Walsdorf (Upper Franconia)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Bamberg
Height :	273 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.23 km 2
Residents:	2614 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	161 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	96194
Area code :	09549
License plate :	BA
Community key :	09 4 71 208
Community structure:	5 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Schulstrasse 10 ; 96194 Walsdorf
Website :	www.walsdorf.de
Mayor :	Mario Wolff (Free List)
Location of the municipality of Walsdorf in the Bamberg district

Walsdorf is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg . It is located around ten kilometers west of the world heritage city of Bamberg . The largest Jewish cemetery and one of the oldest churches in the region are located in Walsdorf. As a result of its imperial knighthood past, the community has by far the highest proportion of members of the Protestant church in the Catholic district of Bamberg. The St. Laurentius Church is the mother church for the Protestant communities in the surrounding areas. The cultural heritage of the municipality can be seen in some architectural monuments, especially half-timbered houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

geography

location

Natural spatial map

In terms of regional planning, Walsdorf is part of the outer conurbation and is therefore a link between rural and urban communities. Compared to the neighboring municipality of Stegaurach , Walsdorf lacks a city bus connection, the way to Bamberg is around a third longer and the travel time to the Bamberg harbor industrial area is minimally shorter. The climatic conditions (annual mean temperature: 8 ° C, precipitation: 650–700 mm, vegetation period: 220–225 days) are favorable in comparison with Upper Franconia.

Districts

With effect from July 1, 1971, the formerly independent municipality of Kolmsdorf with the district of Feigendorf and on May 1, 1978 the municipality of Erlau joined the municipality. The 2655 inhabitants are spread over the unofficial district of Hetzentännig (six residents) and five official districts (as of 2013):

geology

The Aurach , an orographically left tributary of the Regnitz , flows from Feigendorf through the five districts towards Stegaurach . Most of the area lies in the natural area of the Central Franconian Basin . Between Zettelsdorf and Feigendorf, the Steigerwald borders the Aurach in the west. Both areas are a sub-group of the Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land , in which mainly sandstone Keuper can be found. The Aurach divides the landscape into a northern and a southern hill country. The part north of the Aurach extends up to 70 meters above the valley floor and is criss-crossed by usable landscape areas. In the valley there are mainly meadows on which ponds were previously created. The southern hill country is largely covered with forest, has steeper elevations and has a stronger relief. The two old town centers of Zettelsdorf and Kolmsdorf used the valley floor north of the Aurach between south-tapering hills in the north and the course of the river. The valley floor is filled with Holocene valley sediments and tends to become wet, slopes and heights are formed from the layers of the middle and lower castle sandstone . The valley floor is criss-crossed by numerous drainage ditches that were created to make the soil more usable. Occasionally, dolomite comes to the surface in the form of arkosen . The soils and the slopes consist of easy-to-work, but nutrient-poor brown or parabroun earths . One characteristic is the small-scale, sometimes abrupt change in soil type. In the past, sources of raw materials such as clay pits and limestone quarries were used.

Flora and fauna

With traditional agriculture, a mosaic of hay meadows, reed areas and tall herbaceous meadows has formed in the Aurach Valley . One of the largest reed areas in Upper Franconia lies between Walsdorf and Kolmsdorf . Marsh harriers and bluethroat can be found there as well as the endangered Wiesenknopf and the Wiesenknopfbläuling . The green hippopotamus is of particular importance . It can only be found in bodies of water with a high water quality and is considered to be highly endangered.

Since 2006, a larger area in the Aurach Valley between Walsdorf and Kolmsdorf has been grazed with Heck cattle all year round. The name of the Aurach is derived from the aurochs , which was part of the local fauna until the Middle Ages. The animals should take over the ecological function of the extinct aurochs and preserve and create species-rich habitats. However, it was found that the 22 Heck cattle, unlike the aurochs, do not eat reeds. To compensate for this shortage, six water buffalo and one conical mare were purchased in 2011 . Both species are reed eaters and alternate between an area in Feigendorf and the Heck cattle area. Due to the special technique of the Koniks to get hold of reeds, mixed grazing was sought. Further growth is planned for the Koniks. The settlements take place as part of the flood and renaturation measures on the Aurach. The water is kept longer in the bank area, creating moist meadows. However, excessive overgrowning of the moist meadows or even the formation of a riparian forest should be avoided, as this would have a negative effect on flood protection. The maintenance of the hard-to-manage areas is left to the animals alone. The uneven grazing creates new habitats and contributes to increasing ecological diversity. Group tours are held on the 20 and 18 hectare areas by the Bamberg Landscape Management Association.

history

etymology

The origin of the place name is not clearly clarified, the derivation from the word "Walchen" or "Welsche" seems possible in relation to the history of the settlement. This was the name of the Franks for the "strangers", by which the previous residents were meant. However, it is more likely that it is traced back to the oldest known spelling “Wahlesdorf”. This is related to a wealthy Rhenish count family of the Alwahalons named Walah who lived in the area at the time .

Settlement

The place is one of the oldest settlements in the Aurachgrund. The emergence of the parish is dated to the Carolingian period. The mention of Lisberg as a parish place around 802 in the monastery archive in Fulda can, however, be interpreted as an indication that Walsdorf has existed for much longer. Several burial mounds in the west indicate that the place was created by the settlement of the Celts . As the first documented mention of Walsdorf it is listed in the oldest Würzburg feudal book for the year 1317 with the wreath of the surrounding places as the "Bamberg fiefdom of the Leutersheim von Lisberg".

Domination


Thüngfelder and Crailsheim coat of arms

Walsdorf's fate was determined by changing rulers, whereby the location in the border area between the dioceses of Bamberg and Würzburg created a certain freedom for independent development. As a Bamberg fiefdom in the possession of the Leutersheim zu Lisberg , it was transferred to the Lords of Thüngfeld in 1399 , who in 1524 once again gave "Castle with forecourt and ditch and village including the toes there and at Zettelsdorf along with large and small lakes ..." to Wolf von Crailsheim ( as "Krewelsheim") sold. The tomb of Heinz von Thüngfeld († 1500) at the parish church testifies to the importance of this family. The rule of the von Crailsheim family from 1525 had a particularly formative effect. They determined religious affiliation, local structure and prosperity of the place as a wealthy market town in the northern Steigerwald .

These landlords were supporters of the Reformation and were part of the guard of Martin Luther on his way to Worms . They took the patronage right from the hands of the Bamberg cathedral dean and forced the subjects to accept the Protestant doctrine of the faith (approx. 1550), which, however, led to decades of quarrels with the diocese of Bamberg and to the temporary expropriation of all property. During this time, some of the Protestant services had to be held in the castle. With Johann Erdmann, who was declared insane, the line of the Walsdorf Crailsheimers died out in 1669. The property went to Wolf Bernhard von Crailsheim (1595-1652), whose son Krafft von Crailsheim founded the Walsdorf-Neuhaus Foundation. The entire fiefdom was registered as basic equipment, the proceeds were to be used for the university education of the entire Crailsheim family. According to Kraft, after the transition into family ownership, an official should take care of the Walsdorf Castle. However, it remained unused and deteriorated over time.

During the Counter Reformation , Walsdorf was forcibly recatholicized. After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 the von Crailsheim got back the place, which according to the principle Cuius regio, eius religio returned to the evangelical confession. Most of the surrounding areas became Catholic again in the course of the 17th century, but Walsdorf remained a Protestant enclave in the Bamberg Monastery and also looked after Bamberg's Protestants until 1807.

With mercantilism , the view prevailed that the wealth of a state structure depends primarily on the number of its inhabitants. Due to the imperial knights 'enormous baroque need for representation, numerous new settlers, mostly Protestant religious refugees, from the Palatinate, Austria and Switzerland came to the village towards the end of the Thirty Years' War. In 1756, many Protestants from the re-Catholicized Lisberg found refuge in Walsdorf. The high level of immigration led to a strong development of the handicrafts early on.

In 1805 the knighthood of the monasteries Bamberg and Würzburg came to Bavaria, in 1810 large parts of the land probably also had to be surrendered in Walsdorf. With the exception of a few parcels, the local property withdrew to the low-yielding corridor in Aurachgrund near Walsdorf and Zettelsdorf. During the coalition wars, the war costs exceeded Walsdorf's financial possibilities, which is why the Crailsheimers took them over and appropriated the local forest piece by piece. In the 19th century, this led to great tensions between the citizens and the Crailsheim House, which remained the landlord until the abolition of the manor in 1848 and patronage until 1964 . The still high proportion of the Evangelical Lutheran population (38% in 2011) in contrast to the predominantly Catholic communities in the area (1987) results from this time . It wasn't until 1972 that a church was built for the Catholic community, which had developed after World War II.

Cent Hoheneich

Martin Seger 1575

The Cent Hoheneich was first mentioned in 1320 and existed until the beginning of the 19th century. It was subordinate to the Würzburg prince-bishop and was located on the border between the monasteries of Bamberg and Würzburg. The twelve lay judges met in the open air, next to the centstone on which the judgment was read out one last time, pillory and gallows were part of the equipment. The court usually met four times a year, and when the weather was bad, people gathered in Tütschengereuth . The two prisons were located in Trunstadt and Lisberg Castle. The court took its name from the Hoheneich farm north of Walsdorf. This fell at the latest at the end of the 16th century in the course of Crailsheim's accession to power, as 60 out of 100 days of work were left to the parish to avoid the building of the church and the farm did not have to be enfeoffed. The names Heiligenholz and Heiligenfeld are reminiscent of the farm. The map of the Würzburg court painter from 1575 with the cent Hoheneich is also the first cartographic representation of Walsdorf.

Fall mastery

Today not much bears witness to the more than 250-year history of the former Fallmeisteriedlung Hetzentännig . The animal carcass recycling facility for Northern Bavaria is currently located nearby. At the beginning there was a letter from the local lord of Walsdorf from Crailsheim zu Fröhstockheim dated October 24th, 1760. In the text of the letter, the bearer of the letter is presented to the bailiff Bayer in Walsdorf as Johann Konrad Rhein, who wanted to settle in the village:

“Although it is not to be desired that such a person should find his nourishment from the cattle case, such a thing is not absolutely necessary in this case, but he feeds himself with the leather trade, which he works himself, and also lays heavily on the medicine and will consequently do no harm to the place, and I therefore think that one should assign him a place to build a little house [...]. "

This began a long battle between bailiff Bayer and Fallmeister Rhein, against whose settlement many objections were raised. The main reason for the rejection was that the Fallmeister belonged to Catholicism, as is evident from Bayer's first letter: “Because he, with his wife and children, would be devoted to the opposing religion [it] would presume to draw in Munich and priests day and night [and] Unfortunately, it is all too well known how the adversarial clergy eagerly endeavors to snatch the whole body when it reaches the smallest member. "Von Crailsheim replied that the case master should be assigned a place which is" closest to a Catholic place ". In addition, he had to leave the place for spiritual support in the event of illness and he should “not be authorized to keep some cattle [...].” Bayer pointed out that a resolution had existed since 1722 “to tolerate the Catholic residents of the time without being hurt, but no more new ones to take [...] ”and that“ of the 12 Catholic subject households found here in 1722 only one still exists. ”The Catholic Andreas Möhrlein from Bamberg was banished from his estate and the miller from Mönchsambach due to his denomination the purchase of the Walsdorfer Mühle is prohibited. Three years later the fall house was still not built. The case master urged Bayer to finally give him all the permits and hand over the timber he had paid for. Ultimately, the fall master Rhein won the wrestling with the bailiff Bayer.

In July 1764, the property on Tütschengereuther Weg was measured, and in the same month the protest made further waves. The Centgraf Weiß von Eltmann was also angry about the planned settlement of the case master:

"Centuntertanen zu Tütschengereuth complained that if such a house was built, they would certainly be exposed to many thieves by such rabble gathering in it [...]."

The fall maintenance facility was built between autumn 1764 and spring 1765. However, there was no calm in the village, in 1765 the residents filed a formal complaint. The fall master should be prohibited from meeting with the local master craftsmen. In the lower inn, the White Lamb, arguments had already been fought. In contrast, the Fallmeister seemed to enjoy a good reputation among the local authorities. In response to the letter from Centgrave Weiss, the office was instructed:

"At the first opportunity, the same wanted to take over the goiter powder of the present fall master [...] and in greater quantity than the previous time."

Perhaps it was the art of drug production by the Rhine fall master that gave the Walsdorfers the “Catholic” fall mastery despite several years of quarrels. Over the decades, the fall masters rose to become full church members. Michael Hegel and his stepson rebuilt the Fallkeisterei and a building across the street in 1860 and 1864. Traces of the Catholic creed can still be seen in the street-side gable of the Fallmeisterei. The wall niche Madonna installed in 1860 is the only evidence of popular Catholic piety in Walsdorf.

Jewish community

Cemetery with Tahara house

Ornately decorated tombstone

Settlement

The history of the Jews in Walsdorf began in 1608 with the pawnbroker Menlein Jud , which initially only lasted until the middle of the Thirty Years' War (1630). Only eight Jewish families can be found in Walsdorf again in 1672. Due to the rise in prices, there were attacks on Jews in the Bamberg Monastery in 1699 . The landlord of Crailsheim settled the Jews, who were distributed across Walsdorf, on Schafberg from 1724, creating the Walsdorf Jewish Quarter. The admission of Jewish settlers was extremely lucrative, in addition to the two to three times the collection fee, fees such as bounty, New Year's fee, funeral fee and “Schächtaccis” (slaughter fee for Jewish butchers) could be charged. In 1792 there were 22 families of Jewish faith in Walsdorf. At the time of the transition to Bavaria in 1804, there were 28 families with around 120 family members, making the Jewish citizens a fifth of the population. In 1813, after the registration section of the Bavarian Jewish legislation was abolished, quite a few Jews became craftsmen or farmers. In the middle of the 19th century the community shrank due to the emigration of Jewish families; the first moved to the surrounding cities, others emigrated to America. In 1907 the now small Jewish community united with that of Trabelsdorf . Walsdorf was part of the Burgebrach district rabbinate .

synagogue

In 1731 the feudal lord of Crailsheim approved the construction of the Walsdorf synagogue , which was built in 1732 on manorial land above a rock cellar . It belonged to the von Crailsheim family until 1862, when the Jewish school became the property of the Kehillah , the Jewish community of Walsdorf . In the same year it was rebuilt and renovated. Further renovations took place in 1903 and 1930. The building is a massive hall with a flat gable roof and high arched windows . At the door you can see a central column with a capital . The oculus and walled-up arched windows are visible on the east facade . The synagogue was opened on 8./9. Inaugurated August 1862 by the district rabbi Hartwig Werner from Burgebrach . In 1940 the synagogue was sold to a local family by the Jewish community. This modest synagogue in the south of the mansion, though narrowed down by newer extensions, still bears witness to the small Jewish community. Today it is badly in need of repair and unused. The attitude of the current owner can be read on the front door of the former synagogue: "God protect me from dust and dirt, lightning, fire, war and monument protection!"

National Socialism

In 1933, 23 Jews were still living in Walsdorf. Due to the increasing reprisals and the consequences of the economic boycott, eleven left or emigrated in the following years. During the November pogrom in 1938 , SA people from Bamberg broke into the synagogue and destroyed the doors, windows and the furnishings. At the last moment, the decision was made not to torch the synagogue because the neighbors feared for their houses. The next day, the children were taken to the scattered prayer books to stoke a fire with them. In 1939, the gravestones of the Jewish cemetery were to be used as road construction material, but this was prevented because “you have enough suitable stones and the Crailsheim cemetery is also owned”. Seven Jewish residents were deported to Izbica in April 1942 . The only person spared from this deportation, Rosa Karl, died in September 1942 while being transported to Theresienstadt . The memorial book of the Federal Archives lists a total of nine Jewish citizens living in Walsdorf and eleven Jewish citizens born in Walsdorf who fell victim to the Holocaust . Pastor Förtsch wrote: "The congregation ends one Sunday when all the remaining Jews were loaded onto a truck under police supervision and taken away to an unknown destination."

Walsdorf Jewish cemetery

The Jewish cemetery is still a striking characteristic of the formerly independent Jewish community. The facility, mentioned for the first time in 1628, was established in 1676 with 1.61 daily work and with 1084 graves is the largest Jewish cemetery in the Bamberg district. Since the 17th century it was jointly owned by the Jewish communities of Bamberg , Bischberg , Burgebrach , Grasmannsdorf , Lisberg , Reichmannsdorf , Trabelsdorf , Trunstadt , Viereth and Walsdorf. In 1742 a new half-timbered Tahara house was built. The approx. 12 m × 8.6 m large building is entered from the east. The four rooms can be reached from an approximately four meter long corridor. In the first room on the left there is an old tahara table. Two plaques on the wall say that the building was built in 1742 at the expense of Elieser Lippmann and his wife. Most of the tombstones are made of sandstone and only a few of the younger ones are made of granite. Until 1851, the Bamberg Jews were also buried in Walsdorf in the absence of their own cemetery. The inscription on the pillars of the entrance gate reads: “The entrance to eternal life is this. The souls swing to paradise. The covers slumber sweetly in graves. 1887 “In 1887 the entrance gate was rebuilt, on the right side the inscription is in Hebrew, on the left in German. The older part of the cemetery is behind the entrance gate and the younger part is on the slope of the steeply sloping terrain. The cemetery was desecrated in 1936 and 1946, among others. A book of the dead from 1812 to 1848 with the names of the Bamberg Jews buried in Walsdorf has been published.

Former synagogue
Synagogue door
Synagogue window
Synagogue capital
Entrance gate on the left
Entrance gate on the right
Gravestones frontal
Gravestones on the reverse
Tahara house

Village structure

Cadastral plan 1846

Walsdorf to Regnitz 1851

The structure of the village can be roughly divided into three parts: the place where it was founded with a line of courtyards and the former castle area to the west, the late medieval settlement expansion east and especially west of the village center and the relatively new Jewish quarter from the 18th century south of the Aurach. The castle with a moat to the east of the current Crailsheimer Amtshaus stood at the intersection of Talstrasse and an old north-south connection. On the cadastral plan from 1846, the market square between the castle and the Weißes Lamm inn is still clearly visible. In 1885, the merchant Johann Herzog built the so-called duke's house in the urban style from the stones of the castle, east of the Grubert bakery. In addition to the fall master's workshop, the town's special buildings included the stately brickworks on Schafsberg, the stately sheep farm at the end of the town towards Zettelsdorf, the synagogue above the former rock cellar and the Jewish cemetery. The fire in the Stirnweiss district in 1929, which could only be extinguished after three days with reinforcements from the Bamberg fire brigade, destroyed a large part of the village center. With the “Brünnla” on the Mühlbach with a group of trees, a bench, boundary stones, a well house and a pond, a piece of the historical village image has been preserved, due to the flood-prone and unsafe building site. The former edge of the village is not recognizable, only the large areas of the orchard and the former area of the summer cellar of the Stirnweiss brewery still indicate this.

economy

As a farming and handicraft village with a lime hut, sawmill, three nail smiths and various building craftsmen such as joiners, carpenters, glaziers and bricklayers, Walsdorf was of supra-local importance. The role as a parish, seat of rule and Jewish community as well as the presence of a country doctor at the beginning of the 19th century reinforced this. Until the 18th century there were seven fish ponds, with the Actum Walßdorff from July 31, 1760, the four ponds between Walsdorf and Zettelsdorf were drained to alleviate the "meadow problem". The ponds probably took up the entire area between the two villages, from the middle of the 19th century the area is listed as a pond. In the early 19th century, hops and orchards replaced wine growing. Due to the dense population, a double culture of arable farming and orchards was operated. Above all, plums that have been sold fresh or pushed into the oven with "Dörzennen", tray-like wickerwork made from the clematis vitalba . In the second half of the 19th century, storable beer and potatoes were used to build rock cellars on a large scale. The cavities, which were partially cut down to the sandstone, also favored the construction, which gave Walsdorf a wealth of rock cellars that is still visible today. After the First World War, the forest area Langes Land shown on the above map from 1851 was almost completely cleared for reparations payments and partially reforested in the 1930s. Today the population has fully recovered and the historic change in the landscape is no longer visible from the adjacent sports field. The frog catcher also existed until the 1930s. The frog catchers from Priesendorf used the side ditches of the Aurach as a hunting ground to get hold of the frog legs . The rake was used as a fishing utensil, with the style of which the frogs were killed after they were pulled out. The historically most important road connections were the Michelsberger Weg to Bamberg, the Ampferbach Weg and the Kühtrieb to Tütschengereuth for access to the wooded areas in the Weipelsdorf Forest to which one had usage rights.

Site and culture

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split of gold and red, in the base of the shield covered with a black shield, in it a gold bar; in front a black horse brake, underlaid with a red leather rope, behind a silver rust. "

Justification of the coat of arms: The Rossbremse is based on the lords of Thüngfeld who ruled in the 15th and 16th centuries. The coat of arms on the base of the shield provides information about the defining role of the Crailsheim noble family . The grate in the right wing is the typical attribute of St. Lawrence . It reflects the great importance of St. Laurentius Church for the population and the surrounding area at the time. The halves of the shield show the colors of the coat of arms of the neighboring high monasteries Bamberg (black-gold) and Würzburg (silver-red).

Laurentius Church

The St. Laurentius Church is one of the oldest Protestant churches in the Bamberg district . The oldest part is the church tower from the 14th century. The church burned down twice and was rebuilt in 1577 and 1608. The von Crailsheim family had it redesigned. From 1701 to 1759 it received a new interior in the Baroque style and the tower a Welsche hood. Since 1806 it has been the mother church of the evangelical parishes in the area.

Architectural monuments

The Crailsheim hunter's house as well as the official and the forester's house are of cultural and historical importance and local attractions.

Events

Walsdorf is known nationwide for its farmers' market. A large number of farmers, direct marketers, exhibitors and craftsmen present their goods there and give an insight into traditional handicrafts. The main attraction of the farmers' market is the Bulldog Parade, during which up to 100 vintage cars cross the village. Further events are the Ballers Night, the carnival ball, the fish dinner, the Maibock tapping, the Midsummer bonfire, the Quattro-Fun tournament and the parish fair. In addition to the inn, the grounds of the old Stirnweiss brewery and the school gym, large wooden pavilions at the sports center and on the cycle path between Walsdorf and Erlau are available for community events.

Sports and clubs

There are currently 29 clubs in the municipality of Walsdorf. The largest is the SV Walsdorf with 770 (as of 2008) members and the eight departments football, table tennis, bowling, gymnastics, tennis, chess, shooting sports and athletics. The community has a forest sports area with a 400-meter track, a basketball court, four tennis courts and two soccer fields as well as a small multi-sports facility. The club newspaper Volltreffer appears for the home games of the first men's soccer team and reports on club life.

Education and youth work

There is a primary school with four classes, 85 students (as of 2013) and lunchtime supervision that is professionally run and supported by the association frei (T) RAUM. In 2014, 112 kindergarten places were available in two Protestant kindergartens, of which 87 were occupied. In the Chill Out youth club in the partially renovated Herzogenhaus, children from the age of twelve can meet on Tuesday and Friday. The implementation takes place within the framework of the youth work model (JAM). The aim of the cooperation project is to ensure good internal and inter-community networked youth work and is start-up financed by the Bamberg district.

religion

For a long time, Walsdorf was the only municipality in the Bamberg district with a predominantly Evangelical Lutheran population. In 1987, 57.3% of the population were Evangelical Lutheran and 41.0% Roman Catholic. Today it is the other way round: According to the census on May 9, 2011, 46.7% of the population are Roman Catholic and 37.1% Evangelical Lutheran. 16.2% have another religion or are non-denominational.

politics

mayor

Mario Wolff (Free List) has been mayor since May 1, 2020, who prevailed against a competitor with 65.10% of the vote. He is the successor to Heinrich "Heiner" Faatz (CSU). This was confirmed in 2002 as successor to Hans Heinrich Köhlerschmidt (CSU / Free List), in 2008 with 88.92% and in 2014 without opposing candidates with 76.33% of the votes. Second mayor is Werner Auer (Free List), who was first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2008 and 2014. Since the dissolution of the administrative community in January 2013, the town hall has been located in the former administrative wing of the Walsdorf school.

Municipal council

With a turnout of 54.95%, the following parties and voter communities were elected to the Walsdorf municipal council in the 2014 local elections: Free List with seven seats, CSU with five seats and the SPD with two seats.

Administrative community

On May 1, 1978, the Walsdorf community formed an administrative community with the neighboring communities of Stegaurach , Lisberg and Priesendorf , from which the latter two left on December 31, 1979. From January 1, 1980, only Stegaurach and Walsdorf were member communities of the Stegaurach administrative community . In a meeting on June 12, 2007, the Walsdorf municipal council requested that it become independent again. The community assembly of the Stegaurach administrative community, the Stegaurach municipal council, the municipal supervisory authority of the Bamberg district office and the specialist supervision of the Upper Franconian government spoke out in favor of not dissolving the Stegaurach administrative community. The State Ministry of the Interior also drew attention to a number of negative consequences if the administrative community were dissolved. Among other things, the previous administration is certified to be highly efficient and warned of a considerable additional need for investment and personnel costs. The mayor rejected the criticism, however, with the words: "There are no changes, nothing is more expensive". Since the municipality of Walsdorf upheld its application, the Bavarian state parliament passed the law of December 4, 2012, which released the municipality of Walsdorf into independence again from January 1, 2013.

Population development

With the opening of the border, the number of inhabitants rose by a third within ten years. In 2006 the population peaked at 2,689. The high growth rates could not be maintained after 2000, but are sufficient to keep the population stable despite the birth deficit.

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 1727 to 2620 by 893 inhabitants or 51.7%, which is the highest percentage growth in the district in the period mentioned.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a balanced mix of craft, industry and agriculture in the community. The craft include in particular timber construction as well as painters and tilers. The two largest companies by far were Unex Metall and der Rebhan '.

Former large companies

Rebhan

Kunststofftechnik Rebhan GmbH is a subsidiary of Rebhan GmbH & Co. KG FPS with headquarters in Zurich. In 2011, the corporation BayernLB Private Equity bought the majority of the shares in the manufacturer of plastic packaging. The company manufactures hollow packaging for cosmetic, chemical and pharmaceutical products. In January 2013, all shares were taken over by Certina , a holding company specializing in "sustainable restructuring of problematic cases". The Walsdorf site has meanwhile been closed without media attention, the group of companies still lists production sites in Stockheim and Poland on its website.

Unex metal

The company is active in the field of metal and plastics processing and today employs around 100 people. The company, which has been based in Walsdorf since 1957, gradually relocated to Oberhaid by 2013. The vacant company building was intended to serve as emergency accommodation for up to 150 refugees, but this was averted by the Walsdorf municipality buying the building. Instead, the construction of a fire department center was planned. In December 2015, the municipal council passed a non-public decision on a new usage concept for buildings and surrounding open spaces.

Hospitality

There are five restaurants in the municipality as well as accommodation in five guest houses, two holiday apartments and one holiday home. In addition to a supermarket, there is a traditional bakery and a butcher shop each. The "Weißes Lamm" restaurant has been closed since January 6, 2016, after 246 years. However, a new tenant is being sought. The regional newspaper writes: "Suddenly the village no longer has a center, and for 2016 13 local associations and groups have to think about the location of their plans, not to mention the organization of the parish fair."

Breweries

According to a longstanding tradition, beer is no longer brewed in the community. The Stirnweiß brewery in Walsdorf closed in 1967 and the Kiessling brewery in Erlau in 1996 .

Security and social affairs

The community has nine playgrounds, a community library and an old people's home. There are voluntary fire brigades in Erlau, Kolmsdorf-Feigendorf and Walsdorf.

traffic

982	Walsdorf - Stegaurach - Pettstadt - Hirschaid and back
986	Walsdorf - Lisberg - Steinsdorf - Burgebrach and back
988	Stegaurach - Walsdorf - Burgebrach - Ebrach and back
989	Bamberg - Walsdorf - Ampferbach - Trossenfurt and back

Walsdorf is on the state road St 2276, eight kilometers from the federal highway 70 . There is a bus connection to Bamberg every hour. With the purchased ticket it is possible to use the Bamberg city bus service free of charge. The locals often use the bus stop in Mühlendorf , one kilometer from Erlau . This is connected to the Bamberg public utility network and enables trips to Bamberg at shorter intervals, especially on weekends. Night lines and late evening connections to Bamberg are only available in the public utility network. Every Friday a “swimming bus” from the community goes to the indoor pool in the community of Burgebrach .

Personalities

German Killinger (1844–1940), district director in Alsace-Lorraine

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Walsdorf . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 6 : V-Z . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1804, DNB 790364328 , OCLC 833753116 , Sp. 91 ( digitized version ).
Johann Fleischmann: Mezuzah 3. Traces of the Jewish past in Aisch, Aurach, Ebrach and Seebach. The Jewish cemeteries of Zeckern, Walsdorf, Aschbach, Uehlfeld, Mühlhausen, Lisberg, Burghaslach and Reichmannsdorf. Mühlhausen 2002, ISBN 3-933623-07-3 , pp. 103-158.
Norbert Haas: Died in Bamberg, buried in Walsdorf: a contribution to the history of the Jewish community in Bamberg 1809–1851 . Bamberg 1994, DNB 950352640 .
Wolfgang Kraus, Berndt Hamm and Meier Schwarz (eds.): More than stones ... Synagogue memorial volume Bavaria. Volume I, prepared by Barbara Eberhardt and Angela Hager with the collaboration of Cornelia Berger-Dittscheid, Hans Christof Haas and Frank Purrmann. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-411-3 , pp. 214-220.
Walther Rösch (text), Max Gardill (color photos): Walsdorf , published on behalf of the Evangelical (Elisch) -Luth. (Erischen) rectory and the community of Walsdorf. Max Gardill publishing house, Bamberg approx. 1982, DNB 821043641 .
Israel Schwierz: Stone evidence of Jewish life in Bavaria. A documentation . Edited by the Bavarian State Center for Political Education . Munich 1988, ISBN 3-87052-393-X , p. 223.
Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Walsdorf . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 565 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Walsdorf (Oberfranken) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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 ).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Villages in District VII - Walsdorf Municipality of Walsdorf

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 430 .

^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 673 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Statistics Municipal 2014 Bavarian State Office for Statistics

↑ Landscape development concept Upper Franconia-West region ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Government of Upper Franconia

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f cultural landscape inventory Walsdorf-Erlau community Walsdorf

↑ Brochure Lebendiger Aurachgrund ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2007 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. (PDF; 2.6 MB) Landschaftspflegeverband Landkreis Bamberg e. V.

↑ Schwarzblauer Wiesenknopfbläuling Bavarian State Office for the Environment

↑ Green River Jungle Bavarian State Office for the Environment

↑ In the valley of the aurochs ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 825 kB) Franken Magazin

↑ Lucifer's youngest children Infranken.de

↑ Water buffalo in Walsdorf Infranken.de

↑ landscaping project in Aurachtal Infranken.de

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Settlement history of the Walsdorf community

↑ ^a ^b The Walsdorf Neuhaus Foundation of the Walsdorf community

^ Reformation in Walsdorf Walsdorf community

↑ 1987 census Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing

↑ Desertification in the area of Walsdorf, Walsdorf municipality

^ History of the Walsdorf Fallmeister community of Walsdorf

↑ A synagogue for bargain hunters ( memento of the original from January 6, 2014 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. Jungle World

^ Sign on the Wikimedia synagogue
↑ Commemorative Book - Victims of Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 Federal Archives
^ Jews in Walsdorf Franken Wiki
↑ The history of the Jews in Walsdorf Walsdorf community
↑ Country Jews in Walsdorf community Walsdorf
↑ Chronicle ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 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. Walsdorf volunteer fire department @1@ 2

↑ History of the coat of arms of the Walsdorf community

^ History of the Laurentius Church Evangelical Church Community Walsdorf

↑ state of emergency in Aurachtal Infranken.de

↑ Farmer's market is a magnet for visitors Infranken.de

↑ SVW event calendar ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SV Walsdorf@1@ 2

↑ Event calendar 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 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. Walsdorf community @1@ 2

^ Associations of the Walsdorf community

↑ Club data ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SV Walsdorf@1@ 2

↑ Direct hit online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SV Walsdorf@1@ 2

↑ Lunch care free (T) RAUM

↑ Youth work ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 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. Walsdorf community @1@ 2

↑ Municipal councils ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 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. Walsdorf community @1@ 2

↑ Announcement of the official final result for the election of the municipal council (PDF; 56 kB) Walsdorf municipality

↑ Interview to the administrative association Stegaurach Infranken.de

↑ Audio interview with Mayor Faatz of Bayerischer Rundfunk

^ Information on the imminent administrative reform in the municipality of Walsdorf

↑ Chronology of the population of the municipality of Walsdorf

^ Walsdorf: Statistics Kommunal 2003 Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing

^ Rebhan company register

↑ New owner for the Rebhan plastic packaging group ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lease currently @1@ 2

↑ Packaging manufacturer has new majority shareholder Kunststoff Web

↑ Change of shareholder at the packaging manufacturer ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Plastic web@1@ 2

↑ Company description Certina Holding AG

↑ Production sites Official website of the Rebhan Group

↑ Chronicle Official Website of UNEXiS

^ Walsdorf (district of Bamberg): A town against asylum seekers? TVO.de

↑ Emergency accommodation does not come to Walsdorf Infranken.de

↑ Unex site: Not all questions have been clarified yet Infranken.de

↑ Tourism and restaurants in the Walsdorf community

↑ Overnight accommodation in the Walsdorf community

↑ Weißes Lamm "is probably history Infranken.de

↑ List of former Franconian breweries ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 212 kB) Fraenkische-brauereien.com @1@ 2

^ Schools, kindergartens and playgrounds in the Walsdorf community

↑ Fire brigades of the municipality of Walsdorf Municipality of Walsdorf

↑ Directions to the Walsdorf community

↑ Timetable Walsdorf-Bamberg Transport Association Greater Nuremberg

↑ Public transport use of the Walsdorf community

↑ Community finances ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2013 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. Walsdorf community

[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 ).

[wals-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Villages in District VII - Walsdorf Municipality of Walsdorf

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 430 .

[4] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 673 .

[Statistik-5] Statistics Municipal 2014 Bavarian State Office for Statistics