Diebach
Diebach is a municipality in the district of Ansbach, Middle Franconia. The municipality is a member of the administrative community Schillingsfuerst.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 monuments
Geography
Geographical Location
Diebach located south of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the Tauber Valley.
Neighboring communities
Community structure
Diebach has ten districts:
- Beller Hausen
- Bestleinsmühle
- Firecrackers mill
- Diebach
- Neumühlestrasse
- Oberoestheim
- Pepper mill
- Seemühle
- Unteroestheim
- Wolfsau
History
The village Diebach originated around the year 700. A toll and protective castle of the lords of Diebach was mentioned in documents around 1236 and was 1557-1651 in the possession of the Rothenburg patrician family of the von Fürbringer. In the Thirty Years' War hiked Upper Austrian exiles in Diebach one, one of their own, Matthias Pantzer from Stockerau acquired the castle in 1651, the then frequently changed hands. 1803, the village of Bavaria. 1817, the thief Acher castle became so dilapidated that it was demolished. The community Diebach was established in 1818.
Incorporations
On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Beller Hausen and Oestheim were incorporated.
Policy
Parish council
After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members. The turnout was 62.0 %. The choice was as follows:
Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: In red a silver tip is swept, it bowed over blue wave bar leaves a black crown; Front right is a vertical silver rust, rear left a silver mermaid who holds a silver Seeblatt in his right hand.
Culture and sights
- South-west of the district Unteröstheim the natural monument Bottomless hole is ( karst spring )
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Diebach