Oberleichtersbach

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Oberleichtersbach
Oberleichtersbach
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Oberleichtersbach highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Bad Kissingen
Management Community : Bad Brueckenau
Height : 408 m above sea level NHN
Area : 27.6 km 2
Residents: 2072 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 97789
Primaries : 09741, 09744
License plate : KG, BRK, HAB
Community key : 09 6 72 138
LOCODE : DE ODB
Community structure: 15 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Lindenstrasse 10
97789 Oberleichtersbach
Website : www.oberleichtersbach.de
Mayor : Dieter Muth
Location of the municipality of Oberleichtersbach in the Bad Kissingen district
Dreistelzer Forst Forst Detter-Süd Geiersnest-Ost Geiersnest-West Waldfensterer Forst Kälberberg (Unterfranken) Mottener Forst-Süd Neuwirtshauser Forst Omerz und Roter Berg Römershager Forst-Nord Römershager Forst-Ost Roßbacher Forst Waldfensterer Forst Großer Auersberg Münnerstadt Thundorf in Unterfranken Maßbach Rannungen Nüdlingen Oerlenbach Bad Kissingen Aura an der Saale Bad Bocklet Euerdorf Sulzthal Ramsthal Elfershausen Fuchsstadt Hammelburg Elfershausen Wartmannsroth Oberthulba Oberthulba Oberthulba Burkardroth Burkardroth Zeitlofs Zeitlofs Bad Brückenau Bad Brückenau Oberleichtersbach Geroda (Unterfranken) Schondra Schondra Schondra Riedenberg Motten (Bayern) Wildflecken Hessen Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld Landkreis Main-Spessart Landkreis Schweinfurt Landkreis Haßberge Landkreis Haßberge Schweinfurtmap
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Oberleichtersbach from above

Oberleichtersbach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen and a member of the Bad Brückenau administrative community .

geography

location

Oberleichtersbach is located south of the Rhön and west of the Spessart in the Adelsberg Forest, a natural area of ​​the southern Rhön . It is located in the Main-Rhön region about four kilometers south-southeast of Bad Brückenau . The source of the Schondra tributary, Leichtersbach, is close by . The Franconian Marienweg leads through Oberleichtersbach .

Community structure

Oberleichtersbach has 15 districts:

history

Until the church is planted

The municipality was first mentioned in a document in 812. Secularized as the office of the Fulda bishopric in favor of Archduke Ferdinand of Orange in 1803, it fell to France in 1806 as part of the province of Fulde (from 1810 a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt of the Prince Primate of Dalberg ) and was awarded to Austria at the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities of Breitenbach, Mitgenfeld, Modlos and Unterleichtersbach were incorporated.

Population development

  • 1961: 1490 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1653 inhabitants
  • 1987: 1787 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1931 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1992 inhabitants
  • 2000: 2046 inhabitants
  • 2005: 2114 inhabitants
  • 2010: 2050 inhabitants
  • 2015: 2062 inhabitants

religion

The St. Peter and Paul Parish Church

The population is predominantly Catholic . Oberleichtersbach is the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul , which is part of the Hammelburg deanery of the Würzburg diocese . The subsidiary church of the Holy Family is located in the district of Breitenbach, and the subsidiary church of St. James the Elder in Modlos . There is a chapel in Unterleichtersbach.

politics

Municipal council

The town council of Oberleichtersbach has 14 members plus the mayor. The distribution of mandates based on the election on March 15, 2020 is as follows (the distribution of seats from 2014 to 2020 in brackets):
Active voter group Breitenbach / Mitgenfeld: 4 seats (5)
CSU / Free Christian voter group (FCW): 5 seats (4)
free Voting Community (FWG) Modlos: 3 seats (3)
Free voter group Unterleichtersbach: 3 seats (2)

mayor

The first mayor has been Dieter Muth (active voter group Breitenbach / Mitgenfeld) since May 1, 2014; he was re-elected on March 15, 2020 with 73.2% of the vote. His deputies are Roland Wehner (2nd Mayor, FWG Modlos) and Maria Knüttel (3rd Mayor, FCW Oberleichtersbach).

coat of arms

Blazon : square; 1 and 4 a continuous black cross in silver; 2 and 3 diagonally divided in a double tin cut of gold and red.

Coat of arms history: Oberleichtersbach was first mentioned in writing in 812 and belonged to the Fulda bishopric until the end of the old empire in 1803 . Prince Abbot Placidus von Droste (1678–1700) had the parish church of St. Peter and Paul built and a coat of arms mounted above the portal in which the coat of arms of Fulda Abbey (the Fulda cross) and the coat of arms of Prince Droste are united. The municipality chose these two heraldic symbols for its coat of arms.

The coat of arms was awarded by the government of Lower Franconia on December 5, 1980.

Attractions

The subsidiary church of the Holy Family in the Breitenbach district, which was built from 1905 to 1906, is essentially neo-Gothic , but also has elements of Art Nouveau, especially in the original furnishings and painting from the period of construction.

The steel observation tower Dreistelzberg on the 660.4  m above sea level. NHN high Dreistelzberg allows a distant view far into neighboring Hesse.

Architectural monuments

Soil monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 866,000 euros in 1999, of which the trade tax revenue (net) amounted to the equivalent of 155,000 euros.

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were six in the field of agriculture and forestry, 428 in the manufacturing sector and 67 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors 42 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 735 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There were two companies in the manufacturing sector and two companies in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 84 farms with an agricultural area of ​​2091 hectares, of which 788 hectares were arable land and 1296 hectares were permanent green space.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2009):

  • 100 kindergarten places with around 65 children
  • an elementary school with ten teachers and 97 students

traffic

The airfield Bad Brückenau-Oberleichtersbach is a small, certified for the powered sailplane operating airfield.

literature

  • Leonhard Rugel: Catholic parish church Oberleichtersbach. = Oberleichtersbach (= Art Guide No. 1523, ZDB -ID 51387-8 ). Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1985.

Web links

Commons : Oberleichtersbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111111/233356&attr=OBJ&val= 1574
  3. ↑ 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. 739 .
  4. ^ Community homepage , accessed on June 23, 2020