Karlstein am Main

Karl Stein am Main ( officially: Karlstejn a.Main ) is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg in Bavaria.

3.1 Amalgamations

4.1 municipal
4.2 Coat of Arms

5.1 monuments

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality Karl Stein am Main is - as its name implies - am Main. In the district Großwelzheim is the westernmost point of the state of Bavaria.

Community structure

The municipality is divided into two officially designated districts (in brackets the number of inhabitants ):

Dettingen ( 4328 )
Großwelzheim ( 4,322 )

Neighboring communities

Etymology

The name " Charles Stone " going to a anecdotal tradition of Emperor Charlemagne back. This was often in the Karlstejn directly opposite the monastery Blessed city and gladly went to hunt in the Spessart. To get there, he crossed the river Main to the then still " Tettingen " said location. The stone at the pier or the boundary stone between " Tettingen " and " WALINESHEIM " was then called " Karlsteyn ". The addition of " Main " is different from other same Karlstejn places.

History

In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the merger of the two communities Großwelzheim and Dettingen took place on 1 July 1975. In a poll, the community citizens decided this is the name of Karl Stein, who already appears in the year 1000 in a description of Aschaffenburg forest district and a Grenzmal referred to the former district boundary between Dettingen and Großwelzheim.

In today's municipality of Karlstejn there were a number of historical nuclear power plants. See also:

Incorporations

On 1 July 1975, the formerly independent communities Dettingen am Main and Großwelzheim lost their independence and were united to the new community Karlstejn.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Karlstejn am Main (without mayor) 20 members.

(As at municipal election on March 2, 2008)

Coat of arms

Blazon Rippled split of blue and silver; consistently above the silver cross Dettinger, below a blue atom symbol with red heart.

Coat of Arms history The wavy division of the coat of arms refers to the geographical location of the community on Main, which is also part of the municipality name. The village was founded in 1975 formed from the formerly independent communities of Dettingen and Großwelzheim. Therefore, the coat of arms includes parts of the former municipal arms of these districts. The peculiarly shaped cross in the upper crest part is the so-called " Dettinger Cross", this refers to the sign of Charlemagne, only located in the rhombus of the Emperor instead consummation stroke a "T" for Tettingen, the earlier spelling of Dettingen. It dates from the late Gothic period and is located in the Church of St. Hippolytus in the district of Dettingen. The atomic symbol in the lower part is the coat of arms coat of arms of the former municipality Großwelzheim removed. Within their boundaries, the first German nuclear power plant was built as an experimental power plant. After the completion of current was fed into the electricity grid from 1961. The reactor was closed in 1985 and was completely removed by the end of 2010. Coat of leadership since October 13, 1977

Culture and sights

Monuments

List of monuments in Karlstejn am Main
Route of Industrial Heritage Rhine -Main Lower Main

Economy and infrastructure

The train station of Karlstejn is Dettingen ( Main ) on the Main-Spessart -Bahn. In Dettingen a pedestrian and cyclist bridge connects the north and south banks of the River Main. In Karlstejn is a research and development site of Areva NP, a company of the nuclear industry. There is a bus connection of the VAB. The Main barrage Großwelzheim was demolished in the period from 1963 to 1973 and replaced by the new dam in Kleinostheim.

Schools and kindergartens

In Großwelzheim is a state secondary school ( Forest School Großwelzheim, at the Forest School ) with Turnhalleund Dettingen in a state primary school ( elementary school Karlstejn, Schulstraße 30) with lunch, help with homework, swimming pool and gym. There are also three kindergartens / child care centers: The " Klabauterschiff " (state daycare and Hort, Eichendorffstraße 25) The " Rainbow Country" ( staatl.Kindertagesstätte and Hort, Hörsteiner Road 5) and the "Villa Sundries " ( Catholic kindergarten, Berliner Straße 12).

Personalities

Rudolf Wöhrl (* 1913 in the community town of Dettingen, † 2010 in Nuremberg ), entrepreneur
Heinz Heuser ( born 1928 in the parish part Dettingen ), Ringer
Alexander Leipold (born 1969 ), wrestler

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