Sondheim

Sondheim is a municipality in the district Rhon-Grabfeld, Bavaria, Germany. It is administrated with the aid of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Ostheim. As of 2002 it had a populace of 1123, and covers an area of 18.58 km². The first written proof of Sondheim turned into on February 27, 789, when it became mentioned in a donation record of the monastery of Fulda. Sondheim become the primary agreement of the Baringau vicinity. In 1359, it acquired the right to be called "metropolis", however it was in no way exercised. Until 1945 Sondheim was an enclave of Saxe-Weimar and later Thuringia, and was introduced to Bavaria because of the military management after World War II.

In 1978, the village Stetten changed into blanketed into the municipality, which then joined the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft. The coat of palms indicates inside the backside 3 rows of pink and silver blocks, the escutcheon of Henneberg. Silver and red were the colors of the bishops of Wurzburg. To the left is the top of a ram, the symbol animal of the Gebsattel family, as one of the historically vital land proprietors of the area. The yellow crown-ring to the right is taken from the coat of hands of Saxony, recalling that the municipality became formerly an enclave of Saxe-Weimar.