Eibelstadt is a town in the district of Würzburg

Würzburg (district)

Würzburg is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany.Neighboring districts are Main-Spessart, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim, and the district Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg...

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Bavaria

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Germany

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Geography

Eibelstadt is situated among vineyards on the right bank of the Main, 10 km southeast of Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

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History

The city was founded in 787 in the time of Charles the Great. In 1434 German Emperor Sigismund bestowed municipal rights after the civilians had supported his war against the Hussites.
In the course of an administrative reform in Bavaria today's municipality was built in 1818.

Population dynamics

Population increased from 2,023 in 1970, to 2,279 in 1987 and to 2,838 in 2000.

Politics

Heinz Koch (SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

) has been the mayor of Eibelstadt since 1990.
The tax income in 1999 was ~1523 T€, including approximately 263 T€ from business taxes.

City council

The 15 seats of the city council are distributed among the parties as follows:

• CSU
  Christian Social Union of Bavaria
  The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
  
   6 seats
• SPD 8 seats
• Grüne 1 seat

(as of March 2002)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a the half of a black lion with a golden crown. He grasps a rounded grape-vine with leaves and blue grapes in his pawns.

Sights

• completely preserved city wall (including the "Kereturm" (tower) from 1573)
• city square with a golden Marian column
  Marian and Holy Trinity columns
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• baroque building which formerly was the location of the "Würzburger Domkapitels"
• Church St. Nikolaus

Music

Two male (ATGV and Liederkranz) and one female choir (AGTV) as well as a two traditional bands.

Economy

As of 1998 927 people were subject to social contribution, out of which 23 people were working in agriculture, 169 in industry, 274 in commerce and 153 people in other areas.
There are six businesses in the building sector and 62 in agriculture. 140 ha land were used agriculturally, including 120 ha vineyards.

Public transport

The city is located at the Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße

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 B 13, approximately 2 km from the highway exit "Würzburg-Randersacker" of the Autobahn A3.
The closest train station can be found in Winterhausen, ca. 4 km from Eibelstadt.

Education

• Kindergarten including a nursery school
• Elementary school: 11 teacher and 274 students
• Library

Higher education available in Ochsenfurt and Wuerzburg.