Esselbach

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Esselbach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '  N , 9 ° 32'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Main-Spessart
Management Community : Marktheidenfeld
Height : 300 m above sea level NHN
Area : 11.93 km 2
Residents: 2077 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 174 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 97839, 97836
Area code : 09394
License plate : MSP
Community key : 09 6 77 126
LOCODE : DE FFR
Community structure: 3 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 8
97839 Esselbach
Website : www.esselbach-online.de
Mayor : Richard Roos ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Esselbach in the Main-Spessart district
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Esselbach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart .

geography

Esselbach municipality

Highest and lowest point

The topographically highest point of the municipality is at 450  m above sea level. NN (location) on Karlshöhe, the lowest is on Wachenbach at 195  m above sea level. NN (location) .

Community structure

In addition to the main town, the municipality consists of two other districts and is divided into the following ten settlements:

There are the areas Esselbach (with Alte Wachenmühle and Neue Wachenmühle), Kredenbach, Steinmark (with Kieseckersmühle and Heinrichsmühle) and Fürstlich Löwensteinscher Park (with Faun, Karlshöhe and Schleifthor).

Neighboring communities

Fürstlich Löwensteinscher Park
(community-free area) 		Community
Hafenlohr
Community
Bischbrunn 		Neighboring communities
Community
Schollbrunn 		City of
Marktheidenfeld

Waters

The Esselbach and the Wachenbach , into which the Esselbach flows, flow through the village .

Surname

etymology

The name Esselbach is derived from the Esselbach stream of the same name , which flows into the Hafenlohr via the Wachenbach . The name "Esselbach" comes from the Middle High German term Espin, which means aspen and the basic word Bach. The explanation is that there is a stream of aspen. The change from n or l before b is not uncommon. The current form with ss was created through assimilation.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

  • 1182 Espelbach
  • 1424 Espilbach
  • 1594 Eisselbach
  • 1625 Esselbach

history

Until the founding of the forerunner churches

As part of the Hochstift Würzburg, the main town Esselbach as well as Steinmark and Kredenbach fell as parts of the Grafschaft Wertheim after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg , with which they came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, three independent municipalities were created with the municipal edict of 1818.

Administrative history

In 1862 the district office of Marktheidenfeld was formed, on whose administrative area Esselbach was located. In 1939, as everywhere in the German Reich, the designation district was introduced. Esselbach was now one of the 47 communities in the Marktheidenfeld district . With the dissolution of the district of Marktheidenfeld, Esselbach came to the newly formed district of Mittelmain on July 1, 1972, which ten months later received its final name, district of Main-Spessart .

Incorporations

In the course of the Bavarian regional reform, the previous communities Esselbach, Steinmark and Kredenbach merged on May 1, 1978 to form the new community Esselbach.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 1743 to 2096 by 353 inhabitants or by 20.3%.

  • 1961: 1516 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1627 inhabitants
  • 1987: 1747 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1938 inhabitants
  • 1995: 2111 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2041 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2036 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1975 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2051 inhabitants

politics

The community is a member of the Marktheidenfeld administrative community .

mayor

Mayor has been Richard Roos (CSU) since July 23, 2013; he was re-elected on March 15, 2020 with 96.1% of the vote. His predecessor since 2002 was Klaus Hofmann (Free Voters).

Municipal council

The 14 municipal councils have been divided into three parliamentary groups since the 2014 local elections:

  • CSU / Citizens' Block: 5 (2008: 3)
  • Free voters: 5 (2008: 6)
  • Citizen list: 4 (2008: 2)
  • Citizens' community: - (2008: 3)

coat of arms

Esselbach coat of arms
 Blazon : "In green, a broad silver oblique left bar, on which a blue post horn is placed obliquely left."

Community partnerships

There is a community partnership with Stetteldorf in Lower Austria.

religion

Esselbach is shaped by Catholicism. The parish of St. Margareta belongs to the Lohr deanery ( Diocese of Würzburg ).

The districts of Steinmark and Kredenbach, on the other hand, are evangelical and belonged to the county of Wertheim.

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2016):

  • a Catholic kindergarten with six kindergarten groups,
  • a private school of universal life up to the tenth grade.

Web links

Commons : Esselbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.esselbach-online.de
  3. ↑ Mayor. Esselbach municipality, accessed on June 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111119/185640&attr=OBJ&val= 1717
  5. ↑ Right click on BayernAtlas
  6. ↑ Right click on BayernAtlas
  7. ↑ Right click on BayernAtlas
  8. ↑ a b Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 67 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  9. ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 763 .
  10. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Esselbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  11. ^ Diocese of Würzburg: All deaneries . 2014 ( online [accessed May 8, 2014]).