Theres

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Hatred Mountains
Management Community :	Theres
Height :	228 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.78 km 2
Residents:	2705 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	88 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97531
Primaries :	09521, 09528
License plate :	HAS, EBN, GEO , HOH
Community key :	09 6 74 180
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 3 ; 97531 Theres
Website :	www.theres.de
Mayor :	Matthias Schneider ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Theres in the Haßberge district

Theres is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Haßberge and the seat of the Theres administrative community .

Lower theres from the southeast

Main at Untertheres

geography

location

The community is located on the banks of the Main, about 40 kilometers west of Bamberg and 20 kilometers east of Schweinfurt on the southeastern edge of the Schweinfurt Rhön .

Community structure

Theres is divided into seven districts:

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are (starting from the north in a clockwise direction): Schonungen , Haßfurt , Wonfurt , Donnersdorf , Grettstadt and Gädheim .

history

Until the church is planted

Theres was first mentioned in a document in 802. The no longer existing Benedictine monastery was founded around 1045 by Bishop Suidger von Bamberg . As part of the Hochstift Würzburg (or the Theres Monastery ), Theres belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 . After secularization in favor of Bavaria in the Peace of Pressburg (1805), it was given to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy , with which it finally fell to Bavaria in 1814.

Incorporations

The community was created in the course of the municipal reorganization in Bavaria on May 1, 1978 by amalgamating the communities Obertheres, Untertheres and Buch. On January 1, 1974, the Horhausen community was incorporated into Obertheres.

politics

The historic town hall of Obertheres (former courthouse)

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 members. In the municipal council elections in 2008 and 2014, the distribution of seats was as follows:

Party / list	2008	2014
CSU village community Untertheres	4th	4th
SPD	3	3
Oberthereser community list	4th	3
Voting community Horhausen	1	1
Theresa Democrats	2	2
Socially independent citizen community Theres	-	1
total	14th	14th

mayor

Mayor has been Matthias Schneider (CSU) since 2011, who received 50.48% of the votes in the first ballot with two opposing candidates. His predecessor was Hans-Peter Reis (constituency book and Horhausen). Schneider was re-elected on March 19, 2017 with 68.1 percent of the vote. The deputies of the mayor are the second mayor Joachim Türke and the third mayor Manfred Rott.

coat of arms

Theres's coat of arms shows a split shield with an oil kettle on the right flank and a fox on the left. The fox goes back to Abbot Gregor II. Fuchs , who worked as abbot in the Benedictine monastery Theres from 1715 to 1755. The oil boiler is the symbol of St. Vitus , who died a martyr's death in boiling oil around 304 . The coat of arms was designed in 1959 by the Schweinfurt heraldist Fritz Kretschmar and confirmed by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior on March 17, 1960. Originally the coat of arms of the municipality of Obertheres, it has also been the coat of arms of the municipality of Theres since 1978.

Culture and sights

music

Music Association Untertheres

The association founded in 1949 is one of the most active and successful associations in the Theres community. He regularly organizes concerts and other festive activities in town.

Musikverein Obertheres

The club was founded in 1965 and initially consisted of 15 active musicians. It currently has 154 members, 25 of whom are active musicians. Once a year, the association organizes the traditional Easter concert since 1972 .

Choral society "Frohsinn" 1889 Obertheres

In 1884 young men from Obertheres founded a sociable association called Frohsinn . They met in today's Gutschenke inn. At this time the first choral societies were formed. Since singing was increasingly the focus of the meetings, the association was renamed on December 14th, 1889 in Gesangverein Frohsinn . Later one joined the Franconian Singing Association . The Obertheres Choral Society is the oldest club in the Theres community.

The choir currently consists of 24 active singers. Once a week, 90 minutes of rehearsals are held under the direction of Bernhard Oberländer, mainly modern songs. The folk songs from the Ditfurth song collection are also maintained.

The choir of the Obertheres choir in the anniversary year 2014

Fixed dates throughout the year are the Christmas concert on the fourth Sunday of Advent in the Obertheres parish church and helping to organize the day of national mourning at the cemetery. Once a year concerts on various topics (e.g. musical, Italy, Ireland, Africa) are given, church services are organized and recitals are attended.

In 2014 the association celebrated its 125th anniversary.

Since 2009 the association has offered to sing along for a limited time or for the duration of a performance. Interested parties can try out choir singing without becoming a member.

Buildings

Benedictine monastery Theres

Architectural monuments

Regular events

The Obertheres gymnastics club organizes the strong beer festival once a year .
The brewing community Buch organizes a brewer's festival every two years in summer .
The fruit and horticultural association Buch celebrates an oven festival every September .
The Obertheres Choral Society always organizes a Christmas concert on the fourth Sunday in Advent .
The Unterthereser Dorfjugend organizes a New Year's singing every January 1st. This involves going from house to house and performing traditional songs. Generally speaking, people are invited to eat and drink after every singing performance.

Culinary specialties

For the strong beer festival in Obertheres, a special strong beer , the Theresator, is offered, originally brewed by the Haßfurt brewery Hiernickel and currently by the Kulmbacher brewery .

Personalities

Sons of the community

Johann Peter Wagner (* 1730; † 1809), sculptor
Johann Lorenz Joseph Schmitt (* 1737; † 1796), violinist
Joseph Martin Schmitt (* 1739; † 1809), composer
Johann Sebastian Barnabas Pfaff , (* 1747; † 1794), sculptor
Erwin Dotzel (* 1949), politician (CSU)

Personalities who have worked on site

Count Palatine Adalbert von Babenberg (* 854; † September 9, 906) from the Popponen family was beheaded at Theres Castle. His tomb, which was renewed in 1727, came after the dissolution of the Theres monastery and the demolition of the church on the Altenburg (Bamberg) and is located there in the passage of the gatehouse.
Johann Thomas Wagner (* 1691 in Gebsattel , since 1715 in Obertheres; there † 1769), sculptor
Franz Wilhelm von Ditfurth (1801–1880), collector of Franconian folk songs, was hosted by his brother, Baron Georg von Ditfurth, from 1830 to 1855 in Theres Castle, the former monastery.
Herman Schell (1850–1906), Catholic theologian and philosopher, worked as a chaplain in Obertheres before 1879.
Paul Maar (* 1937), author, born in nearby Schweinfurt, lived for a few years in Obertheres and also processed this time in books (e.g. potato beetle times).

Web links

Commons : theres - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the community of Theres
Entry on Theres's coat of arms in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Theres: Official statistics of the LfStat

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 ).

↑ Location database of the Bavarian State Library

^ 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. 759 and 760 .

↑ Election result of the mayoral election 2011 ( memento of the original from March 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Local administration Theres - The Mayors. Theres municipal administration, accessed on November 11, 2010 .
↑ Theres local administration - the coat of arms. Theres municipal administration, accessed on November 11, 2010 .
↑ Bavaria's municipalities. House of Bavarian History, accessed on November 11, 2010 .
^ Association news 2010 (PDF; 1.1 MB) Retrieved on November 15, 2010 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-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] Location database of the Bavarian State Library

[3] 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. 759 and 760 .