Röllbach

This article deals with a community in Lower Franconia. Information on the river of the same name can be found in Röllbach (Main) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '  N , 9 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Miltenberg
Management Community :	Mönchberg
Height :	219 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.42 km 2
Residents:	1647 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	133 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63934
Area code :	09372
License plate :	MIL, OBB
Community key :	09 6 76 151
Community structure:	1 district
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchgasse 10 63934 Röllbach
Website :	www.roellbach.de
Mayor :	Michael Schwing ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Röllbach in the Miltenberg district

Röllbach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Miltenberg and a member of the Mönchberg administrative community .

geography

Röllbach ("Rulpach") in the map of the Spessart by Paul Pfinzing from 1594 (north is on the right)

Geographical location

The community is located in the Spessart , in the Mainviereck between Klingenberg , Mönchberg and Großheubach . The topographically highest point of the municipality district is located at 486  m above sea level. NN am Geiersberg northeast of the village, the lowest is on the Röllbach near the Paradeismühle at 160  m above sea level. NN . The Franconian Marienweg leads through Röllbach .

Community structure

There is only one district , as well as several Aussiedlerhöfe and mills

Neighboring communities

	Mönchberg market
City of Klingenberg am Main		Community Collenberg
	Großheubach market

Surname

etymology

It takes its name from the eponymous Röllbach Röllbach , in Röllfeld in the Main flows.

Earlier spellings

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

• 1181 Rolebach
• 1260 Rollebach
• 1283 Rolbach
• 1291 Röllbach

history

During the time of the tribal duchies, the place belonged to the Duchy of Franconia . The Teutonic Order was active here early on, in 1263 Röllbach and the patronage of the church were transferred to the Teutonic Order. In 1317 the Teutonic Order, the House of Mergentheim, bought von Röllbach's own people with the consent of the von Hohenlohe nobility. In the 14th century until 1483, Röllbach became the seat of an office of the Teutonic Order with the care of 34 places and four courtyards. In 1862 the district office of Obernburg was formed, on whose administrative area Röllbach was located. As everywhere in the German Reich , the term district was introduced in 1939. Röllbach was now one of the 35 communities in the district of Obernburg am Main . With the dissolution of the district of Obernburg, Röllbach came to the newly formed district of Miltenberg on July 1, 1972 .

Although there were no military targets in Röllbach, the place was attacked by Allied bombers on the night of April 24th to 25th, 1944 . Three residents died, 38 houses were completely destroyed, as well as many other barns and outbuildings. The reason for the attack has not yet been clarified.

politics

Municipal council

Until 1984, the members of the Röllbach municipal council were provided exclusively by the CSU . Since the local elections in 1984, the CWR (Christian Voting Community Röllbach) has also been represented in the local council. The local council of Röllbach consists of 13 members including the mayor.

Since the municipal elections in 2014, there have been no parties, only a uniform list of citizens (Röllbacher List). This already in the past term of office all twelve 12 municipal councils and also got all seats in the local elections in 2020 .

mayor

The mayor of Röllbach is Michael Schwing (CSU); he was elected on March 15, 2020 with 95.2% of the vote. The mayor's office was on a voluntary basis until the 2014 election. The municipality has had a full-time mayor since the 2020 local elections.

Michael Schwing's predecessors were:

• Rudi Schreck (CSU) from May 2002 to April 2020
• Hermann Schwing, 36 years old, in office from May 1966 to April 2002. Before that, he was second mayor for ten years. In addition, he was deputy chairman of the Mönchberg administrative association for 24 years (1978–2002). Hermann Schwing was the recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class and an honorary citizen of Röllbach when he died in 2010 at the age of 86.

More choices

In the European elections, the CSU won 46.23%, the SPD 8.05%, the Greens 14.03, the AfD 10.78% and others 20.92%.

In the state elections in 2008, the CSU received 51.13% of the second vote.

coat of arms

Only in 1970 did the municipality of Röllbach introduce its own coat of arms. The red coat of arms is divided vertically by a narrow silver pole. On the left half is a silver six-spoke wheel. Opposite five golden shingles arranged in the formation 2-1-2 from top to bottom.

Coat of arms of the barons of Hoheneck

Coat of arms history

A mayor's seal from the 18th century is the historical model of the coat of arms. It was found as a sign of since 1484 territorial belonging to the Archbishopric of Mainz , the six-spoked wheel and pole and shingles from the family crest of the Barons of Hoheneck , occupied since 1718 in Röllbach and died 1808th

Culture and sights

Maria Snow Chapel

There is a legend about a snow miracle that traces the floor plan of the chapel. A miraculous image of Mary and the baby Jesus has been venerated in an oak tree for a long time. In the Thirty Years' War the Swedes invaded Röllbach in 1631 and laid the town and chapel in ruins. During this time, the chapel developed as a pilgrimage destination for many plague processions . Here not only the Mother of God but also St. Rochus was worshiped. In 1680 the chapel was enlarged and rebuilt. Since then the organ has also been built in. Between 1849 and 1850 the chapel was raised and restored from 1902 to 1905. The chapel has had its external appearance since 1986, the interior was last renovated in 1990.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Röllbach

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ludwig Ackermann (1826–?), Franconian farmer, baker and member of the state parliament
• Roland Schwing (1949–2017), local politician (CSU)

Oddities

The fertile loess soil of the district allowed the field crops grown there to thrive particularly well. In particular, the thick, fat turnips , in the vernacular Dickwurz = Worzel, earned the Röllbachers the nickname / Ortsneckname "Worzelköpp".

Web links

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

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

• Former Jewish community of Röllbach
• Röllbach: Official statistics of the LfStat

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=[phone]/201723&attr=OBJ&val= 1704
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. 190 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
4. ^ Result of the municipal council election on March 15, 2020 , accessed on June 19, 2020
5. ↑ European elections in the municipality of Röllbach
6. ↑ Werner Trost Stampes, Worzelköpp and Staffelbrunzer Lkr.Miltenberg 2003
7. ↑ Uz-Atlas - Prima Sunday, 11 November 2012