Keilberg (Bessenbach)

Wedge Mountain Community Bessenbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 19 ″  E
Height :	165 m
Area :	16.93 km²
Residents :	2350
Population density :	139 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	63856
Area code :	06095
Location of Keilberg in Bavaria

Keilberg is a district of the municipality of Bessenbach with 2,152 inhabitants (as of 2010) in the Vorspessart , 15 kilometers from Aschaffenburg and 65 kilometers from Frankfurt am Main . The community belongs to the district of Aschaffenburg . Well-known products are the axles of the Sauerachs Fabrik (SAF-HOLLAND GmbH) , the second largest in Europe.

geography

Berg wedge is located on the highway access Besse Bach Waldaschaff of A 3 . The next ICE stop is in Aschaffenburg , the next train station in Hösbach-Bahnhof . State road 2307 runs through the village . The topographically highest point of the village mark is the summit of the Salzbuckels, southeast of the place at 464  m above sea level. NN , the lowest is on the Aschaff east of Hösbach-Bahnhof at 151  m above sea level. NN .

history

Until the 17th century, the independent village of Mittelbessenbach was located in what is now Keilberg . It was near the confluence of the Michelbach and the Bessenbach . With the expansion of Keilberg since 1659 and the structural merging of the two places, the name Mittelbessenbach disappeared.

At the time of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, Keilberg was in the area of ​​the Districtsmairie Schweinheim (the former Kurmainzischen Amtsvogtei Schweinheim) in the department of Aschaffenburg and counted with the villages of Unterbessenbach and Steiger as well as the Hof Frauengrund with 87 fire places 458 inhabitants (souls). Maire and Landzöller was Leonhard Hock; his adjuncts were called Johann Hock and Michael Stegmann. Valentin Braun was the pastor; The chaplain was called Johann Georg Hanzelmann. GA Amrhein was the school teacher.

Today the Mairie Weiler with Waldmichelbach, which was still independent in 1812 and which at that time was located in the administrative area of ​​the Krombach district mairie with its 20 campfire sites and 166 inhabitants, belongs to the Keilberg district of the Bessenbach community. Johann Stegmann was adjunct there in 1812. The Mair's position was not occupied.

As a result of the Paris Treaty of June 3, 1814, Keilberg and Weiler came to the Kingdom of Bavaria on June 26, 1814 with their district mairies Schweinheim and Krombach, respectively. With an order of October 1, 1814, Keilberg was assigned to the administrative area of ​​the district court second class Aschaffenburg, which had arisen from the Districtsmairie Schweinheim, and the Graeflich Schönbornische Weiler with Waldmichelbach as its own office was assigned to the District Court Krombach, which emerged from the Districtsmairie Krombach, which in 1816 became a lordship court and in 1820 a Patrimonial court, which existed until 1848.

On July 1, 1862, the district office of Aschaffenburg was formed, on whose administrative territory Keilberg was located. In 1939, as everywhere in the German Reich, the designation district was introduced. Keilberg was now one of the 33 communities in the old district of Aschaffenburg . On July 1, 1972, this merged with the Alzenau district in Lower Franconia to form the new Aschaffenburg district.

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Keilberg was incorporated into the new municipality of Bessenbach.

Attractions

In addition to the historical center of Schmelzenberg with its typical winding streets and the typical Spessart houses, the Catholic fortified church of St. Georg on the Jörgenberg should be mentioned. At the foot of the Jörgenberg is the plague shrine from the time of the great plague.

Personalities

Burial place of the Schad couple

One of the most famous personalities of Keilberg is the painter Christian Schad, who died in 1982 and was buried in the Keilberg cemetery .

Club life

The cultural life in Keilberg is shaped by the music band, which has existed for 125 years and which helps to shape the religious and secular festivals and events. The orchestra of the Musikverein Keilberg e. V. is known beyond the borders of the community as a musical figurehead. In the field of sports, TSV 1925 Keilberg e. V. various sports, such as B. table tennis, athletics, children's gymnastics, gymnastics. Most of the members are active in football. The first team of TSV currently plays in the district league.

There are also other associations: Gesangverein Liedertafel, Automobilsportclub AMSC, society clubs Knobelclub and Königlich Bayerische, St. Georgsverein, fire brigade association, carrier pigeon association Heimatliebe, fruit and horticultural association , rabbit breeding association.

Web links

• To the history of the place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2010 annual statistics of the community of Bessenbach
2. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
3. ^ Historical calendar of the community of Bessenbach
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 422 .