Oberaurach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Hatred Mountains
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	45.14 km 2
Residents:	3954 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	88 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97514
Primaries :	09529, 09522, 09549
License plate :	HAS, EBN, GEO , HOH
Community key :	09 6 74 159
LOCODE :	DE OUH
Community structure:	11 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 25 ; 97514 Oberaurach
Website :	www.oberaurach.de
Mayor :	Thomas Sechser ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Oberaurach in the Haßberge district

Oberaurach is a municipality in the Haßberge district in Lower Franconia . A place called Oberaurach does not exist, the administration is in Tretzendorf.

geography

Geographical location

Oberaurach is located in the Steigerwald Nature Park . The Aurach rises to the west of the Neuschleichach district . The Knetzberge-Böhlgrund natural forest is one of the largest forest protection areas in Bavaria in the municipality .

Community structure

Oberaurach is divided into eleven districts (population in brackets):

Neighboring communities

municipality Knetzgau	Municipality Sand am Main	City of Eltmann
		Community Priesendorf
Community Rauhenebrach		Community of Schönbrunn in the Steigerwald

history

Some parts of the community were first mentioned in documents in 741 and 753. Originally the Bishopric of Würzburg belonging place came up short for the Grand Duchy of Wurzburg of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany before the Treaties of Paris came to Bayern 1814th In the course of the regional reform in Bavaria , today's political municipality was created on May 1, 1978, whereby the municipality name Oberaurach was introduced as an artificial word for the municipalities on the upper course of the Aurach . The municipality of Oberaurach consists of the formerly independent municipalities of Dankenfeld, Fatschenbrunn, Kirchaich, Neuschleichach, Oberschleichach, Tretzendorf, Trossenfurt and Unterschleichach.

Ecclesiastically, the districts of Kirchaich and Dankenfeld belong to the Archdiocese of Bamberg , the districts of Trossenfurt / Tretzendorf, Ober-, Unter- and Neuschleichach, Fatschenbrunn and Hummelmarter to the Diocese of Würzburg .

politics

The Baroque Tretzendorf Palace, which today houses the town hall of Oberaurach

mayor

Thomas Sechser (CSU) has been mayor since 2008. In 2014 he prevailed with 53.76% of the vote against Sabine Weinbeer (Free Voters) and Thomas Karg (SPD), against whom he had already stood in 2008 and won with 55.37% of the votes. On March 15, 2020, Sechser was elected for a further six years with 78.5% of the vote. His predecessor was Siegmund Kerker (CSU).

Municipal council

City council election 2020

The municipal council has 16 members:

CSU : 5 seats (33.77%)
Greens : 3 seats (16.54%)
Free voter community Oberaurach : 4 seats (25.94%)
Young citizens of Oberaurach : 4 seats (23.75%)

City council election 2014

The municipal council has 16 members:

CSU 6 seats
SPD 3 seats
Free voter community Oberaurach 4 seats
Young citizens (close to the CSU) 3 seats

City council election 2008

The municipal council has 16 members:

CSU 7 seats
SPD 3 seats
Free voter community Oberaurach 3 seats
Young citizens (close to the CSU) 3 seats

Local council election 2002

The council had 16 members:

CSU 6 seats
SPD 4 seats
Free voter community Oberaurach 3 seats
Young citizens (close to the CSU) 3 seats

coat of arms

The description reads: Above a black corrugated shield base, inside a silver fish, in silver between two inclined red beech leaves a fallen, shortened, curly black tip, inside a golden unicorn trunk.

The unicorn is the diminished coat of arms of the former knight canton of Steigerwald and, together with the beech leaves, indicates the geographical location of the municipality in the northern Steigerwald. The base of the wave shield represents the Aurach, while the fish indicates the fish farming in the Aurachgrund. The colors silver and black are taken from the coat of arms of the Marschalken von Ostheim , who came into the possession of the Dankenfeld castle estate in 1663/64. The colors black and gold as well as silver and red are the colors of the Hochstifte Bamberg and Würzburg , which both ruled the municipality.