Pommersfelden is a community in the
Upper Franconia
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n district of
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
in
Germany
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.
Geography
The community lies north of
Höchstadt an der Aisch
Höchstadt an der Aisch, commonly known as Höchstadt (), is a town in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district, in Bavaria, Germany.
Geography
Höchstadt is situated on the river Aisch, 18 km northwest of Erlangen
Erlangen (; East Franconian: '' ...
on the river Reiche Ebrach.
Constituent communities
The community of Pommersfelden is subdivided into four ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural land units) with a total of ten settled centres, each given here with its own population figure:
*Gemarkung Oberndorf:
:Oberndorf 89
:Weiher (with Ziegelhütte) 102
*Gemarkung Pommersfelden:
:Limbach 273
:Pommersfelden 656
*Gemarkung Steppach:
:Steppach 922
:Stolzenroth 58
:Unterköst 39
*Gemarkung Sambach:
:Sambach 591
:Schweinbach 133
:Wind 62
The ''Gemarkungen'' have the same names as 4 of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a ''Gemarkung'' to be named after a town or village lying nearby, or in Pommersfelden’s case, within it).
History
As of the 14th century, Pommersfelden was owned by the Truchseß von Nainsdorf und Pommersfelden family. After the family had died out in 1710, ownership passed to
Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn-Buchheim (4 October 1655 – 30 January 1729) was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 to 1729 and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 to 1729. As Archbishop of Mainz, he was also Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empi ...
, Elector of Mainz and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg. With the Act of the
Confederation of the Rhine
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in 1806, the Counts of Schönborn saw their overlordship pass to
Bavaria
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. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the ''Gemeindeedikt'' (“Community Edict”) of 1818. Until 1972, Pommersfelden belonged to the district of Höchstadt an der Aisch.
Population development
Within municipal limits, 2,009 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 2,253 in 1987 and 2,653 in 2000. On 30 June 2007 it was 2,936.
Politics
The mayor is Gerd Dallner, elected in 2020.
The community council is made up of 14 members, listed here by voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds:
* Wählerblock Sambach: 5
* Freie Wählergemeinschaft Steppach: 5
* Bürgerblock Pommersfelden: 3
* Einigkeit Limbach: 1
Coat of arms
Pommersfelden’s
arms
Arms or ARMS may refer to:
*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
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might heraldically be described thus: Party per fess argent and gules, argent a pale azure, thereon an uppercase T argent and flanked by two embattled towers gules, gules a lion passant Or with two tails armed, langued and crowned azure on a mount of three.
In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to
euro
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s, amounted to €990,000 of which business taxes amounted to €174,000.
Economy
Transport
Through the municipal area runs the Strullendorf–Schlüsselfeld
railway
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line, although nowadays only goods are transported on it to and from
Schlüsselfeld
Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district (Landkreis) of Bamberg
Geography
Schlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald (forest) in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m abo ...
.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
In the south of the constituent community of Pommersfelden stands
Schloss Weißenstein
Schloss Weißenstein is a '' Schloss'' or palatial residence in Pommersfelden, Bavaria, southern Germany. It was designed for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz, to designs by Johann Dientzenhofer ...
(castle), built by
Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn-Buchheim (4 October 1655 – 30 January 1729) was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 to 1729 and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 to 1729. As Archbishop of Mainz, he was also Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empi ...
between 1711 and 1716, which is nowadays in private family ownership. The
Baroque
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castle houses an impressive stairway, an indoor garden grotto and a collection of
painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...
s that is worth seeing.
In the middle of the constituent community of Pommersfelden are still found the remnants of an old castle with a
moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...
, and in Sambach a
Jesuit
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, founders ...
castle. Neither, however, is open to the public. Furthermore, the constituent communities of Limbach, Pommersfelden, Sambach and Steppach each have a
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
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.
Parks
Schloss Weißenstein has an English landscape park from the 19th century.
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
The painter, restorer and gallery inspector
Joseph Dorn was born on 12 August 1759 in Kratz-Sambach, today’s Sambach. From 1802 he was an inspector at the Schloss Weißenstein gallery. Dorn died on 6 August 1841.
References
External links
Community’s website
{{Authority control
Bamberg (district)