Priesendorf
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Priesendorf is a community in the 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...

n district of Bamberg
Bamberg (district)
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 and a member of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Lisberg.

Geography

The community lies in the Steigerwald (forest) on the small river Aurach on the boundary between Upper and Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia
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.

Constituent communities

Priesendorf’s main and namesake centre is by far the bigger of its Gemeindeteile with a population of 1,237. The community furthermore has the outlying centre of Neuhausen with a population of 264.

The community also has two traditional rural land units, known in German
German language
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 as Gemarkungen, also named Priesendorf and Neuhausen (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

History

Priesendorf belonged to the Barons Münster at Lisberg and was part of the knightly estate of Lisberg. With the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine
Confederation of the Rhine
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 in 1806, the community passed to Bavaria
Bavaria
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.

Population development

Within municipal limits, 1,056 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,240 in 1987 and 1,456 in 2000. On 30 June 2007 it was 1,532.

Politics

The mayor is Maria Beck (CSU).

The community council is made up of 12 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds:
  • 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...

     7 seats
  • Freie Wähler 2 seats
  • SPD
    Social Democratic Party of Germany
    The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

     2 seats
  • Christliche Wählergemeinschaft 1 seat


In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to euro
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s, amounted to €508,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €29,000.

Economy and infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were 26 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in agriculture or forestry in 1998, 184 in producing businesses, and in trade and transport
Transport
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 5. In other areas, 28 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 546 such workers worked from home. In processing businesses there were three businesses, and in construction two. Furthermore, in 1999, there were 29 agricultural operations with a working area of 406 ha, of which 282 ha was cropland and 99 ha was meadowland.

Education

In 1999, the following institutions existed in Priesendorf:
  • One kindergarten
    Kindergarten
    A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

     with 100 places
  • One primary school with 14 teachers and 273 pupils

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