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Großwalbur

Field	Value
image_coa	DEU Grosswalbur COA.svg
type	Village
Municipality	Meeder
image_photo	Großwalbur-Gutshaus.jpg
image_caption	Gutshaus Kammergut
coordinates
state	Bayern
region	Oberfranken
district	Coburg
elevation	311
population	780
Stand	2011
pop_ref
postal_code	96484
area_code	09566, 09564
licence	CO

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.

History

Großwalbur was founded in 833.

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

Population history

Jahr	Einwohnerzahl
1693	326
1783	439
1864	631
1910	556
1933	593
1939	568
1970	791
2004	748
2011	780

Culture

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.'.

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

References

[https://www.citypopulation.de/de/germany/settlements/bayern/coburg/09473144x0V29__gro%C3%9Fwalbur/ Großwalbur], citypopulation.de
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". [[Kohlhammer Verlag]].
Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 61
Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 126
[http://www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de/gem1900/gem1900.htm?coburg/coburg.htm www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de]
[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/bay_coburg.html www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de]
Müllers Großes Deutsches Ortsbuch 2007. Verlag de Gruyter, {{ISBN. 978-3-00-042206-5.

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