Castell, Bavaria
Castell is a municipality in Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It was the seat of the Counts of Castell. Today it is part of the municipal association Wiesentheid. It has around 800 residents.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Castell within Kitzingen district | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′N 10°20′E / 49.750°N 10.333°ECoordinates: 49°45′N 10°20′E / 49.750°N 10.333°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Kitzingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Wiesentheid |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Christian Hähnlein[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.93 km2 (8.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 317 m (1,040 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 829 |
| • Density | 36.154/km2 (93.64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97355 |
| Vehicle registration | KT |
| Website | www |
Geography
Place
Castell is on the western slope of the Mittelgebirge Steigerwald in Kitzingen of Franconia. Its territory borders on that of Oberscheinfeld, in the surrounding district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim.
Subdivision
Castell has seven Ortsteile: Castell, Forsthaus, Geiersmühle, Greuth, Gründleinsmühle, Trautberg and Wüstenfelden.
The municipal territory was 2,292 hectares in 2013, of which 1,162 ha were accounted for by forest and 936 by agricultural use. Settlement and transport areas total just 168 ha.[3]
Neighbouring communities
Castell borders on (clockwise from the north) Abtswind, Geiselwind, Oberscheinfeld, Iphofen, Wiesenbronn and Rüdenhausen.
Castell, Bavaria Media
The site of the old castle on the Schlossberg above Castell
Castell, Kirche St. Johannes
Fürstliches Schloss in Castell
Remains of the Oberschloss
The mound where the Unterschloss once stood
References
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Gemeinde Castell (German)" (PDF). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
Further reading
- Georg Güntsch, ed. (1991), "Castell – Grafschaft und Dekanat, Porträt eines Dekanatsbezirks", Porträts bayerischer Dekanatsbezirke (in German), Erlangen: Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission, ISBN 3-87214-246-1
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Walter Scherzer (18–28 June 1981), Landeskirchliches Archiv (ed.), Christlicher Glaube in Geschichte und Gegenwart - Die Reformation in der Grafschaft Castell (in German), Nürnberg: Selbstverlag des Landeskirchlichen Archivs
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Karl Treutwein: Von Abtswind bis Zeilitzheim. Geschichtliches, Sehenswertes, Überlieferungen. Volkach 1987.
Other websites
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Wikisource has original writing related to this article: |
- Gemeinde Castell
- Municipal association Wiesentheid Archived 2019-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- "Castell, Bavaria: History of the coat-of-arms" (in Deutsch). Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte.