Großwalbur is a village in the municipality Meeder, district of Coburg, northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 16 km southeast of Hildburghausen, and 14 km northwest of Coburg.
History Großwalbur was founded in 833.
On May 1, 1978, Großwalbur became a village in the municipality Meeder.
Population history Jahr Einwohnerzahl 1693 326Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 61 1783 439 1864 631Albin Schubert: 1150 Jahre Großwalbur. S. 126 1910 556www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de 1933 593www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de 1939 568 1970 791 2004 748Müllers Großes Deutsches Ortsbuch 2007. Verlag de Gruyter, . 2011 780
Culture Großwalbur is locally well known for its sports club 'TSV 05 Großwalbur' with its main sport activities like handball and table tennis. 'SKC Olympia Großwalbur' and 'KC Jahn' are sports clubs for bowling there. Furthermore, there are a lot of people who like running to keep in shape or attend marathon and short distance competitions. A sport fanatic guy from Großwalbur is a triathlete and took even part on the worldwide biggest triathlon competition, the Iron Man of Hawaii.
Apart from sport activities you will find cultural societies in Großwalbur like a choral society, a brass band and a citizens organisation named 'Bürgerverein Großwalbur e.V.'.
The rib vault in the nave of the evangelical-Lutheran parish church St. Oswald dates from 1477. The present form with the gable roof was built in 1748. The octagonal form of the towers dates from the sixteenth century.
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