Wonfurt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '  N , 10 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Hatred Mountains
Management Community :	Theres
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.37 km 2
Residents:	1989 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	97539, 97478
Primaries :	09521, 09528
License plate :	HAS, EBN, GEO , HOH
Community key :	09 6 74 219
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 3 97531 Theres
Website :	www.wonfurt.de
Mayor :	Holger Baunacher (CSU / Dampfacher List / Steinsfelder List)
Location of the municipality of Wonfurt in the Haßberge district

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

geography

Geographical location

Wonfurt is located in the Haßberge district, near the district town of Haßfurt .

Community structure

The five districts (population in brackets as of January 2009) are:

• Steam compartment (483)
• Petersmühle
• Reinhardswinden
• Steinsfeld (299)
• Wonfurt (1194)

The following districts exist : Dampfach, Steinsfeld, Reinhardswinden, Wonfurt.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (starting from the north clockwise): Haßfurt , Knetzgau , Donnersdorf and Theres .

history

Until the 20th century

The history of Wonfurt begins in the more recent Hallstatt period at the latest , as the burial mounds in the Dickerschlag forest area testify. Since an important river crossing there probably already existed in Celtic times, the ford, whose epithet could refer to both the Celtic won = meadow swamp and the Old High German wunnja = pastureland , has long been a bone of contention.

According to tradition, the castle in Wonfurt was originally a court of law. After the settlement of the Main area by the Franks , a central office (centurie) was founded there under Charlemagne , a headquarters for the court and administration of the surrounding settlements.

According to tradition, Wonfurt is said to have got its name from the first owner of this court, a woman Unfordi, whose husband had died in a campaign against the Thuringians and who owned the farm from 810 to 850. Since she had no descendants, she handed over her property to Count Albert von Babenberg, Burgrave of Theres , on the condition that the farm could only be handed over to a spiritual brotherhood if the Count or his descendants sold the farm.

The place was first mentioned as Uniforti in a Fulda deed in 905 . Count Adalberd, one of the Babenberg brothers, gave some places in the Volkfeld , including Uuunfurten (Wonfurt) with all rights , in exchange to “St. Boniface”, ie the Fulda monastery . The exchange contract was approved by King Ludwig the Child (900–911) in 904 in the royal court of Forchheim .

In the 10th century Wonfurt became the property of the Hersfeld Abbey . On February 5, 1015, it was exchanged by Emperor Heinrich II , who furnished the diocese of Bamberg, founded in 1007, with it.

The Manor (Schloss Wonfurt), based in Wonfurt since 1569 Barons of Seckendorf was the 1806 Grand Duchy of Würzburg of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany mediated and fell with this 1814 Bavaria. It has been privately owned by the von Bismarck families since 1978.

21st century

In 2005 the community celebrated its 1100th anniversary with a large village festival.

Incorporations

The municipality of Wonfurt has included the formerly independent municipalities of Dampfach and Steinsfeld since the territorial reform that came into effect on May 1, 1978.

Attractions

Seckendorff lock

St. Andrew's Church

St. Sebastian's Church in the Steinsfeld district

• Seckendorff lock

The castle is a fortified complex from the end of the 16th century with a square floor plan and four corner towers. It was redesigned in baroque style in 1695 . There is an arcade building in the inner courtyard . The former moated castle is used for chamber music concerts and literary events and can also be rented.

• St. Andrew's Church

Construction of the church began in 1817 according to the plans of the royal building inspector Bernhard Morell . The Pantheon in Rome served as a model . If you approach the town center, coming from Haßfurt, it dominates the townscape. The statues of St. Benedict and St. Catherine are on the large flight of stairs in front of the church . These figures come from the Benedictine Abbey Church of Obertheres, which was demolished in the course of the secularization and whose hewn stones and blocks were used to build the St. Andrew's Church.

• The Catholic cemetery chapel

from 1755 contains tombstones of the Lords von Fuchs from the 16./17. Century and a Rococo crucifixion group around 1750.

• The Eisenquelle natural monument

is northeast of Wonfurt. The spring funnel of the mineral spring is raised by tufa deposits .

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Wonfurt

politics

Municipal council

The municipal elections in 2014 and 2008 resulted in the following allocation of seats in the municipal council:

	CSU	Wonfurter List- SPD / Free Voters	Green	Stone fields list	Dampfacher list	total
2014	4th	2	2	2	2	12 seats
2008	3	2	2	2	3	12 seats

mayor

Holger Baunacher has been mayor since 2013 (CSU / Dampfacher List / Steinsfelder List); he was elected for a further six years on March 15, 2020 with 76.8% of the vote. His predecessor was Dieter Zehendner (CSU).

Economy and Infrastructure

Wonfurt has become one of the district's recycling locations; in addition to a large car recycling company and a cable recycling company, the district waste center is also located here.

traffic

Wonfurt is located directly on the Maintal motorway ( A 70 ), junction Theres / Haßfurt.

education

• Kindergarten Wonfurt
• Elementary School Dampfach

Culture

• The Schloss Wonfurt Music Festival has been held every summer since 2005. The organizer is the Bismarck'sche Salon.

Sports

• The TSV Wonfurt offers in addition to the main departments football, gymnastics, volleyball, tennis, hockey, and a varied course program.
• The sport fishing club Wonfurt, founded in 1965, had 150 members in 2004.
• The Association for Dog Sports Wonfurt offers regular events such as obstacle courses and dog tournaments.

Web links

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

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

• Bells ringing on BR-online
• Wonfurt: Official statistics of the LfStat

literature

• 1100 Years of Wonfurt 905–2005, The old Wonfurt in pictures , published 2004, ISBN 3-00-014175-8
• Series of publications of the historical association Landkreis Haßberge e. V., supplements, issue 2, lecture on the occasion of the anniversary evening for the 1100 year celebration on March 12, 2005 1100 years of history in Wonfurt ISBN 3-938438-01-0

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]/164732&attr=OBJ&val= 1646
3. ↑ Certificate of February 5, 1015 = RI II, 4 n. 1859 in: Regesta Imperii Online. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 760 .