Motten

Moths is a municipality and nationally recognized resort in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen in the northwest of Bavaria ( Germany ).

• 2.1 General
• 2.2 Amalgamations
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 monuments

• 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 5.2 Education

Geography

Geographical location

Moths in the region Main- Rhön on the southwestern edge of the low mountain Rhön. It is made of Lilac inflow Döllbach (called Döllau ) flows through. 658; framed which is located in the Bavarian Rhön Nature Park moths from the mountains High chamber called the Northeast, Ehrenberg (approx. 674 m) in the southeast ( location of the pilgrimage church Maria Ehrenberg ) and Large hood ( also Mottener hood ( 700 m above sea level. ), 1 m; site of a lookout tower ) in the southwest; the two first-mentioned mountains are located within the training area wild spots.

Neighboring communities

The community moth lies between the towns of Ebersburg (Hessen ) in the north, wild spots ( Bavaria ) in the east, Sinntal (Hessen) in the southwest, and Kalbach (Hessen) in the west and the unincorporated areas Mottener Forest South ( Bavaria ) in the south-southeast and Roman Hager Forest North ( Bavaria ) in the south.

Community structure

The municipality has ten moths officially named districts:

• Corner Wiesenhof
• Iron Hammer
• Fuchsenhof
• Haubenhof
• Kothen

• Kretzenhof
• Moths
• Upper Ziegelhuette
• Speicherz
• Thomashof

History

Generally

Moth was first mentioned in the year 837, the district Speicherz in the year 1330. Kothen The district goes back to a monk named Kotho, who settled there in the 8th century. As an Office of the High pin Fulda moths was secularized in 1803 in favor of the Archduke Ferdinand of Orange and fell in 1806 as part of the " province de Fulde " in France ( from 1810 a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt of the Prince Primate von Dalberg ). It was awarded in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna in Austria. Since the Munich agreement in 1816 the place belonged to Bavaria.

On the evening of 22 October 2005, a tornado taught in the industrial area and in nearby forests to large damage.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Kothen and Speicherz were incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Parish council

After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members. The turnout was 77.1 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Mayor

Mayor Jochen Vogel ( Wählergemeinschaft ). He was succeeded Karl Want ( Wählergemeinschaft / Wählergr. ) In 2002.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Sable, a husky with a vertical floating black Tatzenkreuz silver slant bar links; above a golden crown foliage, down a golden thistle.

Coat of Arms History: In 1978, the formerly independent communities of moths, Kothen and Speicherz have joined forces to church today moths. The territory once belonged to the monastery of Fulda. In the coat of arms have called the silver and black and the black Tatzenkreuz, also fuldisches Cross, on this past go. The Silver Bevel Links bar symbolizes the important road from north to south, led by the municipality in the Middle Ages. At the 1275 and 1277 occupied free court moths recalls the golden leaf crown. On the situation of the church in the Rhön indicates the golden thistle. The coat of arms was granted by the government of Lower Franconia on 14 December 1979.

Twinning

Partner community is Ranville in France.

Culture and sights

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Moths is a brewery since the early 16th century location. The fürstbischöflich - fuldische Office brewery was sold on 12 December 1791, the farmer Johann Georg Will. The brewery existed until 1987 as Will- Bräu. Today it is called Hochstift Royal brewery in Bavaria and belongs to the Bishopric of lichen Brauhaus Fulda. In moths were also brickworks, the upper brick hut. Some copies of the specially designed ridge tiles ( as with carvings of figures, sayings and names), the so-called " Feierabend brick ", have been preserved from the upper brick hut, so objects Ziegler Caspar Hardt in 1775 and Ziegler Matthew Wicked in the years 1867 and in 1870.

First company, developed in 1991 the industrial area, the company was Paltian Staircase. Company founder was Karl Schuhmann in 1917.

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in manufacturing and 242 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 64 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 665 in the manufacturing sector, there was an operation in the construction industry also has an operation. In addition, in 1999, there were 54 farms with an agricultural area of 837 hectares, of which 227 hectares of arable land and 606 acres of meadowland.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 1999):

• Kindergarten: 117 places with 95 children
• Elementary School: four teachers and 100 students