Schönau an der Brend

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Coat of arms of the community of Schönau ad Brend
Schönau an der Brend
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Schönau ad Brend highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '  N , 10 ° 6'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Rhön-Grabfeld
Management Community : Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Height : 320 m above sea level NHN
Area : 15.57 km 2
Residents: 1231 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 97659
Area code : 09775
License plate : NES, CAN, MET
Community key : 09 6 73 163
LOCODE : DE SZO
Community structure: 4 districts
Association administration address: Goethestr. 1
97616 Bad Neustadt ad Saale
Website : www.schoenau-brend.de
Mayor : Rudi Zehe ( CSU )
Location of the community of Schönau ad Brend in the Rhön-Grabfeld district
Fladungen Hausen (Rhön) Bundorfer Forst Burgwallbacher Forst Forst Schmalwasser-Nord Forst Schmalwasser-Süd Mellrichstadter Forst Steinacher Forst rechts der Saale Sulzfelder Forst Weigler Willmars Nordheim vor der Rhön Sondheim vor der Rhön Stockheim (Unterfranken) Mellrichstadt Mellrichstadt Ostheim vor der Rhön Oberelsbach Bischofsheim in der Rhön Bischofsheim in der Rhön Sandberg Schönau an der Brend Hohenroth Niederlauer Burglauer Strahlungen Salz (Unterfranken) Bastheim Oberstreu Unsleben Wollbach (Unterfranken) Bad Neustadt an der Saale Heustreu Hendungen Hollstadt Rödelmaier Wülfershausen an der Saale Höchheim Saal an der Saale Aubstadt Herbstadt Trappstadt Großeibstadt Großbardorf Sulzfeld (im Grabfeld) Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke Thüringen Landkreis Haßberge Landkreis Schweinfurt Hessen Landkreis Bad Kissingenmap
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Gym wheel monument in Schönau an der Brend

Schönau an der Brend (officially: Schönau ad Brend ) is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld and a member of the Bad Neustadt an der Saale administrative community .

geography

Schönau an der Brend is located in the Main-Rhön region .

Community structure

Schönau an der Brend is divided into four districts:

There are the districts of Burgwallbach, Schönau an der Brend and Kollertshof.

history

Until the church is planted

The office of the Hochstift Würzburg belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 . After the secularization of 1803 in favor of Bavaria in 1805, it was left to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms, the current community was created with the community edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality of Burgwallbach was incorporated.

Population development

  • 1961: 1143 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1258 inhabitants
  • 1987: 1353 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1381 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1431 inhabitants
  • 2000: 1443 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1397 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1319 inhabitants
  • 2011: 1262 inhabitants
  • 2012: 1260 inhabitants
  • 2013: 1239 inhabitants
  • 2014: 1228 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1237 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Schönau ad Brend has twelve members (excluding the mayor).

(Status: local elections on March 2, 2008)

Even after the election in March 2014, the municipal council has 12 members, all of whom are on the Schönau list.

mayor

Mayor of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria has been Rudolf Zehe since May 1, 2008 .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Architectural monuments

Markberg Cross

Markberg Cross

North of Schönau, the Markberg Cross, which is already visible from the B 279, has been located on the 425 meter high Markberg since 1965. The first 19 meter high Markberg cross was made of spruce and was replaced in 1973 by a cross of the same height made of larch wood because of its poor condition. In 1998 this was replaced by the 23-meter-high Markberg Cross, which still exists today, the crossbeam of which is covered with a protective copper veneer. The Markberg Cross was financed by the Kolping Family, which also holds the Markberg Festival on the second Sunday in September, one of the most popular regular events in Schönau an der Brend at the foot of the Markberg Cross.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 114 employees subject to social insurance at the place of work in 2017 and 506 employees subject to social insurance at the place of residence, resulting in a commuter surplus of 392 people. In 2016 there were ten farms. 399 hectares are used for agriculture, 230 hectares of which are arable and 168 hectares of permanent green area.

traffic

In the past, the railway to Bischofsheim ran through the town. Today the only public means of transport is the bus: there is the public line 8305 from Bad Neustadt to Gersfeld and back, as well as a school bus for the children of the elementary school to Burgwallbach . 

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2018):

  • 1 day care center with 61 places and 48 children

Personalities

  • Otto Feick (1890–1959), inventor of the gym wheel , lived in Schönau after being expelled from the Palatinate by the French and founded a metal workshop there.

Web links

Commons : Schönau an der Brend  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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=+20111121/182510&attr=OBJ&val= 1611
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 741 .
  4. ↑ http://service.rhoen-grabfeld.de/kommunal14/vgnes/673602_000101/
  5. ↑ https://www.mainpost.de/regional/rhoengrabfeld/Markbergfest-mit-Gottesdienst;art765,4113591