Schlüsselfeld

Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district of BambergGeographySchlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald (forest) in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m above sea level.Constituent communitiesThe town of Schlüsselfeld is made up of 22 Ortsteile, which for the most part were independent communities until administrative reform: AschbachAttelsdorfBernrothDebersdorfEckersbachElsendorfFallmeistereiGüntersdorfHeuchelheimHohn am BergHopfenmühleLachObermelsendorfPossenfeldenRambach bei SchlüsselfeldReichmannsdorfSchlüsselfeldThüngbachThüngfeldUntermelsendorfWüstenbuchZiegelsambach The town also has these traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen (most are former independent communities retained as cadastral areas): AschbachEckersbachElsendorfHeuchelheimReichmannsdorfSchlüsselfeldThüngfeldUntermelsendorfZiegelsambachAll share names with the town’s constituent communities as it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby.From 1972 to 1978, Schlüsselfeld belonged to Middle Franconia.ClimateSchlüsselfeld’s average yearly temperature is 8.24 °C.HistorySchlüsselfeld was founded on 10 June 1336 by Konrad von Schlüsselberg. He was granted the right to found a town by Holy Roman Emperor Ludwig IV. After its founder’s death, Schlüsselfeld passed to the Bishops of Bamberg and Würzburg. Through a compromise, Würzburg also acquired Bamberg’s share of the town in 1390.