Ketschendorf (Coburg)

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Ketschendorf
Stadtteil of Coburg
Location of Ketschendorf in the town of Coburg
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Ketschendorf
Coordinates: 50°14′40″N10°58′26″E / 50.24444°N 10.97389°E / 50.24444; 10.97389
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Urban district
Town Coburg
Area
 • Total1.79 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,631
 • Density910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
96450
Dialling codes 09561
Former Provost's Estate Coburg-Ketschendorferstr77.jpg
Former Provost's Estate
Neue-Heimat-Schule (New Home School) in 1902, now the Volksschule Coburg-Ketschendorf (Grundschule) (Coburg-Ketschendorf Public School or Elementary School) Coburg-Neue-Heimat5-1.jpg
Neue-Heimat-Schule (New Home School) in 1902, now the Volksschule Coburg-Ketschendorf (Grundschule) (Coburg-Ketschendorf Public School or Elementary School)

Ketschendorf is a southern suburb of the city of Coburg in the county of Upper Franconia, in the state of Bavaria in Germany.

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Geography

The village is adjacent to the city of Coburg, along with the Coburger neighborhoods of Creidlitz and Seidmannsdorf as well as the municipalities of Ahorn and Grub am Forst. On June 30, 2010, Ketschendorf had 1631 inhabitants, giving a population density of 911 inhabitants per km ². The place is located above the mouth of the three-mile-long Ketschenbach [Ketschen Brook] at the Itz River, which originates in Seidmannsdorf. The Ketschendorfer Straße [Ketschendorf Road], the connecting route to Coburg, was built between 1786 and 1794 as a state road. Previously it was used as the present High Street.

History

The first positively documented mention of Ketschendorf is dated from the year 1100. In the copy books (Cartulary) of the Coburg provost of the Benedictine Cloister of Saalfeld, [1] which are preserved in the State Archives of Coburg, [2] there is a copy of the text of a document from 1100. In this document, the nobleman Sibot and his wife Hildegunt in “Chezzendorf” appropriated a Zinsgut [feudal estate] of 30 Morgen [9 hectares or 22.24 acres] of land. The owner of the provost's estate at Ketschendorfer Straße 77 was first detected in 1518. The nucleus of the village was built around 1660. Over the centuries, the settlement area developed along the Ketschenbach to the east and, in 1445, had about 60 settlers.

On September 28, 1632, General Wallenstein during the siege of the Veste Coburg made Ketschendorf his personal quarters. Two years later, General Lamboy [3] destroyed the whole place. The first construction of a farm was in 1651, and only in 1725 the existing buildings of the village were restored to what they once were before the Thirty Years' War. The construction of the Schloss Ketschendorf in 1804 as a summer palace for Duchess Augusta, wife of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was followed in the 19th Century by the large number of visitors, giving this predominantly rural village an economic boom. In 1903, at the northern edge of the Ketschendorfer area, the new State Hospital [4] was opened. In 1904 and 1905, factories were started on the Postweg [Post Way] to make cartons and cases.

A single school was opened in 1902. Previously, schoolchildren had to walk from Ketschendorf to Seidmannsdorf for school. In 1901, the school was built in the neo-Renaissance style and later became the Neue-Heimat-Schule [New Home School]. It is now Volksschule Coburg-Ketschendorf (Grundschule) [5] [Coburg-Ketschendorf Public School (Elementary School)]. The old building was later expanded with more classroom space with the addition of a new building.

The town had 643 inhabitants in 1910 and 686 in 1925. On July 1, 1934, Ketschendorf, with 186 hectares (460 acres) and 766 residents, was incorporated with the city of Coburg. [6] Today Ketschendorf has the character of a suburban settlement.

Since about 1500 Ketschendorf belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Seidmannsdorf, from 1934 to Morizkirche [7] in Coburg and since 1969 the suburb has its own church, the St. Luke Church [Lukas-Kirche].

Public Organizations

In Ketschendorf there are a church, a kindergarten, a youth center and a primary school (Ketschendorf Elementary School). In addition to the Klinikum Coburg branch, [4] the youth hostel is also located in the suburb.

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References

  1. ↑ (de) “Benediktinerabtei Saalfeld”, Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
  2. ↑ (de) “Staatsarchiv Coburg”, Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
  3. ↑ (de) “Guillaume de Lamboy”, Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
  4. 1 2 (de) “Klinikum Coburg” [Coburg Clinic],Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
  5. ↑ (de) “Volksschule Coburg-Ketschendorf (Grundschule)”, Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
  6. ↑ (de) Harald Sandner, Coburg im 20. Jahrhundert [Coburg in the 20th Century], p. 127
  7. ↑ (de) “Morizkirche (Coburg), Wikipedia: Die freie Enzyklopädie
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