Gerolzhofen
Town
Coordinates49°54′N 10°21′E
StateBayern
RegionUnterfranken
DistrictSchweinfurt
Elevation344
Area18.39
Postal code97447
Area code09382
LicenceSW, GEO
Gemeindeschlüssel09 6 78 134
Divisions2 Ortsteile
Websitewww.gerolzhofen.de
MayorThorsten Wozniak[1]
Leader term2020–26
PartyCSU

Gerolzhofen (ˌɡeːʁɔltsˈhoːfn̩) is a town in the district of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the former center of the district of Gerolzhofen and has about 7,000 inhabitants. The mayor of Gerolzhofen is Thorsten Wozniak (CSU).

Town partnerships

Gerolzhofen is twinned with:[2]

Notable people

  • Ludwig Derleth (1870-1948), writer (birthplace designated)
  • Pia Beckmann (born 1963), politician (CSU), from 1 May 2002 to 30 April 2008 mayor of Würzburg
  • Winfried Nöth (born 1944) is a German linguist and semiotician[3]

References

  1. ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ Partnerstädte, Official website Gerolzhofen
  3. ^ "Homepage at the University of Kassel". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2018-01-02.