- Pommersfelden
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Pommersfelden.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 46
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 49
Lageplan = Pommersfelden.png
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberfranken
Landkreis = Bamberg
Höhe = 270
Fläche = 35.71
Einwohner = 2936
Stand = 2007-06-30
PLZ = 96178
PLZ-alt = 8602
Vorwahl = 09548, 09502
Kfz = BA
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 71 172
Gliederung = 10Gemeindeteil e
Straße = Hauptstraße 11
Website = [http://www.pommersfelden.de/ www.pommersfelden.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans BeckPommersfelden is a community in the
Upper Franconia n district of Bamberg.Geography
The community lies north of
Höchstadt an der Aisch 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 590:Schweinbach 133:Wind 62The "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 , Elector of Mainz and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg. With the Act of theConfederation of the Rhine in 1806, the Counts of Schönborn saw their overlordship pass toBavaria . 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 Hans Beck from the Wählerblock Sambach. 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: 1Coat of arms
Pommersfelden’s arms 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 s, amounted to €990,000 of which business taxes amounted to €174,000.Economy
Transport
Through the municipal area runs the Strullendorf–Schlüsselfeld
railway line, although nowadays only goods are transported on it to and fromSchlüsselfeld .Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
In the south of the constituent community of Pommersfelden stands Schloss Weißenstein (castle), built by Lothar Franz von Schönborn between 1711 and 1716, which is nowadays in private family ownership. The
Baroque castle houses an impressive stairway, an indoor garden grotto and a collection ofpainting 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 , and in Sambach aJesuit castle. Neither, however, is open to the public. Furthermore, the constituent communities of Limbach, Pommersfelden, Sambach and Steppach each have achurch .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 on12 August 1759 in Kratz-Sambach, today’s Sambach. From 1802 he was an inspector at the Schloss Weißenstein gallery. Dorn died on6 August 1841 .External links
[http://www.pommersfelden.de/ Community’s website]
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