association). In the local elections on March 15, 2020, he was re-elected with 95.02% of the vote. Werner Haas (Free Voters' Association) was his predecessor until 2002.

traffic

Köditz station with multiple unit to Bad Steben

Köditz has a connection to the Hof – Bad Steben railway line .

Culture and sights

Attractions

  • The Leonhardskirche , a small fortified church with a defensive wall, bridge-like transition and roof turret in the center of the town, is remarkable in terms of art history . The church is the dominant feature of the core town. An art-historical rarity is the church's baroque baptismal angel , which has been hanging on the ceiling since a church renovation at the end of the 1970s and can be lowered on the occasion of baptisms.
  • Köditz Castle

Auensee

The Auensee is located in the Joditz district. There are large sunbathing lawns around the lake with good swimming opportunities. There is a campsite with a restaurant right by the lake.

Personalities

  • Jean Paul (* 1763; † 1825), writer, spent his youth in what is now the Joditz district
  • Hans Hofner (* 1908; † 1982), home nurse, headmaster in Köditz
  • Margarete Wiggen (* 1923; † 1999), sculptor of numerous fountains and bronze sculptures in the city and district of Hof
  • Heinrich Bechert (* 1926; † 2005), civil engineer, born in Köditz

Web links

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

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. ↑ www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
  3. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 687 .
  4. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Results of local elections 2020. OK.VOTE, March 15, 2020, accessed on May 19, 2020 .