Schlüsselfeld | ||
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Coordinates: 49°46′N 10°37′E / 49.767°N 10.617°ECoordinates: 49°46′N 10°37′E / 49.767°N 10.617°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Bavaria | |
Admin. region | Oberfranken | |
District | Bamberg | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Georg Zipfel | |
Area | ||
• Total | 70.22 km2 (27.11 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) | |
Population (2016-12-31) | ||
• Total | 5,823 | |
• Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 96132 | |
Dialling codes | 09552 | |
Vehicle registration | BA | |
Website | www.schluesselfeld.de |
Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg
Schlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald (forest) in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m above sea level.
The town of Schlüsselfeld is made up of 22 Ortsteile, which for the most part were independent communities until administrative reform:
The town also has these traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen (most are former independent communities retained as cadastral areas):
All share names with the town’s constituent communities as it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby.
From 1972 to 1978, Schlüsselfeld belonged to Middle Franconia.
Schlüsselfeld’s average yearly temperature is 8.24 °C.
Schlüsselfeld was founded on 10 June 1336 by Konrad von Schlüsselberg. He was granted the right to found a town by Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig IV. After its founder’s death, Schlüsselfeld passed to the Bishops of Bamberg and Würzburg. Through a compromise, Würzburg also acquired Bamberg’s share of the town in 1390.
In 1396, the market town of Schlüsselfeld had its town rights confirmed.
The Würzburg Bishops built Schlüsselfeld up into an Amt and chose as their Amt seat the Thüngfeld Castle (Thüngfelder Schloss).
The town hall built in 1723 declares the following in a Latin inscription: “This house hates unrest, loves peace, punishes crime, upholds the law, honours goodness. ”
As part of the Würzburg High Monastery, the tithing centre (Centamt) of Schlüsselfeld was secularized in Bavaria’s favour in 1803, passed in 1805 with the Peace of Pressburg to the newly formed Grand Duchy of Würzburg, and then eventually, after territorial adjustments in 1810, was returned to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the Gemeindeedikt (“Community Edict”) of 1818.