Burgwindheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '  N , 10 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Bamberg
Management Community :	Ebrach
Height :	292 m above sea level NHN
Area :	37.38 km 2
Residents:	1306 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96154
Area code :	09551
License plate :	BA
Community key :	09 4 71 122
Market structure:	11 districts
Market administration address :	Hauptstrasse 26 96154 Burgwindheim
Website :	www.burgwindheim.de
Mayor :	Johannes Polenz (DLB / BBL)
Location of the Burgwindheim market in the Bamberg district

Burgwindheim is a market in the west of the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and a member of the Ebrach administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

The place is in the Steigerwald , about 26 km west-southwest of Bamberg in the valley of the middle Ebrach .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Rauhenebrach ( Haßberge district ), Burgebrach , Schlüsselfeld and Ebrach .

Community structure

The municipality is divided into eleven districts (population figures in brackets):

Burgwindheim (799) Kappel (65) Kehlingsdorf (48) Kotsch (101) Menden Mill (2) Mittelsteinach (88)

Obersteinach (7) Oberweiler (68) Schrappach (55) Untersteinach (127) Unterweiler (60)

There are the districts Kötsch, Untersteinach, Unterweiler, Burgwindheim.

history

The former official palace of the Cistercian monastery Ebrach in Burgwindheim

Until the church is planted

The meaning of the place name, which can be traced back to either the settlement of a man named Wind or the Wendish past, is unclear . The jumping (Wendish) dog in the local coat of arms could be a clue. The place was first mentioned in 1140. The settlement probably goes back to the Franconian conquest of the land. In 1278 the knight Ludewig von Windeheim bequeathed his estate to the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach . 1363 Burgwindheim received by Emperor Charles IV. The market law , making it the oldest market of the Steigerwald . From 1720 to 1728 the official palace of the Ebrach Monastery was built under Abbot Wilhelm I. Sölner .

Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. The Ebrach monastery was de facto recognized as imperial immediacy only through the secularization, so that its properties did not fall temporarily to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany, like the rest of the Würzburg monastery, but remained with Bavaria.

Incorporations

As part of the regional reform, the municipalities of Kötsch, Untersteinach and Unterweiler were incorporated into the Burgwindheim market on January 1, 1972.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population decreased from 1,340 to 1,313 by 27 inhabitants or 2%. A peak was reached on December 31, 1995 with 1,516 inhabitants.

• 1961: 1,400 inhabitants, of which 621 in Burgwindheim, 225 in Kötsch, 350 in Untersteinach and 204 in Unterweiler
• 1970: 1375 inhabitants, 671 of them in Burgwindheim, 208 in Kötsch, 308 in Untersteinach and 188 in Unterweiler
• 1987: 1350 inhabitants
• 1991: 1453 inhabitants
• 1995: 1516 inhabitants
• 2000: 1445 inhabitants
• 2005: 1456 inhabitants
• 2010: 1379 inhabitants
• 2015: 1273 inhabitants
• 2017: 1292 inhabitants
• 2018: 1313 inhabitants

religion

According to the census on May 9, 2011, 81.3% of the population are Roman Catholic and 10.0% Evangelical Lutheran. 8.7% have another religion or are non-denominational.

politics

mayor

Mayor has been Johannes Polenz (DLB / BBL) since May 1, 2020. He prevailed in a runoff election with 56.95% of the vote against incumbent Heinrich Thaler (CSU). He succeeded Erhard Werner (CUW) in 2002, was re-elected in 2008 with 73.40% of the votes and in 2014 with two opposing candidates with 57.11%.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of twelve members. The last four local elections produced the following results:

City council election 2020

• CSU four seats
• Democratic list Burgwindheim (DLB) three seats
• Christian Independent Voting Community (CUW) three seats
• Citizens' Block (BBL) two seats

City council election 2014

• CSU five seats
• Democratic list Burgwindheim (DLB) three seats
• Citizens' Block (BBL) two seats
• Christian Independent Voting Community (CUW) two seats

City council election 2008

• CSU seven seats
• Citizens' Block (BBL) three seats
• Christian Independent Voting Community (CUW) two seats

Local council election 2002

• CSU six seats
• Christian Independent Voting Community (CUW) four seats
• Citizens' Block (BBL) two seats

coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In silver a jumping golden crowned black greyhound with a golden collar."

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Burgwindheim

Soil monuments

→ Main article : List of ground monuments in Burgwindheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 616,000 euros in 1999, of which 157,000 euros were trade tax revenue (net).

Burgwindheim market square

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector 114 and in the trade and transport sector. In other economic sectors 45 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 461 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and two companies in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 64 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1,404 hectares, of which 914 hectares were arable land and 489 hectares were permanent green areas.

traffic

The federal road 22 from Bamberg to Würzburg runs through Burgwindheim. To the south, the district roads BA 2 and BA 44 lead to the A 3 motorway eight kilometers to the south . The BA 23 leads north . There is a bus connection to Bamberg and thus the connection to the transport association for the greater Nuremberg area .

The station Burgwindheim was at the 2003 disused railway line Strullendorf-Ebrach , on since 2007 , a cycle path leads from Burgebrach to Ebrach. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

• 50 kindergarten places with 53 children
• an elementary school with six teachers and 144 students

Voluntary fire brigades

• There are volunteer fire departments in Burgwindheim, Kötsch, Untersteinach and Unterweiler.

Breweries

There is no longer a brewery in the market town area. The Ibel brewery in the Kappel district ceased brewing in 2005 and has beer brewed using the contract brewing process. The Löwen brewery in Burgwindheim existed until 1994.

Host miracle

Heiligblutbrunnen, designed by L.Dientzenhofer in 1690

Heiligblutkapelle Burgwindheim

A miracle of the hosts at the Corpus Christi procession in 1465 made Burgwindheim a place of pilgrimage. On an altar, the monstrance fell over "without outside intervention and without the influence of the wind" , the host fell to the ground. The priest could not pull them off the floor with all his might. A wooden shack was built to protect the host. The Ebrach convent prepared in an eight-day prayer to pick up the host again. It then succeeded and the Abbot of Ebrach brought them back to the parish church. The event was viewed as a miracle, and a Chapel of the Holy Blood was built two years later. The number of pilgrimages increased when a spring rose in 1625 that was soon thought to be miraculous.

Personalities

• Heinrich V. Blumentrost († 1455), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach
• Johannes II. Leiterbach († 1533), abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Burgwindheim . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 513 ( digitized version ).
• Irene Reif : Burgwindheim between the bishops. Castle full of music. in: Franconia - my love. Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt, Hof 1989, ISBN 3-921615-91-7 , p. 244f.
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Burgwindheim . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 572 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Burgwindheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local government
• Burgwindheim: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)
• Local history, photos and history of the church at Foracheim

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. ↑ Mayor and local council affairs ; Information. Burgwindheim community, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 430 .
5. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Burgwindheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History