Untersiemau

Municipality in Bavaria, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Untersiemau within Coburg district

(2020–26) Rolf Rosenbauer^[1] (CSU)Area

• Total20.49 km² (7.91 sq mi)Elevation

299 m (981 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,215 • Density210/km² (530/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

96253

Dialling codes09565Vehicle registrationCOWebsitewww.untersiemau.de

Untersiemau is a municipality in the district of Coburg in Bavaria in Germany.

Geography

Location

Untersiemau lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) south of Coburg at the eastern edge of Itz Valley.

Subdivisions

Untersiemau is divided into 9 Ortsteile:

Birkach am Forst
Haarth
Meschenbach
Obersiemau
Scherneck
Stöppach
Untersiemau
Weißenbrunn am Forst
Ziegelsdorf

History

Untersiemau was first mentioned about 800 as Suome, the name is of Slavic origin.^[3]

Transport

Untersiemau can be reached by car via motorway A 73 Suhl-Coburg-Nuremberg. Untersiemau used to have a station at the Itz Valley Railway, which was lifted in 2005.

References

^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
^ Debus, Arno. 1200 Jahre Untersiemau (in German).