Wollbach (Lower Franconia)

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Wollbach
Wollbach (Lower Franconia)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Wollbach highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '  N , 10 ° 13'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Franconia
County : Rhön-Grabfeld
Management Community : Haystack
Height : 266 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.58 km 2
Residents: 1361 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 180 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 97618
Area code : 09773
License plate : NES, CAN, MET
Community key : 09 6 73 183
Community structure: 1 district
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Kirchstrasse 2
97618 Wollbach
Website : www.wollbach.de
Mayor : Thomas Bruckmüller ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Wollbach in the Rhön-Grabfeld district
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Wollbach

Wollbach is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld and a member of the Heustreu administrative community .

geography

Wollbach is located in the Main-Rhön region, 4.5 km north of Bad Neustadt . Only the Wollbach area exists .

history

Until the church is planted

The Cistercian monastery in Bildhausen owned the patronage rights of the church as well as goods and income in Wollbach. The office of the Hochstift Würzburg belonged to the Franconian Empire from 1500 . After secularization in 1803 in favor of Bavaria, it was given to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany in 1805 to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg and with this in 1814 it finally fell to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms, the current community was created with the community edict of 1818 .

Population development

Population development in the municipality of Wollbach:

year 1970 1987 1991 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Residents 1011 1146 1201 1262 1359 1260 1299 1298

politics

Alois Gensler was mayor (CSU / Bürgerblock) from 2002 to 2014. He was the successor to Karl Fiedler (CSU / Bürgerblock). Thomas Bruckmüller has been Alois Gensler's successor since May 2014.

In the 2020 local elections, the CSU / Citizens' Block list received eight seats, the Wollbacher voter community four seats in the local council.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 57 employees at the place of work in the manufacturing sector and 49 in the trade and transport sector. In other economic areas, 28 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 499 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were ten agricultural holdings with an agriculturally used area of ​​397 ha, of which 351 ha were arable land. The well-known pipe maker Anton Manger has been running his tobacco pipe factory in Wollbach since 1957.

education

There are the following institutions (as of 2018):

  • Kindergartens: 60 kindergarten places with 44 children

Buildings

  • Village church with steeple with a long high peak ( Julius-Echter-Spitze )
  • "Wollhalla" assembly hall

Others

South of Wollbach on the road to Heustreu is the abandoned Camp Lee base of the 2nd Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the US armed forces. This base was built in the late 1940s and expanded in the 1970s. In 1992 he was given up. From 1992 to 1996 it served as a home for asylum seekers, later it served as a courier service as accommodation. Today the facility is orphaned.

The Wollbachers are also known as "sand bunnies" in the region. The background to this are the sand pits, which are located south of the village and were still operated commercially until the 1980s.

  • Town View (2011)

  • Parish Church of St. Boniface

  • Town View (2011)

  • School (2011)

Web links

Commons : Wollbach  - Collection of images, 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 ).