Mutton castle

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Deutschlandkarte, Position von Hammelburg hervorgehoben
Base data
Land of the Federal Republic:
: Lower Franconia
:
Geographical situation:
Coordinate: 50° 07' n. Br., 9° 54' oe. L.50° 07' n. Br., 9° 54' oe. L.
: 179 m ue.
: 128,89 km²
: 11958 (31. December 2003)
: 93 inhabitants ever km²
: 97762
: 09732
: Kg
: 09 6 72 127
City arrangement: 10 Quarters
Address that
City administration: 		At the market place 1
97762 mutton castle
Website: www.mutton castle.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
: Ernst Stross (SPD

Mutton castle is in Wine place (oldest wine city of Franconia) in at the Auslaeufern that . Mutton castle was before that Circle reform one and belongs today to .

Those in "Stalag 13"in the proximity had mutton castle interned.

Admits is also that "camp mutton castle" (Bonn country) as that (Infantry school of the army).

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Geografie

Geographical situation

The valley that the area dominates approximately around mutton castle. In the north those closes on, in the west the area falls gradually into the valleys of the off.


City arrangement

Beside the town center (about 6700 inhabitants) mutton castle consists of the quarters Thief oh, Untererthal, Pfaff living/camps, west home, Gauaschach, upper ash brook, Obererthal, Untereschenbach, Feuerthal and Morlesau/Ochsenthal. (quarters arranged according to size)


History

Mutton castle city attachment witch tower

The place becomes to 18 for the first time documentary. April as "ad hamulo castellum" mentions, what means as much as "castle at the slope". Around the castle developed, favoured by its situation at a crossing more importantly Old routes (z.B. Local way) and a ford over those hands over. To 7. January gave "fiscus the mutton castle" to that Monastery Fulda. The abbey arranges thereupon here one . The Fuldaer cross in the stadtwappen witnesses still today from this epoch, to which mutton castle owes also the monastery old part of town (Franziskaner). The donation of Karl of the large one covered also vineyards. Because of the early mention mutton castle is called also "oldest wine city of Franconia".

With a large fire become to 303 main and 370 auxiliary buildings in the town centre destroys.

Up to 1972 were mutton castle seat of a district administration. Sometimes one sees still the old License number "HAVE".



Politics

City hall at the market place in mutton castle

That mutton castle counts 24 town councillors. The allocation of seats presents itself since the last local election in the year 2002 as follows:

CSU : 10 seats
SPD : 6 seats
CBB L.G. : 4 seats
Citizen for environment : 1 seat
Free constituency : 1 seat
H.A.B. : 1 seat
YOUNG LIST : 1 seat

Mayor

  • 1. Mayor: Ernst Stross (SPD)
  • 2. Mayor: Stefan Seufert (CSU)
  • 3. Mayor: Reimar Glueckler (Christian citizen block - CBB)

Partnerships between cities

The city maintains (since 1974) a partnership between cities also Turnhout in Belgium.

Culture and objects of interest

Music

  • Bavarian music academy (since 1980 is mutton castle location of the Bavarian music academy)
  • City chapel mutton castle: the city chapel mutton castle is a blowing orchestra with the emphasis synfonische blowing music. In addition, exist div a Bigband as well as. Ensemble for sheet metal music, chamber music, people music and a saxophone quartet.

Buildings

with castle hall-hit a corner with mutton castle
Kellereischloss Hammelburg
Wine cellar lock mutton castle

Mutton castle (town center):
Lock hall-hit a corner, wine cellar lock (red lock), city museum gentleman mill, kath. City parish church "St. Johannes of the Taeufer ", ev. City parish church "St. Michael ", Monastery old part of town, cross way, city hall, market well.

Mutton castle (local parts):
Diebacher military church with Gaden.

Environment:
Ruin Trimburg, Basaltkrater of the Sodenbergs, satellite plant of the earth radio station Fox city.


Economics and infrastructure

Traffic

Mutton castle is because of the motorway (- and B 287

Binding of mutton castle to the long-distance traffic of the course
 

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