Margetshöchheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Wurzburg
Management Community :	Margetshöchheim
Height :	174 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.67 km 2
Residents:	3133 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	470 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97276
Area code :	0931
License plate :	WÜ , OCH
Community key :	09 6 79 161
Community structure:	1 district
Address of the municipal administration:	Mainstrasse 15 97276 Margetshöchheim
Website :	www.margetshoechheim.de
Mayor :	Waldemar Brohm ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Margetshöchheim in the district of Würzburg

Margetshöchheim is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg and the seat of the administrative community Margetshöchheim .

geography

About ten kilometers north of Würzburg is Margetshöchheim on the left bank of the Main within sight of the municipality of Veitshöchheim on the right bank of the Main .

Margetshöchheim has only one district. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

Neighboring communities

In the north is the municipality of Erlabrunn (3 km), with which Margetshöchheim forms an administrative community , as well as Leinach (5 km) and Zell am Main in the south and Veitshöchheim in the east on the opposite side of the Main.

Surname

etymology

The original name Hochheim consists of the Old High German adjective hôch and the Old High German word heim . Later, the name of the church patroness Margaret of Antioch was added to distinguish the place from Veitshöchheim on the opposite side of the Main.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

1153 Hocheim 1330 Hochheim sanctae Margarethae 1362 Margreten Ho e cheim 1373 Sant Margarethen Hochheim 1376 Margarethenho e cheim

1378 Margetenhocheim 1461 Margrethocheim 1590 Margethochheim 1801 Margetsho e chheim 1820 Margetshöchheim

history

Until the church is planted

A document from 1227 mentions the residents of Hochheim on the left of the Main for the first time. In 1330 the place was called Hochheim sanctae Margarethae . As part of the Bishopric of Würzburg , which the Frankish Empire circle belonged, Margetshöchheim was in 1803 in Bavaria's favor secularized , then the Treaty of Pressburg (1805) Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Wurzburg left with which it finally at 1814 Bavaria fell. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

monastery

The Maria Stern Monastery of the Franciscan Sisters from Augsburg was established in 1865 and existed until July 2003.

Population development

• 1950: 1664 inhabitants
• 1961: 1715 inhabitants
• 1970: 2236 inhabitants
• 1987: 2768 inhabitants
• 1991: 3130 inhabitants
• 1995: 3331 inhabitants
• 2000: 3243 inhabitants
• 2005: 3243 inhabitants
• 2010: 3243 inhabitants
• 2015: 3,104 inhabitants

politics

City council election 2020

(in %)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.71

30.71

24.58

CSU

MM

SPD ^c

Remarks:

^c SPD including UB

Current distribution of seats in the Margetshöchheim municipal council (March 15, 2020)

   

A total of 16 seats

• CSU : 7
• MM : 5
• SPD : 4

SPD including UB

The townscape of Margetshöchheim

mayor

Waldemar Brohm (CSU) has been the first mayor since May 1, 2008. In the local elections on March 15, 2020, he was re-elected with 86.74% of the vote. The second mayor has been Peter Etthöfer from “Margetshöchheimer Mitte, the list for the environment and nature” (MM) since May 6, 2014.

Municipal council

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 1,847 of the 2,592 residents eligible to vote in the municipality of Margetshöchheim exercised their right to vote, bringing the voter turnout to 71.26%.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a left-turning, looking back, two-legged, gold-armored, silver dragon , behind him a growing silver Latin cross with paw ends and four angular rays, a floating, three-clover, golden crown sticking through." Town flag: red and white.

Foundation of the coat of arms: The original church patroness and place-name giver St. Margaretha could already be seen in a village court seal from the 17th century. Only their attributes appear in today's coat of arms - dragon, cross and crown. The colors red and silver are reminiscent of the centuries-long membership of the place in the Würzburg monastery. The coat of arms was designed by Fritz Kretschmer from Schweinfurt and approved on June 15, 1962.

Community partnerships

Margetshöchheim's partner municipality has been the municipality of Biéville-Beuville in the northern French department of Calvados in the Normandy region since 1993 .

Culture and sights

Sports

The three major sports clubs in Margetshöchheim until 2006 were the Margetshöchheim football club (FVM), the Margetshöchheim tennis club (TCM) and the Turner Bund Jahn Margetshöchheim (TBJ). A variety of sports are offered there. The negotiations about a merger were concluded with the general meeting on March 16, 2006: The new club is now called Sportgemeinschaft Margetshöchheim 06 e. V.

Regular events

The Margaret Festival takes place once a year in Margetshöchheim. The date is the penultimate weekend in July. Almost all of the larger Margetshöchheim associations take part in the Margaretenfest with stands and booths. It has been held in Mainstrasse for over ten years. The festival is characterized by a wide range of local and international food and drinks and, in particular, the idyllic location on the Main.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Margetshöchheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Jobs

In 2017 there were 333 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 1126 people were in an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. The number of out-commuters was 793 greater than that of in-commuters. 31 residents were unemployed.

traffic

Margetshöchheim is on the state road St 2300 , about seven kilometers down the Main from Würzburg.

The place is connected to the city of Würzburg via bus lines 521, 522 and 523 . For business and school trips, buses run every 20 minutes to Würzburg (via Zell am Main), every 30 minutes during the day. The neighboring towns of Erlabrunn and Leinach are also served by these lines,

The high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg crosses the municipality on the Main Valley Bridge Veitshöchheim , the Neuberg Tunnel and in the Eichelberg Tunnel .

Margetshöchheim can also be reached by bike (cycle path on the Main), with the Main ferry from Würzburg Alter Kranen and on a short footpath over the Ludwig-Volk-Steg from Veitshöchheim.

Public facilities

The community has

• a volunteer fire brigade
• a kindergarten and a crèche with a total of 117 places and 108 children (as of March 1, 2018)
• a primary and secondary school with a total of 264 students in 13 classes (school year 2017/18)
• a youth center and
• since July 1, 2011 day care for older citizens.

Web links

Commons : Margetshöchheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Municipality of Margetshöchheim Website of the municipality of Margetshöchheim
• Entry on the coat of arms of Margetshöchheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Margetshöchheim: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.05 MB)

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. ↑ Margetshöchheim community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on July 12, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 138 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ^ Horst-Günter Wagner : The urban development of Würzburg 1814-2000. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 396–426 and 1298–1302, here: p. 425 (source: Bavarian State Office for Statistics, municipal data).
5. ↑ City council election 2020
6. ↑ Mayoral election 2020
7. ↑ City council election 2020
8. ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of Margetshöchheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History , accessed on September 8, 2017 .
9. ↑ Imprint of the association ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Line directory for the area of ​​application of the Mainfranken transport company association (VVM). (PDF, 22 kB) Retrieved on July 18, 2017 (as of August 1, 2016).