Geiselwind is a

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Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (, ) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities). History After ...

(Bavaria) in the district of

Kitzingen Kitzingen () is a town in the Germany, German state of Bavaria, capital of the Kitzingen (district), district Kitzingen. It is part of the Franconia geographical region and has around 21,000 inhabitants. Surrounded by vineyards, Kitzingen County i ...

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. It has a population of around 2,300.

Geography

Location

Geiselwind is today in the region of

(

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

). Until administrative reform Geiselwind belonged to the region of Middle Franconia. On the edge of the municipal area is the Dreifrankenstein ("Three Franconia Stone"), where the regions of

and Middle Franconia and

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (, ) is a (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia, wh ...

meet.

Subdivision

Geiselwind has the following ''

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e'': Burggrub, Dürrnbuch, Ebersbrunn, Füttersee, Geiselwind, Gräfenneuses, Holzberndorf, Ilmenau, Langenberg, Rehweiler, Wasserberndorf and Freihaslach.

History

The name Geiselwind can be dated to the 8th century AD. At this time by decree of the German emperor,

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were settled in the Frankish area. Geiselwind market in today's Lower Franconia belonged to the sovereign ''Grafschaft von Schwarzenberg.'' With the Rheinbundakte in 1806 the place came to

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

. In the course of the administrative reforms of Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipality edict of 1818.

Demographics

In the area of the municipality, in 1970 2,125, in 1987 2,016 and in 2000 2,323, inhabitants were counted.

Governance

The

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is Ernst Nickel (free voter/land community). In 2002 he succeeded Gottfried Schaller (free voter/land community).

Economy

The local rate incomes amounted in the year 1999 to 997000 euro, of which the trade tax incomes (net) amounted to 303000 euros. In 1998 the number of employees on the social welfare contribution rolls was: *On the land and forestry and in the producing trade: 0 *In the region, in trade and traffic: 203 *In other economic sectors: 243 *Working at home: 802. In the processing trade there were 6 enterprises, in the building main trade 8 enterprises. In 1999 there were 109 agricultural enterprises with a farmed area of 21.07 square kilometres, of which 12.92 km² were arable and 8.09 km² of continuously grass. The largest employers are: * '' Freizeit-Land Geiselwind'' (Leisure park Geiselwind) * Lorry and truck terminal Strohofer * ''Reinlein Parkett''

Education

In the year 1999 the following schools existed: * Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 102 children * Elementary schools: 1 with 16 teachers and 278 pupils * Six-form high schools: None * High Schools: None

References

External links

Municipal website
{{Authority control Kitzingen (district)