Upper sense

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Main-Spessart
Management Community :	Burgsinn
Height :	199 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.7 km 2
Residents:	931 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97791
Area code :	09356
License plate :	MSP
Community key :	09 6 77 169
Market structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Burgweg 1 ; 97775 Burgsinn
Website :	www.markt-obersinn.de
Mayoress :	Lioba Zieres ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the Obersinn market in the Main-Spessart district

Obersinn is a market in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart and a member of the Burgsinn administrative community .

geography

Geographical location

Obersinn is located in the Würzburg region and is divided into a Spessart and a Rhön side by the river Sinn, which gives it its name . The neighboring towns are called: Mittelinn and Jossa , as well as Zeitlofs-Roßbach and Aura im Sinngrund . There is also the district of Emmerichsthal. The Dittenbrunner Höhe is located near the village, named after the village of Dittenbrunn , which belongs to Altengronau . The topographically highest point of the municipality is at 472 m above sea level. NN (location) on the mountain Gäulsküppel, the lowest is on the Sinn at 196 m above sea level. NN (location) . The Obersinn viaduct on the Hanover – Würzburg high-speed line bears the name of the market. Obersinn has a train station on the Flieden – Gemünden line . 50.22579 9.64582 50.19937 9.61869

Community structure

Obersinn is divided into two districts:

Upper sense
Emmerichsthal

There are the districts of Burgjoss, Forst Aura and Obersinn.

Neighboring communities

Manor district Spessart (unincorporated area)	community Sinntal	Markt Zeitlofs and Roßbacher Forst (municipality-free area)
City of Bad Soden-Salmünster and Burgjoss (unincorporated area)		Forst Aura (unincorporated area)
Forst Aura (unincorporated area)	Community mean sense

Surname

etymology

The basic word in the name goes back to the river Sinn flowing through the place . The addition Ober was used to distinguish Obersinn from the nearby villages Mittelinn and Niedersinn (today Burgsinn ) and indicates the location in the valley.

Earlier spellings

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

1309 senses
1319 Upper Senses
1364 Upper Synne
1542 Obersynn
1695 Obersinn

history

Until the church is planted

Most of the local rights of the Würzburg bishopric , which belonged to the Franconian Empire , fell to the Principality of Aschaffenburg in 1808 (first to Bavaria in 1803, to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg in 1805 ), with which they came back to Bavaria in 1814 . Local rights of Hessen-Kassel fell to Bavaria only in 1860. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Administrative history

In 1862 the district office Gemünden am Main was formed, on whose administrative area Obersinn was located. In 1872 the Gemünden District Office was incorporated into the Lohr am Main District Office . It was not until 1902 that the Gemünden District Office was re-established. In 1939, as everywhere in the German Reich, the designation district was introduced. Obersinn was now one of the 27 communities in the district of Gemünden am Main . With the dissolution of the district of Gemünden am Main, Obersinn became part of the newly formed district of Mittelmain on July 1, 1972, which ten months later was given its final name as district of Main-Spessart .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population fell from 1209 to 944 by 265 inhabitants or 21.9% - the strongest percentage decrease in the Main-Spessart district in the period mentioned.

politics

Municipal council

Local election 2014:

Free community of voters Obersinn: 8 seats
CSU: 4 seats

mayor

Since May 1, 2008, Lioba Zieres (Free Voting Association) has been the first woman to manage a community in the former Altlandkreis Gemünden. She was elected for a further six years on March 15, 2020 with 91.6% of the vote. Her predecessor was Richard Stenglein (CSU). Second mayor is Rudolf Dill (Free Voting Community Obersinn).

Coat of arms and flag

Blazon : By a silver wave pole split from red and green, in front a silver shell over three silver tips, behind over a silver beech leaf a silver mark, which is composed of the capital letter H and the number 4.

The silver wave pole symbolizes the Sinntal and the sense that forms the border between the Rhön and Spessart. Obersinn is also on the border between Hesse and Bavaria. The rake represents the historical relationship with the Würzburg monastery. Approx. In 1400 Obersinn was raised from the bishopric to a parish. The shell stands for the church patron St. James. The green tinging and the beech leaf refer to the landscape of the market, which is characterized by agriculture, meadows and forests (especially beech forests). The marking drawing (visible on the boundary stones) represents the emblem of the condominium , which was created in 1447 , in which four gentlemen were involved (the Vierherrschaft) and which determined the history of the market area for about 350 years.

Approval of the coat of arms: June 27, 1984

Coat of arms draftsman: L. Breitenbach / G. Weismantel, Obersinn

Flag: red-white-green

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Chess flower in the Sinngrund nature reserve

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were no employees at the place of work in the manufacturing industry 64 or in the trade and transport sector. In other economic areas, 17 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 391 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and two companies in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 22 farms with an agriculturally used area of 296 hectares, 94 hectares of which were arable land and 198 hectares of permanent green area.

education

Since July 2019 there has been a museum in the redesigned town center about the life and work of the writer and pedagogue Leo Weismantel, who was born in Obersinn . The exhibition rooms are located in the former Wischert House, a half-timbered house adjoining Weismantel's birthplace.

There are also the following institutions (as of 2011):

Kindergarten: 25 kindergarten places with 28 children
School Obersinn (until school year 2005/2006)

Events

"Fire wheel" Every year on Shrove Monday an ancient ritual is performed on Brunnberg in Obersinn: The "fire wheel" is carried down the steep mountain by unmarried boys. Every year the spectacle attracts hundreds of visitors.

Chess Flower Festival

Every year in April / May there is the chess flower festival in Obersinn. The chess flower occurs mainly in the meadows near the Reithbrücke in Obersinn.