Karsbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German Benedictine abbot, see Johannes II. Wolf von Karsbach .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Main-Spessart
Management Community :	Gemünden am Main
Height :	218 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.16 km 2
Residents:	1721 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97783
Area code :	09358
License plate :	MSP
Community key :	09 6 77 149
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Frankfurter Str. 4 a 97737 Gemünden a.Main
Website :	www.karsbach.de
Mayor :	Martin Göbel ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Karsbach in the Main-Spessart district

Karsbach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart and a member of the Gemünden am Main administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

Karsbach is located in the Würzburg region .

Community structure

Karsbach is divided into four districts, each of which also forms its own district (the type of settlement in brackets):

• Heßdorf ( Kirchdorf )
• Höllrich (parish village)
• Karsbach ( parish village )
• Weyersfeld (Kirchdorf)

Surname

etymology

Karsbach takes its name from the stream of the same name, Karsbach (today Kuhbach ), which flows into the Wern near Gössenheim .

Earlier spellings

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

823 Caragoltesbah 824 Karagoltesbah 880 Charoltesbach 948 Karoldesbach

1252 Karolspach 1303 Karlspach 1327 Karspach 1549 Karsbach

history

19th to 21st century

In the course of secularization in 1803, the rights of the Würzburg bishopric and those of the Juliusspital fell to Bavaria, which they ceded to the newly formed Grand Duchy of Würzburg in the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 . In 1814 they reverted to Bavaria with this . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

The Jewish families living in the district of Heßdorf built their synagogue at Fußgasse 6 , which was destroyed in the November pogrom in 1938 . A memorial plaque at the Höllricherstrasse / Brunnengasse municipal office commemorates this event.

The US tank raid after Hammelburg in 1945 came to a bloody end in the Höllrich district .

In 2005 Weyersfeld won the competition Our village should be more beautiful - our village has chosen the most beautiful village in the Main-Spessart district of the future .

religion

Karsbach is the seat of the Catholic parish St. Gertrud with a branch of St. Albanus in Weyersfeld and belongs to the Karlstadt dean's office of the Würzburg diocese . Evangelical parishes and churches are located in Heßdorf and Höllrich. They are assigned to the Lohr deanery of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the formerly independent communities Weyersfeld, Höllrich and Heßdorf were incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 1,497 to 1,723 by 226 residents or 15.1%.

• 1961: 1485 inhabitants
• 1970: 1526 inhabitants
• 1987: 1507 inhabitants
• 1991: 1607 inhabitants
• 1995: 1651 inhabitants
• 2000: 1788 inhabitants
• 2005: 1828 inhabitants
• 2010: 1747 inhabitants
• 2015: 1743 inhabitants

politics

mayor

Martin Göbel (Free Citizen Karsbach) has been the mayor since May 1, 1996. He was elected for another six years on March 15, 2020 with 88.6% of the vote.

Municipal council

Based on the result of the election on March 15, 2020 , the municipal council from May 2020 to April 2026 is composed as follows:

• Free Citizens Karsbach : 6 seats (45.25%)
• Village community Karsbach: 4 seats (36.74%)
• Independent citizens: 2 seats (18.01%)

The turnout was 72.59%.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms, introduced in 1968, reads: "A golden imperial crown set with red stones, which is accompanied by two silver flax blossoms at the top, is floating in green over a lowered silver wave bar".

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Evangelical parish church in Heßdorf (consecrated in 1744) with largely original baroque organ
• Former moated castle in Höllrich (built around 1560, today partly in ruins); the valuable Renaissance inventory was in 1883 by the Thüngen'sche Rentamt Zeitlofs to the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin sold

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Karsbach

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 2017 there were 79 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 767 people were in employment subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of out-commuters was 688 more than that of in-commuters. 14 residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were 34 farms.

traffic

The federal road 27 runs through the municipality ; it leads past the main town as a bypass immediately to the west.

education

There is a day-care center for children in the municipality with 70 approved places and 61 children (as of March 1, 2018).

Personalities

• Kaspar Meder (born June 30, 1798 in Weyersfeld, † February 10, 1875 in Hirschfeld), farmer and politician

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. ^ Community Karsbach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on July 1, 2020.
3. ↑ ^{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. 116 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, Volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 152
5. ↑ ^{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 .
6. ^ Website of the Gemünden am Main administrative association
7. ↑ Mayoral election 2020 , accessed on July 1, 2020
8. ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council election , accessed on July 1, 2020

Web links

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

• Entry on the coat of arms of Karsbach  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Karsbach: Official statistics of the LfStat