Simmershofen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 32 '  N , 10 ° 7'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Middle Franconia
County :	Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Management Community :	Uffenheim
Height :	321 m above sea level NHN
Area :	34.19 km 2
Residents:	926 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97215
Area code :	09848
License plate :	NEA, SEF, UFF
Community key :	09 5 75 163
Community structure:	6 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Main street 14 97215 Simmershofen, Germany
Website :	www.simmershofen.de
Mayor :	Heinz Krämer
Location of the community Simmershofen in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim

Simmershofen is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia . She is a member of the Uffenheim administrative community .

geography

location

The community extends from the flat plateau between the right Tauber tributaries Gollach in the north and Steinach in the south to a little beyond the Steinach. The district drains mainly north to Gollach via the Mühlbach , which runs through the eponymous capital, and via the Wallmersbach southwest, which flows into the Steinach valley in the village of Equarhofen .

With the exception of small forest islands, the northern municipal area lies in open fields and is mainly used for arable farming. In the southern municipality on both sides of the Steinach there are somewhat larger forest areas.

Community structure

The municipality has six officially named municipality parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

• Adelhofen ( Kirchdorf )
• Auernhofen (Kirchdorf)
• Equarhofen ( parish village )
• Hohlach (Kirchdorf)
• Simmershofen (parish village)
• Walkershofen ( village )

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Gollhofen , Uffenheim , Adelshofen , Creglingen and Hemmersheim .

history

Early settlement

The Simmershofen region belongs to the early medieval phase of regional development after the place name auf -hofen . Archaeological finds, however, show a much earlier settlement. There are numerous finds from the Neolithic from Walkershofen , which are important evidence of the early farmers in the Tauberland. There is a large burial ground from the Hallstatt period near Equarhofen . Individual metal fittings were also found, which may belong to the early Middle Ages.

Hohenlohe

The name of the noble family Hohenlohe comes from that of the suburb of Hohlach, in which their ancestral castle Hohlach was temporarily located. In 1378 the Lords of Hohenlohe sold the castle and the city of Uffenheim to the Burgraves of Nuremberg .

History of the individual villages:

Simmershofen consists of the two medieval villages Simmershofen and Holzhausen. In the 13th and 14th centuries there was a line of the noble family of the Lords of Ehenheim (from Enheim ) in Holzhausen , who called themselves von Holzhausen here . The place name Simmershofen derives from "zu den Höfe des Sigimar". The place was heavily fragmented in terms of manorial power. The cent ( neck dish ) belonged to Uffenheim. In 1608, 12 of the 20 properties in Simmershofen were under margravial bailiwick , and in Holzhausen there were 13 hearths. The church patronage in Simmershofen is led by Michael and Crispin. In Holzhausen the church was under the patronage of Blasius (defunct parish church). There is also a Holy Cross Chapel on the eastern edge of the village. The entire municipality of Simmershofen belonged to the glory of the Lords of Hohenlohe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Since 1378 the burgraves of Nuremberg from the house of Hohenzollern (Uffenheim office) dominated here . In terms of manorial power, the villages were very fragmented - nobility, monasteries, hospitals, parishes - as the Uffenheim Gau is very fertile and generated corresponding returns for the medieval landlords. Until the Peasants' War in 1525, the imperial city of Rothenburg exercised important rulership rights here (village and community rule, lower court), which had to be ceded to Margrave Casimir von Ansbach as war compensation after the overthrow of the peasants .

Adelhofen is derived from "to the courtyards of Adelo". In 1608 Adelhofen had 43 properties, most of which were under the jurisdiction of the Uffenheim bailiwick. The manorial power was distributed as follows: 10 properties to the margravial box Uffenheim, 10 the monastery Tückelhausen, 4 the hospital Uffenheim, one each from the parish Adelhofen and one from the parish Öllingen, 3 the monastery Heilsbronn, two each to the church in Adelhofen and the early mass in Holzhausen, one of the Parish Langensteinach, two of the St. Leonhard chapel near Wallmersbach, one in the Waldmannshofen Castle , which belongs to the Rosenberg and which the Bailiwick also owned. St. Bartholomew is the patron of the church.

Auernhofen is derived from "zu den Höfe des Uro". The personal name contained is derived from the Ur, the aurochs . In the Middle Ages the place was splintered as a manorial estate. In 1608 the village had 31 teams, all of which were subordinate to the Uffenheim office and their own village farmers' court. Under the manorial system, 16 properties belonged to the Uffenheim box, two to the Frauental monastery , one each to the Tückelhausen monastery , the Auernhofen early mass, the Auernhofen church and the parish of Equarhofen; four churches in Auernhofen, two of the community and four were free. Patronage (after Fuchshuber): Blasius, previously Kilian; after Ramisch: Heiligkreuz and Blasius.

Equarhofen = "to the courtyards of the Eckeburg" = woman's name, cf. Walburga etc. Already in 1309 a pastor was named from Equarhofen, so the church over the Steinach already existed at that time. In 1408 "das alt burgstat" is mentioned, a fortification that had been in ruins for a long time. Assumptions that a castle - the "Eckwartsburg" or "Eckeburg" - was located at the site of the church in a slight spur position in the Middle Ages and that the church emerged from the castle chapel are not confirmed and should be checked. However, in the 14th century there was a branch of the Enheim in Equarhofen, possibly on the former large courtyard next to the church or on a large courtyard in the village. In 1608 Equarhofen had 41 properties, 31 of which were vogtable to Uffenheim, but otherwise were subject to interest and validity for other lords: 19 the Frauental monastery, two the Order of St. John, two that of Enheim, three of the community, one each to the hospital Aub and Heilsbronn Monastery. Six properties were valid and vogtable to the Frauental monastery, four to the Lord von Lochinger zu Walkersdhofen. Patronage: Kilian

Hohlach is derived from "to the high-lying wood". The castle Hohlach , whichno longer exists,was the seat of the noble lords of Hohenlohe in the 12th and 13th centuries, who originally named themselves after Weikersheim, then after Hohlach. The Hohenlohe castle may have stood in the village to the west of the church. To the north of the village is the baroque palace complex, dated 1718. When Gerlach von Hohenlohe sold his city and the Uffenheim office to Burgrave Friedrich von Nürnberg in 1378, Hohlach was excluded from the sale. In Hohlach the Enheim-Ubel sat as Hohenlohe, then Ansbach feudal people, as well as at Brauneck Castle . In 1608 Hohlach had 27 properties, nine of which were vogtable to Uffenheim, and 10 that of Enheim. After Enheim died out in 1645, the manor was lent to their heirs, in 1718 it came to the imperial chamber director Johann Gallus von Jacob, and in 1761 to the imperial director of provisions Johann Christian von Oettinger. From 1808 to 1935 it was owned by the Barons von Würtzburg. Patronage: Georg.

Walkershofen = "to the courtyards of Waltgar" owns a former imperial knighthood castle of the Lords of Enheim , from 1480 the Lochinger, from 1615 the Echter von Mespelbrunn , who had the current two-winged castle built with three protruding corner towers and a bastion tower, later often changing owners . The large manor, partly still preserved in its historical substance, formed the economic basis of the manor. In 1608 almost all of the around 20 farm properties were under the manor. The place has no church and has always belonged to the parish of Holzhausen / Simmershofen.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Walkershofen was incorporated. On July 1, 1972, Adelhofen, Auernhofen, Equarhofen and Hohlach were added.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 1,031 to 912 by 119 inhabitants or by 11.5%.

politics

Municipal council

The 2014 local elections produced the following results compared to previous local elections:

Allocation of seats in the municipal council 2014       A total of 8 seats Flat share : 2 WGA : 1 FWH : 2 FWA : 1 FWE : 2	Parties and constituencies		% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2008	Seats 2008	% 2002	Seats 2002
	Flat share	Electoral community	24.2	2	-	3	-	4th
	WGA	Voting Community Adelhofen	16.4	1	-	2	-	1
	FWH	Free voters Hohlach	20.0	2	-	2	-	2
	FWA	Free voters Auernhofen	16.4	1	-	2	-	2
	FWE	Free voters Equarhofen	23.1	2	-	3	-	3
	total		100.0	8th	100.0	8th	100.0	8th
	Voter turnout in%		77.0		-		-

badges and flags

The description of the coat of arms reads: Square of silver and black, top and bottom with a striding, looking, red armored and tongued lion in confused colors. The black-white-red municipal flag approved at the same time is not used.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Simmershofen

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Simmershofen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 5 : S-U . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1802, DNB  790364328 , OCLC 833753112 , Sp. 340 ( digitized version ).
• Helmut Haberkamm , Annalena Weber: Small collection of Franconian villages . Cadolzburg : ars vivendi Verlag , 2018. ISBN 978-3-86913-990-6 (pages 163 - 173)

Web links

Commons : Simmershofen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Community website
• Entry on the coat of arms of Simmershofen  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Simmershofen: Official statistics of the LfStat
• Simmershofen in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 25, 2019.

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. ^ Community Simmershofen in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 25, 2019.
3. ^ Rainer Schreg : An old excavation in the Hallstatt burial mound field Hut near Equarhofen, Gde. Simmershofen, Lkr. Neustadt ad Aisch-Bad Windsheim. Contributions to archeology in Middle Franconia 1, 1995, 22–34.
4. ↑ According to Elisabeth Fuchshuber, historical book of place names Uffenheim : respective place articles, as well as: Hans Karlmann Ramisch, district Uffenheim , Munich 1966 = Bavarian art monuments, short inventory, respective place articles
5. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 583 .
6. ^ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections. Bavarian State Office for Statistics 
7. ↑ Entry on Simmershofen on the Kommunalflaggen.eu page