Pommersfelden
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n district of Bamberg
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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 SchönbornLothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 until 1729, and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 until 1729.Lothar Franz was born in Steinheim am Main in 1655 to Count Philip Erwin of Schönborn...
, 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
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 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: 1
Coat of arms
Pommersfelden’s armsCoat of arms
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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.
Transport
Through the municipal area runs the Strullendorf–Schlüsselfeld railway line, although nowadays only goods are transported on it to and from SchlüsselfeldSchlüsselfeld
Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg-Geography:Schlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m above sea level....
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Buildings
Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 until 1729, and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 until 1729.Lothar Franz was born in Steinheim am Main in 1655 to Count Philip Erwin of Schönborn...
between 1711 and 1716, which is nowadays in private family ownership. The Baroque
Baroque
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castle houses an impressive stairway, an indoor garden grotto and a collection of painting
Painting
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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
Moat
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, and in Sambach a Jesuit castle. Neither, however, is open to the public. Furthermore, the constituent communities of Limbach, Pommersfelden, Sambach and Steppach each have a church.