Heimbuchenthal

Heimbuchenthal is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg and office of the Management Community Mespelbrunn. He is nationally recognized resort.

  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Earlier spellings
  • 3.1 Population development
  • 4.1 Heimathenhof
  • 4.2 Höllhammer
  • 4.3 Churches and chapels
  • 5.1 municipal
  • 5.2 Mayor
  • 5.3 Coat of Arms
  • 5.4 Partner community
  • 6.1 monuments
  • 7.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 7.2 Education

Geography

Geographical Location

Heimbuchenthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main region in the upper Elsavatal Spessart Nature Park. Through the village leads the state road 2308th

Community structure

The municipality Heimbuchenthal has three officially named districts on a district:

  • Heimbuchenthal Home Athens
  • Höllhammer

Neighboring communities

Name

Etymology

The name Heimbuchenthal consists of the Middle High German words hagenbuoche, the hornbeam and means valley. As an explanation to grow in the valley gives hornbeam.

Earlier spellings

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

History

Heimbuchenthal was first documented in the year 1282. 1495 the village was first mentioned as a court. With the Archbishopric of Mainz, the former Bailiwick Office was ( until 1782 ) in the secularization of the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (now a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) came to Bavaria. 1982, a large 700 - year anniversary was celebrated, which has also some tourist facilities were inaugurated.

Population Development

Attractions

  • Bandstand on Kurparksee
  • Pedestrian and bicycle path along the Elsava with poachers monument
  • Hermitage Lady of the Mountains

Heimathenhof

1 km west of the town is the hamlet Heimathenhof, with a former Hofgut, converted into a hotel and guest house. Directly at the inn, you can see red and fallow deer in a spacious enclosure.

Höllhammer

About 4 km to the south in Elsavatal is the pond Höllhammer with the former facilities of an iron hammer. Was first mentioned in the late 13th century hunting lodge Mulen, as well as the seat of a forester, a Forsthube. 1535 was the Herrschaftsbau already decayed and the Counts of Ingelheim, which had its headquarters to the nearby castle Mespelbrunn, let there then build an estate, the Höllenhof was named after attraction in the nearby Höllschlucht. In 1700, we put that driven by a mill first iron hammer, which was named after the Höllhammer Hofgut. The iron hammer, now taken over in 1795 by Georg Ludwig Rexroth, was at the beginning of the 19th century as "the first and most powerful hammer mechanism " in the Principality of Aschaffenburg. By 1830 there were about 100 people on the Höllhammer and the purpose-built school was attended by up to 30 children. By 1891, still in production, then the site was again converted into a Hofgut. On display is the servant of the house with the clock tower, the manor and the school. The buildings are inhabited until the forging. In the forest there is an old cemetery of the Rexroth family.

Churches and chapels

  • The church of St. Martin is held in the rococo and was built in 1757. 2003 was a complete restoration.
  • The chapel "Lady of the Mountains" in 1853 were the brothers Peter Konrad and build player. From the Chapel, you have a view of the Elsavatal.
  • The Chapel of the Visitation was allowed to build by French soldiers in 1804 by farmers from Heimathenhof of thanks for being spared from looting. A renovation took place in 2000.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of Heimbuchenthal has 15 members, including the full-time mayor.

Mayor

Mayor Rüdiger Stenger (SPD / FWG ).

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 1211 T € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 287 T €.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In red with a silver wave beams, about three silver beech leaves on stems crossed, including a growing from the lower plate edge silver gear.

Coat of Arms History: The book leaves the coat of arms are based on the geographical location in Hochspessart and are a " canting " icon for the place name. The wave bar indicates the location of the municipality in Elsavatal. The combination of the wave beam with the gear also points out that in the 18th and 19th century operated in the district Höllhammer hammer mill. The silver and red are the colors of the Electorate of Mainz, in the Heimbuchental held the country's rule until 1803. The Electoral Mainz office in the municipality included eight places and gave her a certain independence.

Coat of leadership since September 1981

Partner community

In 1988, the French settlement was Thury -Harcourt ( Calvados region located ) to the partner community of Heimbuchenthal.

Culture and sights

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Heimbuchenthal

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 133 in the area of ​​trade and transport 27 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 176 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 808 in the manufacturing sector, there were two farms, in construction 3 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were four farms with an agricultural area of ​​29 ha

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2006):

  • Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 68 children
  • Elementary schools: 1 with 15 teachers and 201 students
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