Wiesentheid

Wiesentheid
Municipality
Church of Saint Maurice and the rectory
Coat of arms
Location of Wiesentheid within Kitzingen district
Wiesentheid Show map of Germany Wiesentheid Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 49°48′N 10°21′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Kitzingen
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Klaus Köhler[1]
Area
• Total	33.33 km^2 (12.87 sq mi)
Elevation	249 m (817 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,992
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	97353
Dialling codes	09383
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	www.wiesentheid.de

Wiesentheid is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany.

History

It was first mentioned in 918 as "Wisenheida". Mediatization in 1806 brought the former county of Schönborn into the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, along with which it became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. The Bavarian Municipal Edict of 17 May 1818 (Gemeindeedikt (de)) formed today's Wiesentheid.^[3]

Main sights

• Count's Wiesentheid Castle
• Kanzleistrasse – street with historic administrative buildings
• Schlossparkanlage – castle garden (English)
• catholic Church of Saint Maurice built by Balthasar Neumann
• historic vicarage
• historic town hall
• crucifixion memorial built by Jacob van der Auvera
• historic Mariensäule (memorial of Mother Mary)

Sister city

• Rouillac, Charente, France

Personalities

• Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim, (1586–1633), prince-bishop of Bamberg, known as the "Hexenbrenner" (witch burner) and the "Hexenbischof" (witch-bishop).
• Carl Stumpf (1848–1936), philosopher, psychologist and musicologist

References

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
3. H. Clément: Das bayerische Gemeindeedikt vom 17. Mai 1818. Ein Beitrag zur Entstehungsgeschichte der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung in Deutschland. Diss. Freiburg i. B., 1934.

External links

• Official website
• grammar school Steigerwald Landschulheim Wiesentheid

Wiesentheid Castle of the Counts of Schönborn, built from 1701 for Rudolf Franz Erwein von Schönborn

Portal of castle