Eibelstadt

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Eibelstadt (Eibelstadt)


Country	Germany
State	Bavaria (Bayern)
Administrative region	Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)
District	Würzburg
Population	2,886 (2005-06-30)
Area	7.07 km²
Elevation	519 m
Coordinates	49°43′ N 10°0′ E
Postal code	97246
Area code	09303
Licence plate code	WUE
Mayor	Heinz Koch (SPD)
Website	www.eibelstadt.de

Eibelstadt is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Population dynamics
3 Politics
- 3.1 City council
- 3.2 Coat of arms
4 Sights and culture
5 Economy & Public transport
- 5.1 Economy
- 5.2 Public transport
6 Education

[edit] Geography

Eibelstadt is situated among vineyards on the right bank of the Main, 10 km southeast of Würzburg.

[edit] History

The city was founded in 787 in the time of Charles the Great. In 1434 German Emperor Sigismund bestowed municipal rights after the civilians had supported his war against the Hussites. In the course of an administrative reform in Bavaria today's municipality was built in 1818.

[edit] Population dynamics

Population increased from 2,023 in 1970, to 2,279 in 1987 and to 2,838 in 2000.

[edit] Politics

Heinz Koch (SPD) has been the mayor of Eibelstadt since 1990. The tax income in 1999 was ~1523 T€, including approximately 263 T€ from business taxes.

[edit] City council

The 15 seats of the city council are distributed among the parties as follows:

CSU 6 seats
SPD 8 seats
Grüne 1 seat

(as of March 2002)

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a the half of a black lion with a golden crown. He grasps a rounded grape-vine with leaves and blue grapes in his pawns.

[edit] Sights and culture

[edit] Sights

completely preserved city wall (including the "Kereturm" (tower) from 1573)
city square with a golden Marian column
baroque building which formerly was the location of the "Würzburger Domkapitels"
Church St. Nikolaus

[edit] Museums

Museum of local history
City archive

[edit] Music

Two male (ATGV and Liederkranz) and one female choir (AGTV) as well as a two traditional bands.

[edit] Economy & Public transport

[edit] Economy

As of 1998 927 people were subject to social contribution, out of which 23 people were working in agriculture, 169 in industry, 274 in commerce and 153 people in other areas. There are six businesses in the building sector and 62 in agriculture. 140 ha land were used agriculturally, including 120 ha vineyards.

[edit] Public transport

The city is located at the Bundesstraße B 13, approximately 2 km from the highway exit "Würzburg-Randersacker" of the Autobahn A3. The closest train station can be found in Winterhausen, ca. 4 km from Eibelstadt.