Sonnefeld
Sonnefeld | |
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Location of Sonnefeld within Coburg district | |
Oberfranken | |
District | Coburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Michael Keilich[1] (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 34.69 km2 (13.39 sq mi) |
Elevation | 318 m (1,043 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,538 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 96242 |
Dialling codes | 09562 |
Vehicle registration | CO |
Website | sonnefeld.de |
Sonnefeld is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany.
Geographical Location
Sonnefeld lies on Bundesstraße 303 between Coburg and Kronach and also between the Thuringian Forest and the Lichtenfels Forest.
Municipal Division
The municipality of Sonnefeld is divided in eleven districts:
History
The first documented mention of Sonnefeld was in the year 1252. In 1260, a
In 1526, the abbey was dissolved as a result of the
On 1 May 1851 the cantor Karl Herold founded a children's festival. On 23 June 1889 Sonnefeld and Hofstädten were merged as a single town under the name of Sonnefeld. In the same year, a war memorial was unveiled in the town square (Marktplatz), and the first railway line opened at Sonnefeld in 1901. During World War I, Sonnefeld had to surrender three church bells and the pipes of the church's organ to the war effort but they were replaced and dedicated in 1919 and 1924 respectively. On 1 June 1920, the dissolution of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha sent the district of Coburg, including Sonnefeld, to Bavaria. Before World War II, 1400 people were counted in Sonnefeld but in 1966 the population was down to 980 residents in 556 households. However, the subsequent additions, a total of 10 villages, to the municipality increased the population to 5,300.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Per fess azure and argent (divided horizontally in blue and white, with the top in blue), in chief a church argent roofed gules (with a profile of a white church with red roofs) and in base an oak tree erased proper. (The church is the former abbey church of Sonnefeld and the oak is the traditional symbol of Hofstädten).
Politics
This section needs to be updated.(July 2021) |
The Town Council has 20 members. The municipal elections of 2008 led to the following distribution of the seats in the council: 8 seats for
Economy
Until the 19th Century, Sonnefeld was primarily an agricultural village. Then
Other Facts
In Sonnefeld,
Notable residents
- Friedrich Geißhardt (1919 – 1943), a German former Luftwaffefighter ace
- Georg Hansen (1904 - 1944), a German Army officer and a German Resistance fighter
References
- Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
Literature
- (de) Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 1799–1980 (Handbook of the Bavarian Administrations, Municipalities and Courts, 1799-1980). C.H.Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münich, 1983. ISBN 3-406-09669-7, pp. 441 and 442.
- (de) Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Bureau of Statistics) (ed.), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982 (Historical Directory of the Municipalities of the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, Boundary and Key Number Changes for Communities, Districts and Administrations between 27 May 1970 and 31 December 1982). ISBN 3-17-003263-1, p. 679.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- "Sonnefeld: History of the coat-of-arms" (in German). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. (in German)