Schönbrunn im Steigerwald ((); officially: ') is a community in the

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n district of

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and a member of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Burgebrach.

Constituent communities

Schönbrunn’s main and namesake centre is the biggest of its ''Ortsteile'' with a population of 916. The community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure: *Frenshof 174 *Fröschhof 10 *Grub 129 *Halbersdorf 91 *Niederndorf 82 *Oberneuses 83 *Steinsdorf 329 *Zettmannsdorf 199 :as of: 31 December 2004 The community also has 5 traditional rural land units, known in

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as ''Gemarkungen'', named Grub, Halbersdorf, Schönbrunn im Steigerwald, Steinsdorf and Zettmannsdorf, the same names as 5 of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a ''Gemarkung'' to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

History

The Bamberg bishop Berthold von Leiningen (1257–1285) acquired the castle and the village of Schönbrunn in 1280. The ''Amt'' established here was bit by bit slowly incorporated into the ''Amt'' of Burgebrach between the early 16th and mid-18th century. As part of the territories of the

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it passed with the ''

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'' of 1803 to

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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.

Population development

Within municipal limits, 1,793 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,732 in 1987 and 1,887 in 2000. On 30 June 2007, 1,932 inhabitants were counted. Over the next two and a half years, the population shrank slightly and on 31 December 2006 it was 1,902.

Politics

The mayor is Dirk Friesen (CSU).

Community council

The community council is made up of x members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds: *

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: 5 * BBL (Bürgerblock): 4 * CWG (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft): 2 In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to

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s, amounted to €621,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €98,000.

Economy and infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were 157 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses, and in trade and

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none. In other areas, 39 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 696 such workers worked from home. In processing businesses there were eight businesses, and in construction six. Furthermore, in 1999, there were 56 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 118 ha, of which 982 ha was cropland and 199 ha was meadowland.

Education

In 1999, the following institutions existed in Schönbrunn im Steigerwald: *one

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with 75 places and 72 children * one

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with 10 teachers and 175 pupils

References

External links

www.vg-burgebrach.de/schoenbrunn Community’s website
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