Großwalbur is a village in the municipality Meeder, district of Coburg, northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 16 km southeast of Hildburghausen, and 14 km northwest of Coburg.

Großwalbur
Gutshaus Kammergut
Gutshaus Kammergut
Coat of arms of Großwalbur
Location of Großwalbur
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Großwalbur is located in Germany
Großwalbur
Großwalbur
Großwalbur is located in Bavaria
Großwalbur
Großwalbur
Coordinates: 50°19′48″N 10°51′9″E / 50.33000°N 10.85250°E / 50.33000; 10.85250
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionOberfranken
DistrictCoburg
MunicipalityMeeder
Elevation
311 m (1,020 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total780
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
96484
Dialling codes09566, 09564
Vehicle registrationCO

History

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Großwalbur was founded in 833.

On May 1, 1978, Großwalbur became a village in the municipality Meeder.[2]

Population history

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Jahr Einwohnerzahl
1693 326[3]
1783 439[3]
1864 631[4]
1910 556[5]
1933 593[6]
1939 568[6]
1970 791[2]
2004 748[7]
2011 780[1]

Culture

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Großwalbur is locally well known for its sports club 'TSV 05 Großwalbur' with its main sport activities like handball and table tennis. 'SKC Olympia Großwalbur' and 'KC Jahn' are sports clubs for bowling there. Furthermore, there are a lot of people who like running to keep in shape or attend marathon and short distance competitions. A sport fanatic guy from Großwalbur is a triathlete and took even part on the worldwide biggest triathlon competition, the Iron Man of Hawaii.

Apart from sport activities you will find cultural societies in Großwalbur like a choral society, a brass band and a citizens organisation named 'Bürgerverein Großwalbur e.V.'.

 
Parish church St. Oswald

The rib vault in the nave of the evangelical-Lutheran parish church St. Oswald dates from 1477. The present form with the gable roof was built in 1748. The octagonal form of the towers dates from the sixteenth century.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Großwalbur, citypopulation.de
  2. ^ a b Statistisches Bundesamt (1983). Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982. Stuttgart und Mainz: Kohlhammer Verlag. p. 679 und 680. ISBN 3-17-003263-1.
  3. ^ a b Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 61
  4. ^ Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 126
  5. ^ www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de
  6. ^ a b www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de
  7. ^ Müllers Großes Deutsches Ortsbuch 2007. Verlag de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-00-042206-5.