Geiselwind is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (german: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. History After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally r ...

(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 a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

). Until administrative reform Geiselwind belonged to the region of

Middle Franconia Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...

. On the edge of the municipal area is the

Dreifrankenstein The Dreifrankenstein (German for ''Three Franconias Stone'') is a boundary stone that marks the tripoint where the three Franconian provinces of Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia meet in southern Germany. As part of the regional reforms in 1972 ...

("Three Franconia Stone"), where the regions of

and

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (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 F ...

meet.

Subdivision

Geiselwind has the following ''

Ortsteil A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population t ...

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,

Wends Wends ( ang, Winedas ; non, Vindar; german: Wenden , ; da, vendere; sv, vender; pl, Wendowie, cz, Wendové) is a historical name for Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various peopl ...

were settled in the

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ish 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 (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. 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

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

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 Freizeit-Land Geiselwind is an amusement park near Geiselwind, Germany. Covering 55 hectares, the park offers over 100 attractions, including 6 roller coasters. History The park was founded in 1969 by Ernst Mensinger under the name "Vogel-Pon ...

'' (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)