Bischberg
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Bischberg is a community in the Upper Franconia
n district of Bamberg
lying at the forks of the rivers Regnitz
and Main some 5 km west of Bamberg
.
The community’s name derives from Bischofsberg. Supposedly, the Bishop
(Bischof in German
) of Würzburg
charged the community’s founder with establishing a base at the important confluence of the rivers Regnitz and Main.
and Hallstadt
.
as a Gemarkung. Each has the same name as the neighbouring constituent community (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).
The first figure gives the total number of inhabitants, the second the number of inhabitants whose only residence is in the named place, the third the number of inhabitants whose main residence is in the named place and the fourth the number of inhabitants whose residence in the named place is a secondary one.
Before Secularization
, Bischberg belonged to the High Monastery at Bamberg. The most important landowner was the Michelsberg Monastery, which in the 18th century also held the local overlordship. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community has belonged to Bavaria
. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the Gemeindeedikt (“Community Edict”) of 1818.
and Main led to the community’s becoming an important way station for the log drivers
from the Frankenwald
(forest). In log driving history, Bischberg is called the “second stop”.
The first stop for log drives coming from the Kronach
area was Schwürbitz. The next station was then Bischberg. As the Regnitz’s outflow into the Main strengthened this river considerably, twenty-seven of the small rafts that had been driven here downstream could be lashed together to make a Stück (“piece”, meaning a great timber raft), which could then be driven farther down the Main, and then by way of the Rhine all the way to the Netherlands
. Later developments in road
and railway transport, however, ended the need for these drives, and timber floating died out.
The community council is made up of 20 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds:
fields, the Hauptschule has a community indoor swimming pool
with a 25-metre basin.
, France
.
.
business in the community alive as the last of five breweries
that once made beer
here, and whose beers are internationally recognized, is worthy of mention.
Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia is a Regierungsbezirk of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia , all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern .With more than 200 independent breweries which brew...
n district of Bamberg
Bamberg (district)
Bamberg Land is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the town of Bamberg. The district is bounded by the districts of Lichtenfels, Bayreuth, Forchheim, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim, Kitzingen, Schweinfurt and Haßberge.- History :The history of the...
lying at the forks of the rivers Regnitz
Regnitz
The Regnitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length.The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northwards through the cities of Erlangen and Forchheim...
and Main some 5 km west of Bamberg
Bamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
.
The community’s name derives from Bischofsberg. Supposedly, the Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
(Bischof in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
) 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....
charged the community’s founder with establishing a base at the important confluence of the rivers Regnitz and Main.
Geography
Bischberg lies in the Upper Franconia West planning region. The nearest railway stations are the ones in Trunstadt, BambergBamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
and Hallstadt
Hallstadt
Hallstadt is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg on the left bank of the Main, 4 km north of Bamberg.-Geography:Hallstadt borders in the south on the city of Bamberg and in the west on the Main. There are two constituent communities named Hallstadt and Dörfleins...
.
Constituent communities
Bischberg’s constituent communities are Bischberg, Rothof, Trosdorf, Tütschengereuth and Weipelsdorf, each with an adjoining traditional rural land unit, known in GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as a Gemarkung. Each has the same name as the neighbouring constituent community (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).
Population figures
All population figures are as of 1 January 2007.The first figure gives the total number of inhabitants, the second the number of inhabitants whose only residence is in the named place, the third the number of inhabitants whose main residence is in the named place and the fourth the number of inhabitants whose residence in the named place is a secondary one.
- Community of Bischberg as a whole: 6,318/5,747/292/279
- Bischberg: 4,523/4,098/216/209
- Trosdorf: 818/748/36/34
- Tütschengereuth: 728/678/29/21
- Weipelsdorf: 249/223/11/15
History
Bischberg had its first documentary mention in 1013 as Biscoffesberge.Before Secularization
Secularization
Secularization is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions...
, Bischberg belonged to the High Monastery at Bamberg. The most important landowner was the Michelsberg Monastery, which in the 18th century also held the local overlordship. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community has belonged to Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the Gemeindeedikt (“Community Edict”) of 1818.
Timber floating
Bischberg’s location at the forks of the rivers RegnitzRegnitz
The Regnitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length.The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northwards through the cities of Erlangen and Forchheim...
and Main led to the community’s becoming an important way station for the log drivers
Log driving
Log driving is a means of log transport which makes use of a river's current to move floating tree trunks downstream to sawmills and pulp mills.It was the main transportation method of the early logging industry in Europe and North America...
from the Frankenwald
Frankenwald
thumb|View to DöbrabergThe Franconian Forest is a mid-altitude mountain range in Northern Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the district of Upper Franconia and forms the geological connection between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest...
(forest). In log driving history, Bischberg is called the “second stop”.
The first stop for log drives coming from the Kronach
Kronach
Kronach is a town in Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, located in the Frankenwald area. It is the capital of the district Kronach.Kronach is the birthtown of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Maximilian von Welsch, as well as Johann Kaspar Zeuss and Josef Stangl....
area was Schwürbitz. The next station was then Bischberg. As the Regnitz’s outflow into the Main strengthened this river considerably, twenty-seven of the small rafts that had been driven here downstream could be lashed together to make a Stück (“piece”, meaning a great timber raft), which could then be driven farther down the Main, and then by way of the Rhine all the way to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Later developments in road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
and railway transport, however, ended the need for these drives, and timber floating died out.
Politics
The full-time mayor is Johann Pfister from the Bürger-Initiative (BI).The community council is made up of 20 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds:
- Bürger-Initiative (BI): 7
- CSUChristian Social Union of BavariaThe 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...
: 5 - SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
: 3 - Aktive Bürger (AB): 2
- Freie Wählergemeinschaft (FWG): 1
- Forum: 1
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: 1
Education
The community of Bischberg has at its disposal the following educational institutions:- Grundschule Bischberg (primary school)
- HauptschuleHauptschuleA Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
Bischberg
Sport and leisure facilities
Besides the many footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
fields, the Hauptschule has a community indoor swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
with a 25-metre basin.
Town partnership
Since August 1987, a partnership has existed with Montauban de BretagneMontauban-de-Bretagne
Montauban-de-Bretagne is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.Previously known as «Montauban», the name was changed to «Montauban-de-Bretagne» in 1995.-Demographics:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Culture and sightseeing
The umbrella organization for Bischberg’s clubs is the Ortskulturring Bischberg.Sport and sport clubs
The RKB Solidarität Bischberg 1925 e.V. has many times been the German champion in outdoor cycle ballCycle ball
Cycle ball, also known as "radball" , is a sport similar to football played on bicycles. The two people on each team ride a fixed gear bicycle with no brakes or freewheel. The ball is controlled by the bike and the head, except when defending the goal.The sport was introduced in 1893 by a...
.
Buildings
The most striking building other than the church is the Unteres Schloss (“Lower Palatial Castle”) built in 1743 by Carl Maximilian Zollner von Brand on the occasion of his wedding. Today the building houses a Greek restaurant.Regular events
The Bischberger Kirchweih, a church consecration festival, is held yearly from the Thursday before to the Monday after the first Sunday in September.Culinary specialities
Besides the fish from the Main and Regnitz caught and marketed by the local fishermen’s guild, the Brauerei zur Sonne, which is keeping the brewingBrewing
Brewing is the production of beer through steeping a starch source in water and then fermenting with yeast. Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BCE, and archeological evidence suggests that this technique was used in ancient Egypt...
business in the community alive as the last of five breweries
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
that once made beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
here, and whose beers are internationally recognized, is worthy of mention.
Transport connections
- Bundesstraße 26 from RiedstadtRiedstadtRiedstadt, with its municipal area of 73.76 km² is Groß-Gerau district's biggest town by land area. It lies in Hesse, Germany, about 12 km southwest of Darmstadt.-Location:...
(Groß-GerauGroß-GerauGroß-Gerau is the district seat of the Groß-Gerau district, lying in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region in Hesse, Germany, and serving as a hub for the surrounding area.-Location:...
) to Bamberg - Maintalautobahn A 70 from SchweinfurtSchweinfurtSchweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
to Bayreuth - BA 36 local connection to BambergBambergBamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
- City bus connection line 6 BambergBambergBamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
and OVF lines 601 Viereth-TrunstadtViereth-TrunstadtViereth-Trunstadt is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg lying on the Main.-Viereth:Viereth lies in the northeast outliers of the Steigerwald and right on the Main’s south bank...
, 641 PriesendorfPriesendorfPriesendorf is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and a member of the administrative community of Lisberg.-Geography:...
and 82?? to Bamberg
Volunteer fire brigades
- FFW Bischberg
- FFW Trosdorf
- FFW Tütschengereuth
- FFW Weipelsdorf