Mellrichstadt

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Mellrichstadt
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Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 10 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Rhön-Grabfeld
Management Community : Mellrichstadt
Height : 270 m above sea level NHN
Area : 56 km 2
Residents: 5551 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 97638
Area code : 09776
License plate : NES, CAN, MET
Community key : 09 6 73 142
LOCODE : DE MST
City structure: 9 districts

City administration address : 		Main street 4
97638 Mellrichstadt
Website : www.mellrichstadt.de
Mayor : Michael Kraus ( Free Voters )
Location of the city of Mellrichstadt in the Rhön-Grabfeld district
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Mellrichstadt is a town in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld and the seat of the Mellrichstadt administrative community .

Luitpoldbrunnen in front of the headquarters of the Mellrichstadt administrative association

geography

Mellrichstadt is located in the Main-Rhön region on the Streu and at the foot of the Rhön. The Franconian Marienweg leads through Mellrichstadt .

City structure

Mellrichstadt is divided into nine districts:

history

Until the early 19th century

In 822 Mellrichstadt was first mentioned in a document as Madalrichistreuua . There were other early mentions under the names Madalichesstrouue (845) and Madalrichesstat (889). The Carolingian royal court Madalrichesstat was the center of the Franconian Westergau . In 1078 the battle of Mellrichstadt between the supporters of King Heinrich IV and the opposing king Rudolf von Rheinfelden took place in the vicinity of the town . Mellrichstadt was owned by the Würzburg Monastery as early as the 13th century and remained - although pledged and redeemed several times - through the centuries. After the line of the Counts of Henneberg ceased to exist around 1219, the Bishop of Würzburg tried to collect the bishopric's fiefs , which were connected with the burgrave office . A bitter dispute ensued, which ended with Count Poppo von Henneberg's renunciation of Mellrichstadt and Meiningen .

In 1232/33 it was elevated to the status of a city, which in the Middle Ages was the seat of an important Latin school . 1356 in Mellrichstadt is a medieval leper detectable, which was designated as Siechen- or Leprosenhaus. The former Oberamt Mellrichstadt of the Würzburg bishopric was left to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany after secularization in 1803 in favor of Bavaria in 1805 to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, the municipality edict of 1818 created today's municipality, which was also the seat of a regional court .

From the early 19th century

Jewish families had resided in the city at least since the 19th century . During this time (1869) the village's Jewish cemetery was laid out. The synagogue at Hauptstrasse 60 was badly damaged by SA men in the November pogrom in 1938 and then torn down. Since 1988, a memorial plaque in black lettering on a black background , which is attached to the side of the building that is barely visible from the main road, has been commemorating this event on the commercial building built on the same site .

Until June 30, 1972, Mellrichstadt was the district town of the Mellrichstadt district . Since then, Mellrichstadt has been the third largest city in the Rhön-Grabfeld district after Bad Neustadt and Bad Königshofen .

During the Cold War , Mellrichstadt was right next to the Iron Curtain . In 1962 the Hainberg barracks of the Bundeswehr was completed. Up until its abandonment on September 30, 2006, the 352 Panzer Grenadier Battalion with around 1,000 soldiers and other units were stationed there.

Incorporations

On April 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Roßrieth was incorporated. On January 1, 1972 Frickenhausen was added. Bahra followed on April 1, 1973. The series of incorporations was completed with the incorporation of Eußenhausen on January 1, 1978 and Mühlfeld and Sondheim on May 1, 1978.

Population development

Population numbers
year 1840 1900 1939
(V)		 1950
(V)		 1961
(V)		 1970
(V)		 1987
(V)		 1991 1995 2005 2010 2011
(V)		 2015 2017
Residents 3259 3641 3989 5814 5908 6841 5968 6076 6328 6184 5808 5648 5563 5618

V: population census / census

politics

City council

Marketplace

The local elections on March 15, 2020 resulted in the following composition of the city council:

Party / list Share of votes Seats
CSU 29.7% 6th
SPD 8.6% 2
Free voter community e. V. 38.7% 7th
Citizens' list Eußenhausen 8.2% 2
Mühlfeld citizens' list 5.8% 1
Frickenhausen citizens' list 9.1% 2

4,485 citizens were eligible to vote, and the turnout was 69%.

mayor

Eberhard Streit was mayor from September 1st, 2006. Streit was elected head of the city via an independent list, supported by Free Voters and the SPD. In June 2012 he was confirmed in office with 98.2% of the valid votes. In the mayoral election in March 2020, dispute no longer occurred. In this, the candidate of the Free Voter Association, Michael Kraus, prevailed against competitors from the CSU and SPD with 53.6% of the votes.

Mayor since 1873

  • Nikolaus Morelli (January 1873 – December 1878)
  • Kaspar Mohr (December 1878 – December 1881)
  • Kaspar Schnarz (December 1881 – January 1906)
  • Thaddäus Sterzinger (January 1906 – April 1917)
  • Heinrich Kraus (April 1917 – June 1919)
  • Ludwig Heuring (June 1919 – July 1927)
  • Johann Wiedler (July 1927 – April 1933)
  • Hermann Recknagel (April 1933 – September 1935)
  • H. [?] Karl (September 1935 – December 1935)
  • Alfons Halbig (December 1935 – February 1946)
  • Oskar Will (February 1946 – November 1947)
  • Oskar Schreiner (November 1947 – June 1948)
  • Alfons Halbig (June 1948 – June 1970)
  • Oskar Herbig (September 1970–1994)
  • Helmut Will (1994 – August 2006)
  • Eberhard Streit (August 2006 – May 2020)
  • Michael Kraus (since May 2020)

Community finances

In 2013, the municipal tax revenue amounted to 6,304,000 euros, of which 3,120,000 euros were trade tax revenues (net).

Agencies and public authorities

  • Mellrichstadt is one of six locations of federal German fire offices .
  • With effect from January 8, 2015, Mellrichstadt is the seat of the Bavarian billing office for resettlers and asylum seekers.

Economy and Infrastructure

A large number of manufacturing trades in the industrial sector give many townspeople and citizens from the surrounding area work. The favorable location to the new A71 reinforces this trend. Furthermore, the small town called "Mellerscht" by the locals offers a large selection of owner-managed, small specialist shops for all areas of life. Large chains from the grocery store sector settled on the outskirts of the city.

economy

In 2013, according to official statistics, there were 12 in the field of agriculture and forestry, 20,818 in the manufacturing sector and 475 in the trade, transport and hospitality sectors at the place of work. In other economic sectors, 761 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 1976 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There were nine companies in the manufacturing sector and four in the construction sector. In 2010 there were 94 farms with an agricultural area of ​​4106 hectares, of which 3600 hectares were arable land and 500 hectares were permanent green space. The compressed air weapon manufacturer Weihrauch & Weihrauch and the ball bearing and gear parts manufacturer Reich GmbH are well known among the companies from Mellrichstadt .

traffic

Mellrichstadt station building

In terms of infrastructure, Mellrichstadt is close to the A 71 and can be reached via the Mellrichstadt junction three kilometers away. By Mellrichstadt leading state road 2445 (formerly B19) ( Meiningen -Mellrichstadt- Bad Neustadt - Münnerstadt ). Mellrichstadt is also the starting point for the B 285 , which leads from here via Ostheim , Fladungen , Kaltennordheim and Dermbach to Bad Salzungen .

The city is connected to the rail network of Deutsche Bahn with the Mellrichstadt Bahnhof station . Trains run every hour between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. in the direction of Würzburg and Erfurt . The Mellrichstadt Stadt stop was located on the Streutalbahn , which has been without regular passenger traffic since 1976. Seasonal museum trains run under the name Rhön-Zügle without stopping here. In addition to various regional bus routes operated by Omnibusverkehr Franken (OVF) (DB Frankenbus), a city route is also offered every 60/90 minutes on weekdays. This is operated as part of a cooperation between OVF / Omnibusservice Mellrichstadt.

education

There are the following facilities:

  • 333 kindergarten places with 250 children (as of 2014)
  • Malbach primary school Mellrichstadt with 16 teachers
  • Udo Lindenberg Middle School with almost 400 students in 20 classes
  • Ignaz-Reder- Realschule with 28 teachers and 504 students (as of 2009)
  • Martin-Pollich -Gymnasium, mathematics, science and music branch with 56 teachers and 470 students
  • A branch of the Jakob-Preh-Schule, state vocational school Bad Neustadt an der Saale, with 1343 students
  • Adult Education Center Rhön-Grabfeld
  • City library
  • City archive Mellrichstadt

Culture and sights

City parish church St. Kilian
City wall of Mellrichstadt
  • Adventure night (end of October)
  • Indoor swimming night (beginning of November)
  • Historic Christmas market (on the weekend of the 3rd Advent)
  • City festival (in summer)
  • Culture impulses (AM and VHS)
  • Bike weekend on April 1st weekend (start of motorcycle season)
  • Hocke'se or Stehn'se, cozy evening get-togethers at z. B. Bratwurst and beer, in different places in Mellrichstadt, in order to be able to take a close look at the current construction sites and renovation measures or to promote the community (usually once a month).
  • 24-hour swimming (every 2 years)
  • Carnival parade through Mellrichstadt (on the Sunday before Rose Monday)
  • MET Theater (several times a year)
  • Gettingtough - Beat the summer
Frickenhauser lake

Architectural monuments

Natural monuments

Museums

Freetime activities

Mellrichstadt and the surrounding Streutal offer a variety of hiking and cycling trails, including the Main-Werra cycle path . Not far from the city center is the Kirschgarten recreational facility with wide lawns and a Kneipp pool. The municipal indoor and outdoor wave pool is open all year round, and there is also a possibility to swim at Lake Frickenhausen. Further sports and leisure facilities are available. Mellrichstadt also offers clubs such as the Turn- und Sportverein (TSV) Mellrichstadt with around ten divisions, a tennis club with four outdoor courts and two indoor courts, table tennis, badminton, ju-jutsu and shooting clubs, fruit and horticultural clubs , chapels and choirs and singing clubs, a small animal breeders' club, a fishing club, water rescue service, volunteer fire brigades, scouts, etc. The Mellrichstadt glider airfield is located on Bischofsberg and is looked after by the Mellrichstadt eV aviation association.

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280 ° panoramic view of Mellrichstadt from the Scheinberg

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who are connected with Mellrichstadt

  • Karl Gotthelf von Hund and Altengrotkau (1722–1776), founder and promoter of the Strict Observance in Germany , buried in the parish church of St. Kilian
  • Franz Gallus Sündermahler (1755–1840), lawyer and civil servant
  • Serge Otzoup (1886–1974), professional officer, businessman, film producer and production manager, member of the board of directors of Rhön-Bank A. G. Mellrichstadt
  • Gustav von Vaerst (1894–1975), officer, general of the armored forces in World War II
  • Walther Stepp (1898–1972), lawyer, police officer and SS leader, district judge in Mellrichstadt
  • Alfred Hauser (1907–1981), District Administrator of the Mellrichstadt District, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Alex Hösl (1919–1977), politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag, deputy district administrator of the Mellrichstadt district
  • Lore Neugebauer (1928–1994), politician ( SPD ), MEP, city councilor in Mellrichstadt
  • Max Asam (1936–2015), Brigadier General of the German Armed Forces, deputy battalion commander in the Hainberg barracks in Mellrichstadt
  • Heinrich Wagner (* 1945), historian, teacher at Martin-Pollich-Gymnasium Mellrichstadt
  • Thomas Habermann (* 1956), lawyer and local politician (CSU), judge in Mellrichstadt
  • Catharina Clas (* 1982), children's and youth author
  • Ivonne Mädel (* 1982), former activist of the free comradeship scene
  • Markus Stock (*?), Musician and music producer, owner of the recording studio Klangschmiede Studio E in Mellrichstadt

Varia

  • In 2006 the route of the Germany Tour led through the town center.
  • In 2015 Mellrichstadt was the destination of the 26th BR-Radltour . The Spider Murphy Gang performed at the final party on the Streuwiese .
  • Since June 2017, the middle school in Mellrichstadt has been the first school in Germany to officially bear the name Udo-Lindenberg-Schule : For decades, Udo Lindenberg has stood for values ​​such as tolerance, respect, peace and a colorful society - values ​​that should be conveyed to the students.

literature

  • Mellrichstadt then and now. A memory book on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city uprising 1232/1233. (Ed .: Stadt Mellrichstadt, Ed .: Walter Graumann, Josef Kuhn), Richard Mack KG Verlag, Mellrichstadt 1983.
  • Max Schweser: The Citizens Tower tells a story. Richard Mack KG Verlag, Mellrichstadt 1874.

Web links

Commons : Mellrichstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Mellrichstadt in the Topographia Franconiae (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts
Wikivoyage: Mellrichstadt  - travel guide

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. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111120/230302&attr=OBJ&val= 1601
  3. ^ Heinrich Wagner: Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Part Franconia, Issue 29: Mellrichstadt . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7696-9946-7 , p. 25 .
  4. ↑ Mellrichstadt in Rhon lexicon
  5. ^ History of the lines of the Grafschaft Henneberg, p. 103 f.
  6. ↑ see Medieval Leprosoria in Today's Bavaria, data from the Society for Leprosy ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenster.org
  7. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 165
  8. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 520 .
  9. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 740 and 741 .
  10. ↑ Municipal statistics 2014
  11. ↑ Municipal statistics 2018
  12. ↑ Election of the city council - municipal elections 2020 in the city of Mellrichstadt - overall result. In: wahlen.rhoen-grabfeld.de. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ https://www.wahlen.bayern.de/kommunalwahlen/
  14. ↑ Election of the first mayor - municipal elections 2020 in the city of Mellrichstadt - overall result. In: wahlen.rhoen-grabfeld.de. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thw-mellrichstadt.de
  16. ↑ Welcome to the Mellrichstadt branch. In: Federal Agency for Technical Relief. Local association Mellrichstadt. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
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  18. ↑ http://www.br.de/nachrichten/unterfranken/verbindung-amtsgericht-mellrichstadt-100.html ( Memento from February 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ↑ School profile. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Your vocational students took part in the construction of several objects in the National Monument Sculpture Park German Unity
  21. ↑ Mellrichstadt Local History Museum. In: Rhoen.info (Rhönlexikon). Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Mellrichstadt Local History Museum. In: Museen-in-Bayern.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Wolzog Castle. In: Rhoen.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Wolzog Castle. In: Museen-in-Bayern.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Circle Gallery Mellrichstadt. In: Rhoen.info (Rhönlexikon). Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Circle Gallery Mellrichstadt. In: Museen-in-Bayern.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Grenzmuseum Eußenhausen and sculpture park. In: Biosphaerenreservat-Rhoen.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  28. ^ Official website of the Documentation Center Hainbergkaserne
  29. ↑ Documentation Center Hainberg Barracks - A Border Garrison in the Cold War. In: Rhoen.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  30. ↑ http://www.udo-lindenberg.de/erste_udo_lindenberg_schule.163138.htm
  31. ↑ https://www.mainpost.de/regional/rhoengrabfeld/Toleranz-Schule-Schulen-Mittelschule-Rockmusiker-Musik;art777,9624559