Waigolshausen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 10 ° 7'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Schweinfurt
Height :	244 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.76 km 2
Residents:	2712 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97534
Primaries :	09722, 09384
License plate :	SW , GEO
Community key :	09 6 78 190
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchstrasse 8 97534 Waigolshausen
Website :	www.waigolshausen.de
Mayor :	Christian Zeißner (Theilheim village community)
Location of the community Waigolshausen in the district of Schweinfurt

Waigolshausen is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . Until 1900 the spelling “Weigolshausen” was also common.

geography

Waigolshausen is located in the Main - Rhön region .

Community structure

Waigolshausen is divided into four districts:

• Dachheim
• Hergolshausen
• Theilheim
• Waigolshausen

There are the districts Hergolshausen (approx. 600 inhabitants), Theilheim (approx. 750 inhabitants) and Waigolshausen (approx. 1550 inhabitants).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Bergrheinfeld , Röthlein , Wipfeld , Schwanfeld and Werneck .

history

Until the church is planted

The first documentary mention as "Witoldeshusen" can be found in the ban on the wilderness of Emperor Heinrich to the Würzburg Bishop Adalbero von Lambach on June 22, 1060. As part of the Würzburg bishopric , Waigolshausen was part of the Franconian Empire from 1500 . The Hochstift Würzburg was secularized in 1803 in favor of Bavaria , then left in the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Electorate or Grand Duchy of Würzburg , with which it finally fell to Bavaria in 1814. The political municipality was established in 1818.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities Hergolshausen and Theilheim were incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 2537 inhabitants
• 1970: 2772 inhabitants
• 1987: 2614 inhabitants
• 1991: 2696 inhabitants
• 1995: 2699 inhabitants
• 2000: 2912 inhabitants
• 2005: 2893 inhabitants
• 2010: 2834 inhabitants
• 2015: 2770 inhabitants

politics

mayor

Christian Zeißner (Dorfgemeinschaft Theilheim) has been at the helm of the community since May 1, 2020. He was elected on March 15, 2020 with a turnout of 79.1% with 66.5% of the vote. Its predecessors were:

• May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2020: Peter Pfister (SPD)
• until April 30, 2008: Bruno Strobel (CSU)

Municipal council

Since May 1, 2020, the municipal council has been made up of 14 council members (plus mayor) from the following four nominations:

• CSU / Free Voting Community Waigolshausen 5 seats
• Theilheim village community 4 seats
• Joint list Hergolshausen 3 seats and
• SPD 2 seats.

coat of arms

The description of the municipal coat of arms introduced in 1982 reads: "In red under a silver railway wheel, two obliquely crossed silver vine knives".

Inter-municipal alliance

The municipality of Waigolshausen is a member of the Intercommunal Alliance Upper Werntal.

Culture and sights

Since 2006 there has been an annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Waigolshausen .

Every year at Pentecost, the music association organizes the Linden Blossom Festival in the town center.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Waigolshausen

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

At the station Waigolshausen the branches Wern Valley Railway to Gemünden from the railway Bamberg-Würzburg from. In 1998, according to official statistics, there were seven in the field of agriculture and forestry, 100 in the manufacturing sector and 29 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors 36 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 989 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were 15 companies in the manufacturing sector and one company in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 74 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1732 hectares, of which 1629 hectares were arable land and 86 hectares were permanent green space. Land consolidation should be implemented in the years 2008–2010.

education

• 150 kindergarten places with 134 children (as of 1999)
• a primary school in the Waigolshausen district

Personalities

• Luitpold Baumblatt (1806–1877), Jewish-Catholic convert, educator, specialist book author and local writer; had the Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria as godfather.

literature

• Parish office of the parish Sankt Jakobus the Elder (ed.): Chronicle of the 200th anniversary of the parish Waigolshausen, 1780–1980 , Waigolshausen 1980

Web links

Commons : Waigolshausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community Waigolshausen
• Entry on the Waigolshausen coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Postcards from Waigolshausen
• Waigolshausen: 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. ^ Bavarian State Library Online: Waigolshausen
3. ^ Anton Oeller: The place names of the district of Schweinfurt (= Mainfränkische Heimatkunde, Volume 8). Stürtz, Würzburg 1955, p. 32.
4. ↑ ^{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. 754 .
5. ↑ Mayoral election 2020 , accessed on July 6, 2020
6. ↑ 2020 municipal council election , accessed on July 6, 2020