Mainflingen
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Mainflingen
Community Mainhausen
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| Height : | 110 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 9.3 km² |
| Residents : | 4142 (December 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 445 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1977 |
| Postal code : | 63533 |
| Area code : | 06182 |
Mainflingen is a district of the municipality of Mainhausen in the Offenbach district in southern Hesse . He is known for his time signal transmitter , which controls almost all radio clocks in Western Europe.
Geographical location
The place is about 10 km northwest of Aschaffenburg . The Main runs directly to the east .
history
Mainflingen was called Manolfingen in medieval documents , after the founder Manolf ( Germanic first name ), the ending in -ingen is a sign of a foundation during the migration period .
In the years 775, 793, 796 and 799 a donation of real estate to the Lorsch monastery in the Manolfinger marca was recorded in the Lorsch Codex . At that time the place belonged to the Franconian Maingau .
From the Middle Ages to the secularization of 1803 Mainflingen belonged to the Electorate of Mainz , after which the place came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt .
On the opposite side of the Main near Dettingen , the French are defeated by an Austro - English army in 1743 ( Battle of Dettingen ).
On January 1, 1977, Mainflingen was merged with the neighboring town of Zellhausen by state law to form the new municipality of Mainhausen as part of the regional reform in Hesse .
In 1978 the neighboring motorway bridge over the Main was opened to traffic. There was once a large gravel works near Mainflingen . Operations ceased in the 1980s. What remains are three lakes: the Mainflinger bathing lake, a large nature reserve lake and a fishing lake.
Population development
In 1834 Mainflingen had 606 inhabitants. By 1939 the number had almost doubled to 1120. In 1961 there were 2040 and 1970 3017 inhabitants. On June 30, 2008 Mainflingen had 4189 inhabitants. On December 31, 2013 the population was 4027.
religion
The Catholic Church of St. Kilian is located on the banks of the Main . The building in classical style was completed in 1821 based on a design by Georg Moller .
badges and flags
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Blazon : "In a red shield over a silver wavy band a silver, soaring horse."
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Georg Massoth and approved on June 2, 1955 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior. The mold is an allusion to the nickname of the Mainflinger Maoflinger mold , for whose origin there are different stories. The wave bar symbolizes the Main. |
The flag was approved on October 25, 1956 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.
Flag description: "The municipal coat of arms on the white central panel of the red-white-red flag cloth."
Economy and Infrastructure
Car traffic and public transport
The district road K 185, which leads to the L 2310 , runs through the village . The motorway connection 48 (Mainhausen) of the federal motorway 45 can be reached via the L 2310 .
The Kreis-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft Offenbach (KVG ) acts as a local public transport company and authority in the Rhein-Main transport association in the local public transport sector .
Long-distance cycle routes
Run along the banks of the Main:
- The Main Cycle Path leads from the two sources of the Main along the river to its confluence with the Rhine near Mainz . It has a total length of about 600 kilometers.
- The D-Route 5 ( Saar-Mosel-Main ) over 1021 km from Saarbrücken via Trier , Koblenz , Mainz , Frankfurt am Main , Würzburg and Bayreuth to the Czech border.
- The German Limes Cycle Route follows the Upper German-Raetian Limes over 818 km from Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube .
Public facilities
- Administrative office with local court in Mainflingen town hall
- Mainflingen community center
- Community library in the old nurses house
- One of the Mainflingen lakes is designated as a bathing lake.
- Seecamping Mainflingen directly on the lake. The approximately 7-hectare campsite offers parking spaces for around 300 permanent campers and around 40 spaces for short-term campers.
Time signal transmitter
Main article: Transmitting facilities in Mainflingen
There are two large transmitters in Mainflingen . They are used for commercial long-wave radio (especially the distribution of the DCF77 time signal ) and medium- wave radio . Their range is over 2000 km, which covers all of Central Europe and around 100 million radio clocks receive a time signal.
Web links
- Website of the community of Mainhausen
- From the history of Mainhausen. In: Internet presence. Mainhausen community, archived from the original on February 17, 2013 .
- Mainflingen, Offenbach district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature on Mainflingen in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mainflingen, Offenbach district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ "Numbers, data, facts" on the website of the municipality of Mainhausen ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed March 2016
- ↑ List of places for the Lorsch Codex, Mainflingen , Archivum Laureshamense - digital, Heidelberg University Library.
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Offenbach district (GVBl. II 330-33) of June 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 316–318 , § 5 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
- ^ Website of the Catholic Parish of St. Kilian, Mainflingen
- ↑ More about the architecture of “St. Kilian ”on georg-moller-landkirchen.de
- ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Mainflingen in the Offenbach district, Darmstadt administrative district of June 2, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 25 , p. 614 , point 662 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.9 MB ]).
- ↑ coat of arms. In: Internet presence, Mainhausen community.
- ^ Approval of a flag for the municipality of Mainflingen, Offenbach district, Darmstadt administrative district from October 25, 1956 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1956 No. 45 , p. 1158 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.7 MB ]).
