Unterwestern

Unterwestern Community Westerngrund Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 35 ″  E
Height :	240 m above sea level NN
Residents :	368  (June 20, 2012)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972

Unterwestern is a district of the municipality Westerngrund in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg . The place has 368 inhabitants.

geography

Unterwestern is 240  m above sea level. NN in the Westerngrund through which the Westerbach flows, a side valley of the Kahlgrund on the road between Schneppenbach and Oberwestern . To the west of Unterwestern is the village of Hofstädten . To the east lie Großkahl and Großlaudenbach . The topographically highest point of the village marking is to the east of the village, on Habersberg at 323  m above sea level. NN (location) , the lowest is on the Westerbach at the Klotzenmühle at 213  m above sea level. NN (location) .

Surname

The place got its name from the Bach Western (today Westerbach) where it is located. For the meaning of the name, see Name des Westerbach and for earlier spellings in the article Westerngrund, the section: Earlier spellings .

history

The municipality of Unterwestern belonged to the Alzenau district office , which was formed on July 1, 1862. On January 1, 1939, this became part of the Alzenau district in Lower Franconia .

On January 1, 1972, Unterwestern was incorporated into the municipality of Westerngrund.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ measured in the town center
2. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
3. ^ 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. 240–241 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 418 .