Kirchensittenbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 11 ° 25'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Nuremberg country
Height :	386 m above sea level NHN
Area :	43.18 km 2
Residents:	2123 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91241
Area code :	09151
License plate :	LAU, ESB , HEB, N , PEG
Community key :	09 5 74 135
Community structure:	21 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausgasse 1 91241 Kirchensittenbach
Website :	www.kirchensittenbach.de
Mayor :	Klaus Albrecht (UBB)
Location of the community of Kirchensittenbach in the district of Nürnberger Land

Kirchensittenbach in the Hersbrucker Alb

Kirchensittenbach is a municipality in the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

geography

Community structure

The community has 21 districts :

Algersdorf Aspertshofen Dietershofen Entmersberg Hillhof Hohenstein Hop garden mill

Kirchensittenbach Kleedorf Creping Menschhof Morsbrunn Oberkrumbach Obermühle

Siglitzberg Siglitzhof Steinensittenbach Stöppach Treuf Unterkrumbach Wallsdorf

In 1817, the Obermühle was the scene of the parricide, which John Knittel wrote in the novel Via Mala .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting in the north clockwise): Velden , Hartenstein , Vorra , Hersbruck , Reichenschwand , Neunkirchen am Sand , Schnaittach , Betzenstein .

history

Until the 19th century

First settlements around 750 to 500 BC The prehistoric finds on the plateau west of Kirchensittenbach in the Beckersloh forest department are known . There is a cemetery with 16 burial mounds from the Hallstatt period .

Kirchensittenbach first appeared as a settlement in the Baierischen Salbuch around 1275. In the years 1391 and 1450, Kirchensittenbach was plundered by Nuremberg mercenaries. From 1504 to 1806, today's municipal area belonged to the land of the imperial city of Nuremberg .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1971, Algersdorf was incorporated into the community of Kirchensittenbach. Kleedorf was added on April 1, 1971. Wallsdorf and part of the community of Treuf followed on January 1, 1972. Aspertshofen and Oberkrumbach completed the series of incorporations on January 1, 1977.

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council of Kirchensittenbach consists of 15 councilors and the first mayor.

	CSU	SPD	Flat share for the entire community	Independent civic bloc	total
2014	4th	2	3	6th	15 seats

(As of: local elections on March 16, 2014)

mayor

Klaus Albrecht (UBB) has been the first mayor of Kirchensittenbach since 2014. The predecessor was Peter Stief (WG). The second mayor is Gerhard Bock (CSU).

Culture and sights

The Tetzelschloss in Kirchensittenbach

• Bartholomäuskirche in Kirchensittenbach:
  fortified church from late Romanesque times, late Gothic vault and sacristy 1520, reconstruction after fire in 1591, barrel ceiling made of wood 1711, renovation by Tetzel 1768/69, organ 1878
• Tetzelschloss in Kirchensittenbach; Built from 1590 to 1595, owned and later owned by the Tetzel von Kirchensittenbach , of which numerous death shields are still preserved in the Egidienkirche in Nuremberg . After their extinction, the Tetzel'sche Family Foundation was administered by the Schlüsselfelder von Kirchensittenbach family from 1612 , from 1709 by the Schlüsselfeldern alternating with the Pfinzing († 1764), Behaim von Schwarzbach auf Kirchensittenbach († 1942) and Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach , from 1942 from the Volckamer alternating with the Stromer .
• Hohenstein Castle : first mentioned in 1163
• a large number of historical buildings, some from the 18th century
• the Märzenbecherwald of Algersdorf

See also : List of architectural monuments in Kirchensittenbach

Volunteer firefighter

The community of Kirchensittenbach has a total of eleven volunteer fire departments . The units in Kirchensittenbach are equipped with a fire fighting vehicle (HLF 10/6), a multi-purpose vehicle and a team transport vehicle , while those in Aspertshofen and Wallsdorf are equipped with a portable pump vehicle . The other fire brigades are equipped with portable pump trailers .

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Johann Jacob Gundling (1666–1712), painter, born in Oberkrumbach
• Nikolaus Hieronymus Gundling (1671–1729), scholar and prorector of the University of Halle

Other personalities

• Jacob Paul von Gundling (1673–1731), historian, court scholar and " court jester " at the court of the "soldier king" Friedrich Wilhelm I ( Prussia )
• Wolfgang Gundling (1637–1689), Protestant writer, pastor in Kirchensittenbach
• Wolf Jacob Stromer (1561–1614), city architect of Nuremberg , built Tetzel Castle in Kirchensittenbach.
• Andreas Würfel (1718–1769), deacon in Kirchensittenbach and pastor in Oberkrumbach
• Friedrich Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (1894–1989), general and knight's cross holder

literature

• Nuremberg country . Karl Pfeiffer's Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Hersbruck 1993. ISBN 3-9800386-5-3 .
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Church Sittenbach . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 107-108 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Kirchensittenbach . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 734 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• http://www.kirchensittenbach.de
• Entry on the coat of arms of Kirchensittenbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Kirchensittenbach: Official statistics of the LfStat

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. ^ Community Kirchensittenbach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on December 25, 2019.
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 481 .
4. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 719 .
5. ↑ History. The client and the founder. In: tetzelschloss.de. Retrieved on December 14, 2010 : "Since 1729 [the administration of the foundation] has been incumbent on the von Volckhamerschen family, in more recent times together with the von Stromer family."