Schönau an der Brend
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Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ' N , 10 ° 6' E |
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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 |
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Mayor : | Rudi Zehe ( CSU ) | |
Location of the community of Schönau ad Brend in the Rhön-Grabfeld district | ||
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:
- Burgwallbach
- Kollertshof
- Tractor mill
- Schönau an der Brend
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).
- Schönauer list 12 seats
(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
- Exercise wheel monument
- Julius Echter Church
Architectural monuments
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
- Entry on the coat of arms of Schönau an der Brend in the database of the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ "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 ).
- ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111121/182510&attr=OBJ&val= 1611
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ http://service.rhoen-grabfeld.de/kommunal14/vgnes/673602_000101/
- ↑ https://www.mainpost.de/regional/rhoengrabfeld/Markbergfest-mit-Gottesdienst;art765,4113591