Merlach (Seßlach)

Merlach City of Sesslach Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 11 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 30 ″  E
Height :	286 m above sea level NN
Residents :	83  (Jul 2, 2015)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	96145
Area code :	09567
Former parish hall

Merlach is a district of the Upper Franconian town of Seßlach in the Coburg district .

geography

Merlach is located about 15 kilometers west of Coburg on a northern slope above the Hellingergrund . The district boundary corresponds to the Bavarian state border with Thuringia in the north . The district road CO 21 connects the place with Dürrenried as well as Gleismuthhausen and Autenhausen .

history

Merlach was first mentioned in a document in 1290, when the Würzburg bishop Manegold pledged "villam Erlech" to Karl von Heldritt . The place belonged to the Hochstift Würzburg . The rulers of the village were the lords of Lichtenstein and von Altenstein , who belonged to the imperial knighthood . In 1802 the Würzburg monastery was secularized . In January 1806, Count Joseph Carl took possession of the Tambacher Lande, to which Merlach also belonged, as an imperial county of Ortenburg-Tambach . In October 1806 the county was mediatized . From December 1806 to 1814 Merlach belonged to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg as part of the Tambacher Land . After its dissolution, the Tambach Lordship Court was assigned to the Mainkreis . In 1862 Merlach was incorporated into the newly created Bavarian district office in Staffelstein .

In 1875 the village had 94 inhabitants, 55 buildings and 17 houses. 11 people belonged to the parish of the Roman Catholic parish church in Autenhausen and 83 to that of the Evangelical Lutheran parish church in Gemünda . In 1925 the village had 82 residents and 19 houses. 81 people were Evangelical Lutheran and one Roman Catholic. In 1987 the place had 93 inhabitants and 21 residential buildings with 25 apartments.

After the Second World War , the location on the inner-German border shaped the town until 1989 .

On July 1, 1972, the Staffelstein district was dissolved. Since then, Merlach has been part of the Coburg district . In the course of the Bavarian regional reform , Merlach lost its independence on May 1, 1978 and became part of the municipality of Seßlach.

The largest employer is Mey Chair Systems GmbH with around 30 employees at its headquarters in Merlach, which specializes in the development and production of swivel work chairs, standing aids and stools. The company was founded in 1965.

Population development

year population 1875 94 1900 87 1925 82 1950 116 1970 99 1987 93 2015 83

Attractions

The list of architectural monuments in Merlach contains three architectural monuments.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.sesslach.de ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 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. 
2. ^ Dorothea Fastnacht: Staffelstein. Former district of Staffelstein. Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 5: Staffelstein. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2007, ISBN 978 3 7696 6861 2 . P. 238
3. ↑ Heinz Pellender: TAMBACH from the Langheim monastery office to the Ortenburg'schen Grafschaft . Issue 3 of the publication series of the historical society Coburg eV, Coburg 1985
4. ↑ ^{a b} Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1123. , Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
5. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1159 . ( Digitized version ).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 300 . ( Digitized version ).
7. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1122 . ( Digitized version ).
8. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1000 . ( Digitized version ).
9. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 152 . ( Digitized version ).