Kleinkahl
Kleinkahl is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg and a member of the administrative community Schöllkrippen.
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Earlier spellings
- 3.1 Amalgamations
- 3.2 Population development
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Mayor
- 4.3 personalities
- 4.4 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 monuments
- 6.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
- 6.2 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Kleinkahl lies in the Bavarian Lower Main region, on the western edge of the Spessart, in the upper Kahlgrund at the two watercourses Bald and Little Bald.
Community structure
The municipality Kleinkahl has eight officially designated districts (in brackets the number of inhabitants ) in five districts:
- Edelsbach (553) Kahl mill
- Glassworks
- Wesemichshof
- Great Laudenbach (293 )
- Kleinkahl (403 )
- Small Laudenbach (204 )
Neighboring communities
Name
Etymology
The name Kleinkahl derives from the river Kahl, which flows through the town. The addition " Small" was used to distinguish the location of large Kahl, Sommerkahl, Feldkahl and Kahl am Main.
Earlier spellings
Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:
History
Part of today's municipal area was in the Archbishopric of Mainz and was secularized in 1803 in favor of arch-chancellor of Dalberg. The rest was in the reign Krombach the Counts of Schönborn and fell in the mediatization 1806, the Principality of Aschaffenburg. With it, the place came in 1814 Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria emerged with the community of 1818 the municipalities Kleinkahl, large and small Laudenbach Laudenbach, which were merged on 1 July 1972 on the new community Kleinkahl.
Incorporations
On 1 January 1976, the until then independent municipality Edelsbach was incorporated.
Population Development
Policy
Parish council
After the last municipal election on March 2, 2008, the council has twelve members who all belong to the group selector Community / CSU. The turnout was 56.8 %. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.
Mayor
Mayor 's Angelika Krebs ( Wählergemeinschaft ).
Personalities
- Domdechant Karl Staab, born March 17, 1875, died January 18, 1954, ordained a priest on July 30, 1899
- Norbert Geis, German politician ( CSU), from 1971 until the 1972 local government reorganization mayor of the district today Edelbach 1972-1978 council of Kleinkahl, since 1987 Member of the Bundestag
Coat of arms
Blazon By a split of silver and blue wave pile split of red and gold, a silver front glass ( Spechter ), behind a red castle with three towers built
Coat of Arms history The split of silver and blue wave pile refers to the geographical location of the village on the river Kahl, which flows through the village. Since the local government reform of 1970 the community is Kleinkahl of five districts: Kleinkahl and small Laudenbach on the left bank of Kahl, Kahl Great and Great Laudenbach on the right bank. Edelsbach is a little further away. The river, which has its origin removed 2 to 3 km, in the Middle Ages was a political border. The glass in the front crest is part of a so-called " Spechter " and refers to the local glass production since the Middle Ages. The silver and red are the colors of the Mainz Kurstaats to which the territory belonged until 1803. The rear half coat of arms shows the coat of arms of Ulner Dieburg family, an aristocratic family that is proven from the 15th to the 17th century in the municipality. The Ulnersche coat of arms was not only taken for this family in the coat of arms, but also as an indication of the Counts of Rieneck and Schoenberg. The coat of arms has been operational since 18 October 1985.
Culture and sights
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Kleinkahl
Economy and infrastructure
The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 674 thousand in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted 8 T €.
Economy, agriculture and forestry
It was in 1998 according to official statistics in manufacturing and 160 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 27 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 667 in the manufacturing sector, there were two farms, in construction 3 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 28 farms with an agricultural area of 563 ha, of which 162 ha of arable land and 399 ha of permanent grassland.
Education
There are the following facilities (as of January 2011):
- Kindergarten sparrows nest in the district Edelsbach with three groups, including a toddler group
- Parish library on the ground floor of the Town Hall
- Primary school in Dr. Karl Staab schoolhouse (built in 1907, completely renovated in 1997-1998)