Burgwindheim
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 Burgwindheim
Location of Burgwindheim within Bamberg district
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| Coordinates: 49°50′N 10°36′E / 49.833°N 10.600°ECoordinates: 49°50′N 10°36′E / 49.833°N 10.600°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Oberfranken | |
| District | Bamberg | |
| Municipal assoc. | Ebrach | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Heinrich Thaler | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 37.35 km2 (14.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 292 m (958 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,273 | |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 96154 | |
| Dialling codes | 09551 | |
| Vehicle registration | BA | |
| Website | www.burgwindheim.de | |
Burgwindheim is a community with market rights in the west of the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and a member of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Ebrach.
Burgwindheim lies westsouthwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald (forest). It is found between Ebrach in the west and Burgebrach in the east, on the Mittlere Ebrach.
The name’s meaning is unclear. Could it have something to do with an early settler named “Wind”, or does the community’s Wendish past yield the name? The leaping greyhound (a Wendish symbol) in the coat of arms might offer a clue.
The community had its first documentary mention in 1140. It is believed to have been settled at the time of the Frankish taking of the land.
In 1278, the knight Ludewig von Windeheim bequeathed his estate to the Cistercian Monastery at Ebrach.
In 1363, Burgwindheim was granted market rights by Emperor Karl IV, making it the Steigerwald’s oldest market.
Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community has belonged to Bavaria. Direct Imperial authority over the Monastery at Ebrach was only recognized once Secularization had taken place, meaning that its property, unlike the Würzburg High Monastery’s belongings, never passed temporarily to the Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany, but remained with Bavaria.
In the course of administrative reform, the communities of Kötsch, Untersteinach and Unterweiler were amalgamated with Burgwindheim in 1972. The ten – or eleven – constituent communities are listed here with their population figures:
The community also has four traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen, named Kötsch, Untersteinach, Unterweiler and Burgwindheim, the same names as four of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).
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