Erlenbach bei Marktheidenfeld

Erlenbach b.Marktheidenfeld

Coat of arms
Erlenbach b.Marktheidenfeld

Coordinates: 49°49′N 9°38′E / 49.817°N 9.633°E / 49.817; 9.633Coordinates: 49°49′N 9°38′E / 49.817°N 9.633°E / 49.817; 9.633
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc. Marktheidenfeld
Government
  Mayor Georg Neubauer
Area
  Total 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 2,424
  Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97837
Dialling codes 09391
Vehicle registration MSP
Website www.gemeinde-erlenbach.de

Erlenbach bei Marktheidenfeld (officially Erlenbach b.Marktheidenfeld) is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld. It has given itself the title Weinort mit Herz – Wine Town with Heart.

Geography

Location

The community lies on Bundesstraße 8 between Würzburg und Aschaffenburg.

Constituent communities

Besides Erlenbach itself, the outlying centre of Tiefenthal also belongs to the community.

History

As part of the Prince-Bishopric (Hochstift) of Würzburg, Erlenbach was in Bavaria’s favour secularized in 1803 and passed under the Peace of Pressburg (1805) to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, whence it passed back to Bavaria in 1814. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.

Population development

Within town limits, 1,875 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 2,074 in 1987 and in 2000 2,347.

Politics

The mayor is Georg Neubauer (FWG-SPD).

Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €1,078,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €132,000.

Community council

Seat apportionment after municipal election in 2008:

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Gules two arrows in saltire the dexters sable and the sinisters Or surmounted by a heart argent, itself surmounted by a bunch of grapes azure, the stalk of the second, the whole between two mullets of six of the third.

The arms are based on the village’s 18th-century seal, which bore the same charges seen today in the arms, likewise marshalled. The grapes stand for the community’s winegrowing, and the heart may refer to the love of community. The arrows stand for the defence of the village, and the six-pointed stars come from the Wertheim family’s roses. The tinctures come from the arms borne by the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg, to which Erlenbach belonged from 1612 to 1803.[2]

Culture and sightseeing

Museums

Buildings

Saint Burkhard’s Parish Church was built by Julius Echter in 1613.[3]

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

References

External links

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