Baunach

Baunach

Coat of arms
Baunach

Coordinates: 49°58′N 10°50′E / 49.967°N 10.833°E / 49.967; 10.833Coordinates: 49°58′N 10°50′E / 49.967°N 10.833°E / 49.967; 10.833
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Bamberg
Municipal assoc. Baunach
Government
  Mayor Ekkehard Hojer (CBB)
Area
  Total 30.91 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 4,005
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 96148
Dialling codes 09544
Vehicle registration BA
Website www.vg-baunach.bnv-bamberg.de/1b-index.html

Baunach is a town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and the seat of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Baunach. Until administrative reform in 1972, Baunach belonged to the Lower Franconian district of Ebern.

Baunach calls itself the “Franconian Three-River Town” because it lies on the rivers Baunach, Lauter and Main. These three rivers are depicted in the town’s coat of arms, in which a golden pike lies over the three rivers. In 2002, the town celebrated its 1,200-year jubilee. Moreover, the river Itz flows through the community area.

The name Baunach comes from the Indo-Germanic word for river: bunahu. This may be translated as “swelling water”. For thousands of years the entire region near Baunach has been populated by Celts and Franconians.

Geography

Baunach lies on the right bank of the Main, 11 km north of Bamberg. Kraiberg (with a height of 365 metres) and Stiefenberg (396 metres high) are the most important mountains in the area. Baunach lies within the Hassberge and thus is member city of the Haßberge Nature Park.

Constituent communities

Baunach’s main town and namesake centre is by far the biggest of its Ortsteile with a population of 3,069. The town furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure:

The town also has these traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen: Appendorf, Baunach, Daschendorf, Dorgendorf, Priegendorf, Reckenneusig, Stiefenberg, Daschendorfer Forst, Lußberger Forst.

The last-named two are wooded areas without any inhabitant. It is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby.

History

The first sources of a city calles Baunach date from the year 802. Nevertheless, the entire region from Baunach to the Staffelberg is populated for thousands of years. Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian bestowed upon Baunach town rights in 1328. The town was both an Obervogtamt (“higher reeve’s office”) and headquarters of a famous regional knight county before Secularization and belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. In 1727, the last execution was carried out in Baunach. In 1803 Baunach came to Bavaria as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss. After World War II many refugees came to Baunach.

Population development

Within the town’s area, 2,914 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,174 in 1987 and 3,807 in 2000. On 30 June 2007 it was 3,933.

Politics

The mayor is Ekkehard Hojer (CBB). He became Georg Wild’s (CSU) successor in 2002.

Town council

2002 CSU SPD Christliche Bürgerschaft Baunach (CBB) (Christian Citizenship of Baunach) Christliche Wählerunion (CWU) (Christian Voters' Union) TOTAL
Seats 6 4 5 1 16

In 1999 the town’s tax revenue, converted to euros, was €1,791,000, of which business taxes (net) amounted to €414,000.

Coat of arms

On 15 July 1447, the Bamberg Bishop Anton von Rotenhan conferred upon the market town of Baunach “ein sigill und panir” (“a seal and banner”). He made clear the charges (not the colours, though – they only came later) to appear in the town’s arms: “sullen steen drey wasserfluss. Und durch dieselben drey wasserfluss soll ein gantzer hecht mit dem haupt von der einen obern ecke des schilts.... geen.” (“shall stand three rivers. And through the same three rivers shall go a whole pike with the head from the one upper corner of the shield”).

The three rivers are the Baunach, the Lauter and the Main. The pike symbolizes the town’s wealth of fish. Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (1599–1609) completed the coloured arms with the following colours: red for the field, silver for the rivers and gold for the pike.

Public institutions

Sport and leisure facilities

Culture and sightseeing

Old Town Hall
Obleyhof
Railway station
Schrepfersmühle (mill) and parish church with charnel house, seen from the river Baunach
Magdalenenkapelle (chapel)

Museums

The Heimatmuseum Baunach (“homeland” or local museum) at the Old Town Hall has exhibits from the town’s and the parish’s prehistory and early history as well as from Baunach’s club life. There are also agricultural devices and others from historical crafting as well as from town and country households. In the town hall’s former session chamber is found a comprehensive collection by painter and graphic artist Max Schnös.

Buildings

Hauptwerk C–g3
1. Pommer 16'
2. Diapason 8'
3. Octave 4'
4. Supraoctave 2'
5. Mixture V 2'
6. Gamba 8'
7. Traversflute 8'
8. Conical Flute 4'
9. Cornet V (beginning at f) 8'
10. Spanish Trumpets (en Chamade) 8'
11. I-II
12. III-II
Pedal C–g1
13. Diapason bass 16'
14. Octave Bass 8'
15. Choral Bass 4'
16. Sub Bass 16'
17. Bordoun 8'
18. Trumpet 8'
19. Posaune 16'
20. I-P
21. II-P
22. III-P
Schwellwerk C–g3
23. Chimney flute 8'
24. Diapason 4'
25. Mixture of strings IV 2'
26. Salicional 8'
27. Piffara (beginning at f) 8'
28. Blockflöte 4'
29. Nasard 22/3'
30. Seventeenth 13/5'
31. Waldflöte (Tibia Silvestris) 2'
32. Dulcian 16’
33. Oboe 8'
34. Tremulant
Rückpositiv C–g3
35. Wooden Gedackt 8'
36. Spillflute 4'
37. Diapason 2'
38. Twelfth 11/3'
39. Cimbel 1'
40. Cromorne 8'
41. Tremulant
42. III-I

The local organists are Hubert Reinhard, who is vice-organist of the Basilica minor in Vierzehnheiligen, Marga Büttner, and Matthias Bahr.

Regular events

Baunach holds a Kirchweih (church consecration festival), Altstadtfest (old town festival), Magdalenenmarkt (Magdalen Market) and Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market).

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