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Merkendorf
Posted by Gerhard Schoolmann on 2019-04-11 00:58:10
1972 the village Gaustadt was incorporated into the city Bamberg. 91% of the inhabitants disliked this area reform.
It was a political decision in the interest of the ruling party CSU. The CSU wanted to destroy the majority of the SPD in Gaustadt, a village with many blue collar workers and a majority of the SPD and a "red" major.
Other villages in the surrounding of Bamberg were spared (Bischberg, Memmelsdorf, Pettstadt and the city Hallstdt and so), because they had majors from the CSU.

As a result the brewery Kaiserdom won their location Bamberg.
Now a big part of the University of Bamberg is loated in Gaustadt (ERBA island).

 
 
Followups:
                 Merkendorf by Nick B. (formerly in Erlangen) on  2019-04-14 01:44:59
                   Merkendorf by Barry on  2019-04-14 04:00:06
                   Merkendorf by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2019-04-14 04:44:57
                     Merkendorf by Nick B. (formerly in Erlangen) on  2019-04-14 13:40:29