Sondheim before the Rhön

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Rhön-Grabfeld
Management Community :	Ostheim in front of the Rhön
Height :	358 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.58 km 2
Residents:	921 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97647
Area code :	09779
License plate :	NES, CAN, MET
Community key :	09 6 73 167
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Marktstrasse 24 97645 Ostheim vdRhön
Website :	www.sondheim.rhoen-saale.net
Mayor :	Thilo Wehner
Location of the community of Sondheim vdRhön in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld

Sondheim vor der Rhön (officially: Sondheim vdRhön ) is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld and a member of the Ostheim vor der Rhön administrative community .

geography

Sondheim vor der Rhön is located in the Main-Rhön region about ten kilometers from Mellrichstadt .

Community structure

The two districts are:

• Sondheim vdRhön
• Stetten

There are the districts of Sondheim vdRhön and Stetten.

history

Until the 18th century

The Franconian settlement of Sondheim was founded around 525. The first documentary mention took place in 789. Sondheim to 1335 was the most important place in Baringau and seat of cents court . In 1359 it was elevated to the status of town, but town charter was not exercised. Between 1230 and 1435 the place was subordinate to the Bishopric of Würzburg and then came to the Lichtenberg Office , which until 1548 belonged to the County of Henneberg -Römhild and from 1555 to various Ernestine duchies , most recently from 1741 to Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach .

19th and 20th centuries

From 1808 Sondheim was part of the Thuringian " exclave Ostheim".

In 1840, Sondheim was destroyed by a great fire . Formerly an office of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, the Ostheim exclave came to the newly founded Free State of Thuringia in 1920 . In 1945, Sondheim came from Thuringia to Bavaria through administrative assignment of the US military government. In 1978, Sondheim became a member of the Ostheim administrative community.

Due to the former rule of the country, the villages of this former exclave are still predominantly Protestant, in contrast to the Catholic surrounding areas .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality of Stetten was incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 1132 inhabitants
• 1970: 1105 inhabitants
• 1987: 1061 inhabitants
• 1991: 1206 inhabitants
• 1995: 1217 inhabitants
• 2000: 1154 inhabitants
• 2005: 1066 inhabitants
• 2010: 0975 inhabitants
• 2011: 0982 inhabitants
• 2012: 0959 inhabitants
• 2013: 0956 inhabitants
• 2014: 0933 inhabitants
• 2015: 0928 inhabitants
• 2016: 0944 inhabitants

politics

Mayoress

Mayor Monika Götz succeeded Ulla Schröder (Free Voters' Association “Grenzland”) in 2002. In the direct election of the mayor in 2008, she was confirmed in office with almost 90% of the votes. In 2014 she resigned from office. His successor is Thilo Wehner.

Municipal council

The municipal council elections held in the same year with a participation of 68.59% came to the following result:

• Free voter association Sondheim (FWV): 53.87% (provides 7 municipal council members)
• Free voter community Stetten (FWG): 46.13% (provides 5 community council members)

After the 2014 election there was no change in the distribution of seats.

Bundestag elections

In the federal elections in 2005 and 2009, the voters voted for the following parties:

Political party	2009				2005
	First votes	%	Second-	%	First votes	%	Second-	%
CSU	289	52.5 (−9.9)	218	39.5	387	62.4	345	54.7
SPD	105	19.1 (−4.3)	86	15.6	145	23.4	149	23.6
FDP	53	9.6 (+5.7)	99	17.9	24	3.9	59	9.4
GREEN	46	8.4 (+5.5)	44	8.0	18th	2.9	17th	2.4
LEFT	45	8.2 (+5.3)	50	9.1	18th	2.9	21st	3.3
Other parties:	-	2.2 (−2.3)	-	10.0	-	4.5	-	6.3
NPD	11	-	13	-	25th	-	20th	-
REP	-	-	6th	-	-	-	9	-
FAMILY	-	-	9	-	-	-	3	-
BP	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-
BBC	-	-	1	-	3	-	4th	-
THE VIOLETS	-	-	2	-	not started	-	not started	-
The animal welfare party	-	-	7th	-	not started	-	not started	-
ödp	-	-	2	-	not started	-	not started	-
PIRATES	-	-	13	-	not started	-	not started	-
RRP	-	-	-	-	not started	-	not started	-
Rest	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BüSo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLPD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Community finances

The gross expenditure of the municipality in 2011 was € 2,099,824, in contrast to income of € 1,904,931. Of this, € 514,532 is for taxes and only € 29,900 for grants. The municipality's debts on the credit market and with the public purse amounted to € 635,000 in 2010, which is exclusively non-public debt.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Sondheim before the Rhön

Economy including agriculture and forestry

Employees subject to social security contributions

In 2016, according to official statistics, there were 179 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector and 22 in the trade and transport sector. Ten people were employed in other economic sectors at the place of work, subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 371 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were five companies in the manufacturing sector and one company in the main construction sector.

Agriculture and Forestry

In 2016 there were 18 farms (in 1999 there were 36). 673 hectares of the municipal area were used for agriculture, of which 277 hectares were arable land and 396 hectares were permanently green. 473 hectares were forested.

education

In the statistical survey on March 1, 2018, there were two day-care centers with a total of 56 places and 45 children in care, twelve of them under three years of age.

traffic

There are currently three bus routes in Stetten and two in Sondheim operated by the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Rhön-Grabfeld .

Web links

Commons : Sondheim vor der Rhön  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Sondheim vor der Rhön  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Sondheim vor der Rhön: Official statistics of the LfStat

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=[phone]/182916&attr=OBJ&val= 1612
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 520 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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 .
5. ↑ http://service.rhoen-grabfeld.de/kommunal08/vgostheim/9_3_000673167E.html
6. ↑ http://www.mainpost.de/regional/rhoengrabfeld/Musikvereine-Serenaden-Zink;art777,8121966
7. ↑ http://service.rhoen-grabfeld.de/kommunal08/vgostheim/6_3_000673167E.html
8. ↑ http://www.sondheim.rhoen-saale.net/Allgemeines/Rathaus/Ppolitik/Gemeinde--Stadtrat
9. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/bw2009/bw2009_gue.php?g=a&t=2&r=1&suchbegriff=Sondheim&s=1
10. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/bw2006/bw2005_gue.php?g=a&t=2&r=1&suchbegriff=Sondheim&s=1
11. ↑ https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online/data?operation=ergebnistabelleUmfang&levelindex=2&levelid=1355281499394&downloadname=71137-004r
12. ↑ https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online/data?operation=ergebnistabelleUmfang&levelindex=2&levelid=1355281427465&downloadname=71137-003r
13. ↑ https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online/data?operation=ergebnistabelleUmfang&levelindex=2&levelid=1355281753929&downloadname=71327-001r