Sulzthal

This article explains the municipality in Bavaria, the village in Styria see Sulztal an der Weinstrasse ; see also Sulztal .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 2'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Bad Kissingen
Management Community :	Your village
Height :	254 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.05 km 2
Residents:	852 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97717
Area code :	09704
License plate :	KG, BRK, HAB
Community key :	09 6 72 155
Market structure:	1 district
Market administration address :	Ermstaler Str. 18 97717 Sulzthal
Website :	www.sulzthal.de
Mayor :	August Weingart ( CSU )
Location of the Sulzthal market in the Bad Kissingen district

Sulzthal is a market in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen and a member of the Euerdorf administrative community .

geography

Sulzthal is located in a side valley of the Franconian Saale in the Main-Rhön region in the Bad Kissingen district (Altlandkreis Hammelburg). As the name suggests, Sulzthal is a community in a basin.

The place is surrounded by the Bugberg, Kappberg, Schlangenberg and Trieberg. The forest, which makes up a third of the community area and is almost entirely owned by the community, became an important basis for the financial prosperity of Sulzthal.

There is only the district Sulzthal.

Surname

etymology

The name Sulzthal was formed from the Old High German words sulzi and dal . They mean salt water and valley. The explanation is “valley with a salt spring”.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

• 0953 "Sulzidal"
• 1136 "Sulztal"
• 1415 "Solcztal"
• 1747 "Salzthal"
• 1802 "Sulzthal"

history

Local history

Beginnings

The first known mention of Sulzthal took place on January 1st, 953 as "Sulzidal" in connection with an exchange of goods between Otto I and the Fulda Abbey . Initially, Sulzthal consisted of only seven houses.

According to an old legend, a town in the “Höscht” corridor was once sunk into the swamp. During excavations in the 1960s, traces of settlement were found from several epochs, for example from around 5000 BC. BC, 4000 to 2500 BC BC (pottery shards) and 100 BC Chr. (Hut settlements, ceramic parts, a hand-forged piece of iron slag).

middle Ages

For a long time, the residents of Sulzthal lived from selling wood from the surrounding forests, from handicrafts and from viticulture. In addition to blacksmiths, carpenters and wagon shops , there were two Büttner businesses in Sulzthal until the 20th century . According to the village chronicler Arnulf Diez, one of the first known records of viticulture in Sulzthal dates back to 1097 when four vineyards in Sulzthal were donated to Theres Monastery . The end of viticulture was initiated during the Second World War with the ban on foreign resistant grape varieties by the National Socialists and finally took place after the end of the war.

Sulzthal has owned several monasteries over the centuries. Abbot Hermann I from the Bamberg monastery Michelsberg bought in 1136 a. a. the Mönchswiesen and the Bamberger Mühel in Sulzthal. The Mönchswiesen later became the property of the Aura Monastery . Other landowners were the monasteries Schönau and Frauenroth ; Since 1311 the Sulzthaler Zehnthof was owned by the Haug Monastery in Würzburg .

The place under the rule of the Lords of Trimberg came into the possession of the Hennebergers at the end of the 13th century when Heinrich von Trimberg married Countess Mechthild von Henneberg in 1234 and inherited the rights to Sulzthal; through the marriage of the heiress Adelheid von Trimberg and Hermann von Henneberg the new ownership became final.

According to oral tradition, the Sulzthal tradition of “quarter drinking” came into being at this time. When the daughter of Count von Trimberg received wine from the Sulzthal women on the occasion of her wedding, she was so grateful that her father gave the Sulzthal women one day a year at her request. From this the tradition developed that every two years a corresponding festival is celebrated on Rose Monday. The individual village quarters alternate in their orientation, from which the name quarter drinking probably derives, and invite the women of the whole place to do so.

The nickname "Sulzler Henneberger" for the Sulzthaler allegedly arose from a feud between Frowein von Hutten and Otto von Henneberg. Accordingly, Frowein von Hutten and Philipp von Thüngen invaded Sulzthal on October 13, 1472 and sacked the place. The Hennebergers attacked and then devastated the Joßgrund, an estate owned by the Lords of Thüngen and Hutten.

Sulzthal at the beginning of modern times

Sulzthal was twice temporarily evangelical, the first time when the Counts Berthold XVI. and Albrecht, who each owned half of Sulzthal, confessed to Protestantism. Sulzthal returned to Catholicism, when successively the ownership shares of Berthold XVI. (on November 19, 1552) and Albrecht (on July 20, 1585) went back to the Würzburg bishops . In 1585 Sulzthal became an independent parish. Another temporary commitment by Sulzthal to Protestantism took place during the Thirty Years' War .

During the term of office of the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , the Sulzthaler School was first mentioned (1578) and a fortification in the form of the 1,100-meter-long city wall (1581) was built.

Over the centuries Sulzthal was hit by plague epidemics several times, three times between 1151 and 1179, furthermore in 1257, 1312, 1339, 1437, 1553, 1568, 1583, 1611 and during the Thirty Years' War in 1635. From 1631 it came through in the war to looting by troops. In 1610 the harvest was completely destroyed by hailstorms. There was also great destruction from fires in the place. A first fire occurred in 1553 during the Second Margrave War , and another on Sunday, July 13, 1664, which almost completely destroyed the place. In 1796 the rinderpest raged in Sulzthal, which formed the occasion for the prayers in honor of Saint Sebastian . In 1808, during a downpour, the water level reached a height of 1.75 meters because of the Sulzthal valley.

Bavarian Kingdom

The former office of the Hochstift Würzburg was left to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany after secularization in 1803 in favor of Bavaria in 1805 to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria .

From the middle of the 19th century, emigration to America also triggered a decline in the Sulzthal population. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 a Sulzthal citizen lost his life.

From 1854 the fields on the plateau to the south were easier to reach and cultivate when a serpentine path was built there. At around the same time, three-field farming with winter cultivation, summer cultivation and root crops was introduced in Sulzthal . In 1886 the water pipeline was built, and in 1896 a separate postal agency was set up for Sulzthal. In 1888 a second Sulzthaler school was built on Gänshügel, and in 1898 in Eichstrasse a children's institution led by two nuns.

First World War and Weimar Republic

In the First World War , 170 men were drafted into military service, 31 of whom were killed in the fighting; many more were wounded. After the end of the war, Sulzthal had to struggle with inflation and high unemployment.

The first electric light in Sulzthal was installed on November 16, 1920.

National Socialism and World War II

National Socialism met with little acceptance in Sulzthal. In the last free election in 1933 , the NSDAP only got 29 percent; only twelve men joined the SA formed in the same year . Because of a blockade by the NSDAP, a non-resident had to be appointed mayor in the mayoral election of 1938.

In 1937, under strict secrecy, a repeater was built for telephone traffic at the southern exit of the town.

About 185 men from Sulzthal were drafted into military service during World War II . 66 of them fell or are missing; many returned from the war wounded. In 1952 the last Sulzthaler returned home from a Soviet captivity.

Sulzthal after 1945

In the mid-1950s, the local water supply (from 1954) and the sewer network (from 1955) were set up, and in 1958 the passage was expanded. The land consolidation carried out between 1960 and 1966 enabled nine agricultural businesses to develop new areas outside the narrow village area; some remote properties were connected to the electricity and water supply.

In 1951, plans by the American occupation army to expand the Hammelburg military training area to the Sulzthal border failed due to the resistance of the population and the objection of the Hammelburg member of the Bundestag Dr. Maria Probst . If the plans had been implemented, places to the south such as Wasserlosen and Greßthal would have been relocated and almost the entire district of Sulzthal would have been converted into a restricted military area.

As part of the municipal reform in 1972, Sulzthal came to the Bad Kissingen district . The state government promised money transfers in the event of incorporation into Euerdorf , but the Sulzthal population clearly opposed it. Attempts by the local council to change the minds of the Sulzthal residents were unsuccessful.

In 1978 Sulzthal, Aura an der Saale , Euerdorf and Ramsthal became members of the Euerdorf administrative community .

Population development

• 1961: 935 inhabitants
• 1970: 946 inhabitants
• 1987: 859 inhabitants
• 1991: 914 inhabitants
• 1995: 935 inhabitants
• 2000: 957 inhabitants
• 2005: 935 inhabitants
• 2010: 913 inhabitants
• 2015: 857 inhabitants

politics

Municipal council

After the last local election on March 16, 2014 , the local council has eight members. The turnout was 83.4%. The choice brought the following result:

CSU / community of voters	3 seats	(48.8%)
SPD / friends	3 seats	(30.0%)
Free community of voters	2 seats	(23.2%)

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

mayor

Mayor has been August Weingart (CSU) since May 1, 2014; he was elected for a further six years on March 15, 2020 with 73.1% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In silver on green ground, a green apple tree with golden fruits; The red capital letter S placed on the trunk. “Coat of arms history: The community Sulzthal received market rights from Emperor Friedrich III in 1472. The oldest known seal of the community from the late 16th century already shows the coat of arms with the tree. The inscription reads "S. OF THE FLECKEN SOLCZTAL ”. Another seal from around 1650 shows the same coat of arms. In the 19th century, the coat of arms was probably forgotten. It was not accepted again until 1959. The letter S used to be wrapped around the tree trunk. Today it is placed on the trunk (see Kaffee Hag album O. Hupp). It is used to distinguish it from other coats of arms with trees, which were popular coat of arms symbols in the 16th century.

The coat of arms was awarded on February 12, 1959 by the Ministry of the Interior.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Sulzthal

Economy including agriculture and forestry

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 356,000 euros in 1999, of which the equivalent of 20,000 euros was trade tax income (net).

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector 39 or in the trade and transport sector. Employees subject to social security contributions at the place of residence, there were a total of 310 companies. There were 18 companies in the manufacturing sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 26 farms with an agricultural area of ​​747 ha, of which 703 ha were arable land and 39 ha were permanent green space.

Club life

According to local writer Arnulf Diez, the first mentions of a music band in Sulzthal are in the parish registers for the period around 1600. In 1871, a musical train was created together with the volunteer fire brigade. From 1890 the Sulzthaler Kapelle trained military musicians and played at the spa concerts in Bad Kissingen . The activity of the band ended in World War II . Since 1976 the band has been active again with the support of a music association.

On January 4, 1871, 68 founding members were present at the Zum Hirschen inn, the volunteer fire brigade, which now has more than 200 members. In 1996 an LF 8/6 was purchased.

On December 26, 1903, the teacher Otmar Hofgesang and 51 other founding members of the Benkert brewery's inn, founded the singing association “Singer Lust” 1903 Sulzthal e. V. launched. During the First and Second World Wars , the club's activities came to a standstill; numerous members fell. In 1947 the association resumed its activities. The association, which celebrated its 60th and 75th anniversary celebrations, organizes song recitals and is involved in the organization of church services and some theater performances.

The first medical column in Sulzthal was established on October 17, 1926 in the Diez Inn with the participation of 19 active and 13 passive founding members on the occasion of a fruit show. On April 24, 1961, the minutes book was executed; the last entry before the Second World War is from April 10, 1938. After a first aid course by the Bavarian Red Cross at the suggestion of the motorsport club, six founding members founded the Sulzthal Red Cross local group on March 11, 1961.

The sports club VfR Sulzthal was founded in 1927 and offers football, aerobics, fitness and gymnastics. The first team plays in the district league north. Furthermore, the second team, the old men and children and youth teams for 6- to 17-year-olds are active in the club, which has over 300 members.

The first of two clubs that deal with equestrian sports in Sulzthal was the Reit- und Fahrverein Sulzthal und Umgebung e. V. founded in 1950. The club has been organizing tournaments since it was founded, including two Bavarian eventing championships and ten visual tests in classes M and S. It has so far achieved more than 200 wins and 1,100 placements. With the tradition of the "cross ride", the association organizes a blessing for riders and their horses, which takes place annually from 1950 to 1964 and every two years since 1983. The association has an average of 90 members.

On June 1, 1952, 20 motor sport enthusiasts founded the Motorsport Club (MSC) Sulzthal in the Diez restaurant to promote fair behavior in road traffic. In 1955 the association became a cooperative member of the evangelical traffic watch in Schweinfurt. The association organizes various social events and has more than 200 members.

Founded in 1970, the Homeowners Association is dedicated to gardening by homeowners and has more than 100 members.

The Verein Pferdefreunde Sulzthal is the second club in Sulzthal that deals with equestrian sports. It was founded on December 10, 1995 by 23 founding members. The association is dedicated to equestrian sports, especially versatility and the promotion of young talent, and organizes courses. He has already played several tournaments such as the Franconian championship of eventing riders in 1999.

The association Jagd- und Naturfreunde Sulzthal, founded on August 1st, 1997, deals with the promotion of hunting. He mainly organizes round tables, lectures and hikes. The association is the youngest association in Sulzthal so far.

The children's group Nature and Environment is dedicated to bringing the Sulzthal children closer to the love of nature and our earth.

The group of rural women is an institution of the Bavarian farmers' association and offers rural women, former farmers, further training courses and other things in housekeeping, horticulture and handicrafts. The Easter fountain and the churches and chapels of Sulzthal are annually decorated with embroidered jewelry by the participants.

Honorary citizen

• Arnulf Diez (1904–1965), former mayor and village chronicler

literature

• Market town Sulzthal: 1050 years Sulzthal - historical village festival - commemorative publication for the anniversary. 2003, OCLC 730034135 .

Web links

Commons : Sulzthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the Sulzthal coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Sulzthal: 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. ↑ ^{a b} Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 218 ( limited preview in Google Book search).