Kemmern

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Bamberg
Height :	238 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.27 km 2
Residents:	2533 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	306 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96164
Area code :	09544
License plate :	BA
Community key :	09 4 71 150
Community structure:	1 district
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Main street 2 ; 96164 Kemmern
Website :	www.kemmern.de
Mayor :	Rüdiger Gerst ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Kemmern in the Bamberg district

Kemmern

Kemmern is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg six kilometers north of the old episcopal city.

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Kemmern is located at an average altitude of 236 to 250 meters about seven kilometers north of Bamberg , directly on the Main at the foot of the foothills of the Haßberge . It belongs to the Upper Franconia-West region in the upper Main Valley. Kemmern is embedded in a historical cultural landscape with a high medieval path system and pointed corridors . Numerous footpaths and cycle paths connect Kemmern to areas of tourist interest (e.g. Maintal, Haßberge, Steigerwald , Franconian Switzerland and the world cultural heritage city of Bamberg).

Although there is no through traffic, the residential community of Kemmern is connected to the national road network ( B 4 and A 73 ).

Community structure

Kemmern is an independent unified municipality without any other parts of the municipality. There is only the district Kemmern.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Breitengüßbach , Gundelsheim , Hallstadt and Baunach .

history

Until the church is planted

The history of settlement in Kemmern is very old and goes back a long way to the first millennium BC. For example, the origins of the Helenenkapelle on the Semberg point to a place of worship as early as the time of the Celts . In the early Middle Ages , the border between the Germanic and the Slavic settlement area ran in the area of today's Kemmern . By Germanic Frankish settlement activity Germanic testify deserted villages Disability Home and ski ring Slavic origin is likely the former Bürg have been as important refuge and sanctuary of Main Contact.

Kemmern was first mentioned in writing in a document dated October 26, 1017 as Camerin in what was then Radenzgau . In this document, Emperor Heinrich II confirms an exchange agreement in which, in addition to Erlangen and Forchheim , four fishermen in Kemmern were transferred from Bishop Heinrich von Würzburg to Bishop Eberhard von Bamberg .

In the centuries that followed, up to the secularization of 1803, Kemmern essentially remained an Obleidorf (from Mittellat. Oblaia , old name for donations to religious foundations, monasteries) of the Bamberg cathedral chapter , but had limited autonomy fairly early on. In this way, Kemmern was able to regulate his local affairs in a statute, the village order, which did not require any “village-lordly” sanction. For his protection, Kemmern had a water-filled moat and three gatehouses. Kemmern is shown on a map from the 16th century, but the neighboring, partially destroyed Hallstadt is not. In the Peasants' War of 1525, the Kemmern took an active part on the part of the rebels. In the winter of 1631/1632 Kemmern was visited by Swedish troops. The suffering the Thirty Years' War brought Kemmern can be gauged from the fact that as early as 1638 only 26 of the 68 cathedral chapter stoves were still inhabited.

In the Seven Years' War from 1756 to 1763 Kemmern was plagued several times by billeting of various imperial troops as well as by Prussian incursions and billeting, since the Bamberg prince-bishop was an ally of Austria .

With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place came to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

20th and 21st centuries

Kemmern has been an independent parish since 1710 . The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul was expanded between 1978 and 1980.

Since Kemmern was repeatedly threatened by floods due to its location on the Main, as the natural events in February 1909 and December 1967 in particular showed, it received extensive flood exposure in the years 1978 to 1980. The town center has been redeveloped since 1995 as part of urban development funding with state aid and financial grants from the European Union (EU). The redesigned church square was completed in 2010 as its centerpiece.

The preservation of a historical cultural landscape with the high medieval path system and the small parceled pointed corridors enabled the survival of rare species worthy of protection, such as the garlic toads and the poppy bees . The poppy bee population (Osmia papaveris) near Kemmern is the world's largest known occurrence.

Religions

Roman Catholic: 2123 inhabitants (80.6%)
Protestant: 261 inhabitants (10.0%)
other: 248 inhabitants (9.4%)

(As of December 31, 2013)

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the community grew from 2202 to 2561 by 359 inhabitants or 16.3%.

1970: 1923 inhabitants
1987: 2188 inhabitants
1991: 2299 inhabitants
1995: 2442 inhabitants
2000: 2565 inhabitants
2005: 2597 inhabitants
2010: 2578 inhabitants
2015: 2595 inhabitants

politics

mayor

Mayor is Rüdiger Gerst (CSU). In 2002 he was the successor to Alois Förtsch (CSU), in 2008 with almost 90 % of the votes, in 2014 with 66.73% for one opposing candidate and in 2020 for two opposing candidates with 57.29% of the votes.

City council election 2014

In the 2014/20 electoral period, the municipal council consists of the directly elected First Mayor and 14 municipal council members:

CSU 6 seats
Future for Kemmern (ZfK) 4 seats
Independent citizen block Kemmern (UBB) 3 seats
SPD 1 seat

City council election 2008

In the 2008/14 election period, the municipal council consisted of the directly elected First Mayor and 14 councilors:

CSU 9 seats
Independent civic block Kemmern (UBB) 4 seats
SPD 1 seat

Local council election 2002

In the 2002/08 electoral period, the municipal council consisted of the directly elected First Mayor and 14 municipal council members:

CSU 8 seats
Independent citizen block Kemmern (UBB) 5 seats
SPD 1 seat

The municipal tax revenue amounted to 1,530,000 euros in 2005, of which the trade tax revenue (net) amounted to 89,247 euros.

The budget for 2009 was 4.75 million euros.

Architectural monuments

Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul

Soil monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

The current municipal tax rates are:

Property tax A: 340 per cent. H.
Property tax B: 340 per cent. H.
Trade tax: 330 v. H.

The budget for 2019 is 8,268,000 euros.

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 65 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector and 33 in the trade and transport sector. In other economic areas, 50 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 949 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 19 farms with an agricultural area of 219 hectares, of which 171 were arable land.

Breweries

Today there is still a brewery in Kemmern , namely the Wagner-Bräu . The Leicht brewery also brewed itself until 1985.

Voluntary fire brigades

Kemmern volunteer fire department

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2018):

Kindergartens: Catholic day care center St. Maria with day nursery and school childcare, a total of 126 children
Primary schools: Primary school with nine teachers and 91 students
Community library of St. Peter and Paul in the town hall

Sons and daughters of the church

Thomas Silberhorn (* 1968), politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense

literature

Konrad Schrott: Kemmern. Local history of a former Bamberg cathedral chapter village . Kemmern 1986
Peter Ring: The Dillinger Franciscan Sisters in Kemmern. A changing convent . Bonn 2008

Individual evidence

Web links

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

Entry on the coat of arms of Kemmern in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Kemmern: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.24 MB)

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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 ).

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