Gerhardshofen
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Location of Gerhardshofen within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
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| Coordinates: 49°37′N 10°41′E / 49.617°N 10.683°ECoordinates: 49°37′N 10°41′E / 49.617°N 10.683°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Mittelfranken | |
| District | Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim | |
| Municipal assoc. | Uehlfeld | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Jürgen Mönius | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 27.20 km2 (10.50 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 288 m (945 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 2,529 | |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 91466 | |
| Dialling codes | 09163 | |
| Vehicle registration | NEA | |
| Website | www.gerhardshofen.de | |
Gerhardshofen is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in the administrative region of Middle Franconia in northern Bavaria in Germany.
Gerhardshofen is located in the valley of the Aisch. The neighbouring municipalities are (from the north in clockwise direction): Dachsbach, Weisendorf, Oberreichenbach, Emskirchen, Diespeck and Gutenstetten. The municipality has 13 boroughs: Altenbuch, Birnbaum, Eckenhof, Emelsdorf, Forst, Göttelhöf, Kästel, Kleehof, Linden, Rappoldshofen, Sintmannsbuch, Vahlenmühle and Willmersbach.
The village owes its foundation to the franconian colonisation of the 9th century and thus is a foundation of the Carolingian dynasty.
The first documented notice of Gerhardshofen is from 1235. There was mentioned a Heinrich Neze von Gerhardshofen in two documents of the Burgraves of Nuremberg. The first non aristocratic inhabitant ever mentioned was Conrad Stahel in 1304.
In the First Margrave War (1449–1450) Nuremberg troops looted 118 cows and 17 horses from Gerhardshofen and Dachsbach.
In 1553 there existed 53 properties which belonged to the manorialism Brunn, the Margraves' bailifs offices of Dachsbach and Neustadt an der Aisch and to the reeves offices of Birkenfeld and Münchsteinach. In the Thirty Years' War nearly all houses were destroyed, also the church was burnt out. But in 1697 there were already 44 farmsteads resettled. Their number increased to 57 in the year 1792.
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