Strullendorf

Geschichte

Strullendorf is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg.GeographyLocationStrullendorf lies in a valley and is partly surrounded by the Hauptsmoorwald, near which lies the Hauptsmoorhalle . The Hauptsmoorwald stretches all the way to Bamberg and parts of it are used by the US Army stationed there as a training area.A particularly pleasant place in Strullendorf is the Lindenallee, with its huge old trees.Constituent communitiesStrullendorf’s main and namesake centre is by far the biggest of its Gemeindeteile with a population of 4,191. The community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure: Amlingstadt 678 Geisfeld 933 Leesten 259 Mistendorf 501 Roßdorf am Forst 492 Wernsdorf 476 Zeegendorf 563 The community also has 10 traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen, named Amlingstadt, Geisfeld, Leesten, Mistendorf, Roßdorf am Forst, Strullendorf, Wernsdorf, Zeegendorf, Geisberger Forst and Hauptsmoor, eight of which (all but the last two, which are wilderness areas) have the same names as eight of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).