Leinach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Leinach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Wurzburg
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.02 km 2
Residents:	3123 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	111 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97274
Area code :	09364
License plate :	WÜ , OCH
Community key :	09 6 79 200
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 23 97274 Leinach
Website :	www.leinach.de
Mayor :	Arno Mager (Independent Citizen of Leinach)
Location of the community of Leinach in the district of Würzburg

Leinach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg .

geography

Leinach is located in the Würzburg region in the Leinachtal, 16 kilometers by road northwest of Würzburg. The Leinacher Bach flows through the village .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are (clockwise from the north): Zellingen , Erlabrunn , Margetshöchheim , Zell am Main , Hettstadt , Greußenheim and Birkenfeld .

Community structure

Leinach is divided into the two districts of Leinach ( parish village ) and Steinhaugshof ( desert ).

There are the districts Oberleinach and Unterleinach.

Surname

etymology

The name Leinach is derived from the Leinach brook , which flows through the town and flows into the Main in Zellingen . Since the 13th century, a distinction has been made between the two places Oberleinach and Unterleinach according to their altitude.

Earlier spellings

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

1170 Lynaha 1186 Linaha 1199 Lina 1202 Linah

1205 Linach 1302 Lynach 1452 Leynach 1589 Leinach

history

In Oberleinach, Johannes von Allendorf, the last abbot and first provost of St. Burkard in Würzburg, owned goods and other properties that formed the economic basis for the hospital he founded in 1496 for the 14 emergency helpers at the Old Main Bridge in Würzburg.

As part of the high pin Würzburg ( Office Veitshöchheim ) that the Frankish Empire circle belonged Leinach (upper and Unterleinach) 1803 was in Bavaria's favor secularized , then in the Peace of Pressburg (1805) Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Wurzburg left with which it finally fell to Bavaria in 1814.

On May 1, 1978, as part of the regional reform in Bavaria, the municipality of Leinach was created through the merger of the municipalities of Oberleinach and Unterleinach, which were established in 1818.

Population development
year	1840	1871	1900	1925	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	2263	2008	1809	1778	1729	1986	1955	2030	2568	2806	3116	3243	3217	3157	3092

politics

Municipal council

After the local elections on March 16, 2014 with a turnout of 69.9%, the local council is composed as follows:

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
CSU	24.0%	4th
SPD / Free Voters	13.5%	2
Christian Free Voter Association	36.4%	6th
Independent citizens	26.1%	4th

mayor

Mayor is Arno Mager (Independent Citizen of Leinach). On May 1, 2020, he succeeded Uwe Klüpfel (Christian-Free Voters' Association), who had held the office for 18 years since May 1, 2002. In the 2020 local elections, Mager received 50.9% of the valid votes cast with a voter turnout of 73%.

Community finances

In 2014, the municipal tax revenue was € 1,904,000, of which € 213,000 was trade tax revenue (net).

coat of arms

The description of the municipal coat of arms introduced in 1980 reads: "In red between a silver Romanesque church portal an upright golden key."

Community partnerships

The partner communities of Leinach have been Saint-Cyr-du-Ronceray in the French region of Normandy since 2003 and the Bräunsdorf district of the Saxon city of Limbach-Oberfrohna since 2005 .

St. Peter's Chapel

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Leinach

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

According to official statistics, there were 108 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing industry and 41 in the trade, transport and hospitality sector. There were a total of 1272 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and three in the construction sector. In 2010 there were also 29 farms with a total of 1795 ha of agricultural land, of which 1710 ha were arable land and 47 ha were permanent green space.

traffic

Leinachtal Bridge

The railway - high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg crosses the municipality, u. a. with the Bartelsgrabentalbrücke , the Leinachtalbrücke and the 2235 m long Espenloh tunnel .

Bus lines 521 and 522 go to Würzburg. In addition, a citizen bus supports the regular service.

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2015):

• two kindergartens (Oberleinach and Unterleinach) with a total of 150 places and 109 children out of 23 children
• a primary school with 89 pupils, who are taught in four classes by five teachers (school year 2014/15)

Personalities

• Albert Franz (born September 16, 1947), Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher
• Thomas Franz (born September 2, 1962), Roman Catholic theologian from Unterleinach, fundamental theologian at the University of Würzburg

Web links

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

Wikisource: Leinach , in: Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery , Volume 2  - Sources and full texts

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

• Leinach: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.05 MB)

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 of Leinach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on July 11, 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. 130 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ^ Peter Kolb: The hospital and health system. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume 1, 2001, p 386-409 and 647-653, here: pp. 394-396.
5. ^ 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. 756 .
6. ↑ Municipal statistics 2015 - community of Leinach
7. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics
8. ↑ Line 520. (No longer available online.) In: vvm – info. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.