Geiselwind is a market town in Lower Franconia (Bavaria) in the district of Kitzingen in Germany . It has a population of around 2,300.
17-620: Geiselwind is today in the region of Lower Franconia ( Würzburg ). Until administrative reform Geiselwind belonged to the region of Middle Franconia . On the edge of the municipal area is the Dreifrankenstein ("Three Franconia Stone"), where the regions of Lower Franconia and Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia meet. Geiselwind has the following Ortsteile : Burggrub, Dürrnbuch, Ebersbrunn, Füttersee, Geiselwind, Gräfenneuses, Holzberndorf, Ilmenau, Langenberg, Rehweiler, Wasserberndorf and Freihaslach. The name Geiselwind can be dated to
34-523: A result of the transportation of logs by river. The Franconian Rake is first recorded in the early 14th century on the grave of the Würzburg Prince-bishop, Wolfram Wolfskeel von Grumbach (d. 1333), and in a seal for the city of Gerolzhofen . The Franconian Rake was initially chosen by the Bishops of Würzburg as a symbol of their (albeit rather nominal) Franconian ducal status . It was however not
51-607: A seal or in their coats of arms. Its three upward or heaven-facing points symbolise the Trinity of God, while its four downward or earthward-facing points represent the four points of the compass on earth. The present name of the Franconian Rake derives from its appearance, which superficially resembles a flotsam filter or "flotsam rake" ( German : Treibgutrechen ), and it was therefore probably used as an emblem for villages based around timber-rafting facilities which grew up as
68-572: A symbol for Franconia as a whole, as the former stem duchy had ceased to exist as an administrative entity a long time ago. From 1835 the Rake appeared in the coat of arms of Bavaria ; referring to the East Franconian regions which had been incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Bavaria after the German mediatization of 1803. Only at this point did it become a symbol for the whole of Franconia in
85-610: Is one of seven districts of Bavaria , Germany . The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia . It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities). After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke , singular Regierungsbezirk ), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis ). They were created in
102-630: The Franconian wine region is situated in Lower Franconia. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 53.7 billion € in 2018, accounting for 1.6% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 37,500 € or 124% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 102% of the EU average. The coat of arms includes the " Franconian Rake " (the arms of Duchy of Franconia ) in
119-457: The coat of arms of the region of Franconia in Germany . It is described heraldically as per fess dancetty of three points gules and argent . The points represent a stylised heraldic rake . The Franconian Rake is an heraldic ordinary with a simple zig-zag line of partition that divides the escutcheon or shield into red and silver fields. This simple and regionally widespread symbol
136-561: The 8th century AD. At this time by decree of the German emperor, Wends were settled in the Frankish area. Geiselwind market in today's Lower Franconia belonged to the sovereign Grafschaft von Schwarzenberg. With the Rheinbundakte in 1806 the place came to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms of Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipality edict of 1818. In
153-446: The area of the municipality, in 1970 2,125, in 1987 2,016 and in 2000 2,323, inhabitants were counted. The mayor is Ernst Nickel (free voter/land community). In 2002 he succeeded Gottfried Schaller (free voter/land community). The local rate incomes amounted in the year 1999 to 997000 euro, of which the trade tax incomes (net) amounted to 303000 euros. In 1998 the number of employees on the social welfare contribution rolls was: In
170-518: The area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the name Untermainkreis changed to Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg , but the city name was dropped in the middle of the 20th century, leaving just Lower Franconia. From 1933, the regional Nazi Gauleiter , Otto Hellmuth , (who had renamed his party Gau "Mainfranken" ) insisted on renaming the government district Mainfranken as well. He encountered resistance from Bavarian state authorities but finally succeeded in having
187-680: The fashion of the French departements , quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers. In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol , addition of the Palatinate ), the number of Kreise was reduced to 8. One of these was the Untermainkreis (Lower Main District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of
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#1732891089316204-423: The name of the district changed, effective 1 June 1938. After 1945 the name Unterfranken was restored. The municipal reform ( Kreisreform ) of June 1972 consolidated the 22 country districts of Lower Franconia into nine. Unterfranken is the north-west part of Franconia and consists of three district-free cities ( Kreisfreie Städte ) and nine country districts ( Landkreise ). The major portion of
221-414: The processing trade there were 6 enterprises, in the building main trade 8 enterprises. In 1999 there were 109 agricultural enterprises with a farmed area of 21.07 square kilometres, of which 12.92 km² were arable and 8.09 km² of continuously grass. The largest employers are: In the year 1999 the following schools existed: Lower Franconia Lower Franconia ( German : Unterfranken )
238-552: The public consciousness. Today the emblem is found as part of the coat of arms of many administrative bodies in the Franconian region e.g. the Bavarian provinces of Upper , Middle and Lower Franconia , as well as in adjacent districts covering the territory of the historic East Franconian lands, e.g. Main-Tauber-Kreis in the state of Baden-Württemberg or Hildburghausen in southern Thuringia , and many towns and villages, e.g. in
255-609: The towns of Miltenberg , Amorbach and Werneck , the scenic attractions of the River Main including the Mainschleife at Volkach and the low mountain ranges of the Rhön with the spa town Bad Kissingen and of the Spessart with Mespelbrunn Castle belong to the major tourist attractions. Franconian Rake The Franconian Rake ( German : Fränkischer Rechen ) is the name given to
272-447: The upper portion, the " Rennfähnlein [ de ] ", a banner, quarterly argent (silver) and gules (red), on a lance or (gold), in bend, on an azure (blue) field, associated with Würzburg in the lower left quadrant, and a white/silver wheel on a red field symbolizing the clerical state of Mainz , in the lower right quadrant. Next to the former episcopal residence cities of Würzburg (with Veitshöchheim ) and Aschaffenburg ,
289-460: Was first officially recognised as the Franconian coat of arms in 1804 when Prince Elector Maximilian IV Joseph incorporated it into the Bavarian coat of arms . The colour "Franconian red" ( German : Franken-Rot ) used for the coat of arms is HKS no. 14. The shape of the rake represents the holism of heaven and earth and was thus used by church bodies, such as the Bishopric of Würzburg , as
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