Geiselwind is a market town

Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...

 with 2323 inhabitants in Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....

 (Bavaria) in the district of Kitzingen

Kitzingen (district)

Kitzingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Schweinfurt, Bamberg, Neustadt -Bad Windsheim and Würzburg.-History:...

 in Germany

Germany

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.

Autotranslaters may render its name into English as "hostage wind". However, in this case, "Geisel" means a special form of a whip, not a hostage.

Geography

Geiselwind is today in the governmental district of Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....

 (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....

). Up to the administrative reform Geiselwind still belonged to the governmental district of Middle Franconia

Middle Franconia

Middle Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the west of Bavaria and adjoins the state of Baden-Württemberg...

. On the edge of the town area is the Dreifrankenstein

Dreifrankenstein

The Dreifrankenstein is a boundary stone that marks the tripoint where the three Franconian provinces of Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia meet in southern Germany. As part of the regional reforms in 1972 the boundary marker was moved around 7 kilometres as the crow flies to the southeast...

 ("Three Franconia Stone"), where the Bavarian provinces of Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia

Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....

 and Middle Franconia

Middle Franconia

Middle Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the west of Bavaria and adjoins the state of Baden-Württemberg...

 and Upper Franconia

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...

 all meet.

To Geiselwind these areas belong: Burggrub, Dürrnbuch, Ebersbrunn, Füttersee, Geiselwind, Gräfenneuses, Holzberndorf, Ilmenau, Langenberg, Rehweiler, Wasserberndorf, Freihaslach.

History

The name Geiselwind can be dated to the 8th century AD. At this time by decree of the German emperor, Wends

Wends

Wends is a historic name for West Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. It does not refer to a homogeneous people, but to various peoples, tribes or groups depending on where and when it is used...

 were settled in the Frank

Franks

The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...

ish area.

Geiselwind market in today's Lower Franconia belonged to the sovereign Grafschaft of Schwarzenberg. With the Rheinbundakte in 1806 the place was included in Bavaria

Bavaria

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. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality developed with the municipality edict of 1818.

Inhabitant development

In the area of the municipality, in 1970 2,125, in 1987 2,016 and in 2000 2,323, inhabitants were counted.

Politics

The mayor

Mayor

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is Ernst Nickel (free voter/land community). In 2002 he succeeded Gottfried Schaller (free voter/land community).

The local rate incomes amounted in the year 1999 to 997000 euro, of which the trade tax incomes (net) amounted to 303000 euros.

Economics as well as land and forestry

In 1998 there were these people who were "liable to social security" (sozialversicherungspflichtig: meaning please?):-

• On the land and forestry and in the producing trade: 0
• In the region, in trade and traffic: 203
• In other economic sectors: 243
• Working at home: 802.

In the processing trade there were 6 enterprises, in the building main trade 8 enterprises.

In 1999 there were 109 agricultural enterprises with a farmed area of 21.07 square kilometres, of which 12.92 km² were arable and 8.09 km² of continuously grass. The largest employers are:

• Leisure park Geiselwind
• Lorry and truck terminal Strohofer
• Reinlein Parkett

Education

In the year 1999 the following schools existed:

• Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 102 children
• Elementary schools: 1 with 16 teachers and 278 pupils
• Six-form high schools: None
• High Schools: None