Oberwallenstadt

Oberwallenstadt City of Lichtenfels Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 11 ″ N , 11 ° 5 ′ 5 ″ E
Residents :	359 (1970)
Incorporation :	April 1, 1959
Postal code :	96215
Area code :	09571
	St. Elisabeth Chapel

Oberwallenstadt is a district of the Upper Franconian district town of Lichtenfels in the Lichtenfels district .

geography

Oberwallenstadt is located west of the Main , about two kilometers northeast of the Lichtenfels town center. Together with the Unterwallenstadt district , it borders directly on the city center. The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

history

Oberwallenstadt was first mentioned in 1143 as "Waldenstadt". Until 1802 the place belonged to the bishopric of Bamberg , until it was annexed by the Electoral Palatinate of Bavaria . With the community edict, the village , which had 160 inhabitants at the time, formed the community of Oberwallenstadt in the Lichtenfels district court from 1818 together with the neighboring Unterwallenstadt and Krappenroth .

In 1875 Oberwallenstadt had 281 residents in 106 buildings and was assigned to the Catholic church and school in Lichtenfels. In 1900 the rural community of Oberwallenstadt covered an area of 409.24 hectares, 564 inhabitants, 541 of whom were Catholic, and 105 residential buildings. 306 people lived in 56 residential buildings in Oberwallenstadt. The village was assigned to the parish of the Catholic and Protestant Church in Lichtenfels. 1950 the place had 437 inhabitants and 62 residential buildings.

On April 1, 1959, Oberwallenstadt was incorporated into the city of Lichtenfels. In 1970 359 people lived in the village.

Attractions

In 1984 the Catholic Chapel of St. Elisabeth was consecrated. The diocesan architect Manfred Erhardt had planned the replacement building with a somewhat unusual roof and tower construction for a chapel from 1938.

In the Bavarian list of monuments two monuments are listed for Oberwallenstadt .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 163 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b data on Oberwallenstadt on lichtenfels.de , accessed on August 12, 2017
↑ 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. 1078 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized ).
↑ 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. 1074 ( digitized version ).
↑ 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. 960 ( digitized version ).

[VZ1970-1] Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 163 ( digitized version ).

[lichtenfels.de-2] ta on Oberwallenstadt on lichtenfels.de , accessed on August 12, 2017

[3] 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. 1078 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized ).

[4] 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. 1074 ( digitized version ).

[5] 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. 960 ( digitized version ).