Miltenberg

Miltenberg is the county seat of the eponymous district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia and belongs since 1816 to Bavaria.

2.1 Etymology
2.2 Earlier spellings

5.1 Mayor of the City
5.2 City Council
5.3 twinning
5.4 sponsorship

6.1 Attractions
6.2 Regular events

7.1 traffic
7.2 cycle paths
7.3 schools
7.4 breweries

8.1 freeman
8.2 Sons and daughters of the town
8.3 personalities who are associated with the city

Geography

Geographical Location

The historic Miltenberg is linksmainisch on the left knee of the main quadrangle between Spessart and Odenwald. As is in the territory Miltenberg the bed of the river Main relatively near the foot of the Odenwald, remains on the left side of the Main, only a narrow strip of usable area, which was flooded from the River Main flood again and again over the centuries. The old town, which is located there took, by this flood partially considerable damage. Since about the beginning of the 20th century, Miltenberg spread by land purchases from the neighboring village of Great Heubach also on the right side of the Main.

Boroughs

To Miltenberg has eight districts:

Berndiel
Breitendiel
Geisenhof
Mainbullau

Miltenberg
Monbrunn
Schippach
Wenschdorf

Name

Etymology

Your name, the town of Miltenberg of the lying above the village Mildenburg.

Earlier spellings

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

History

Even the people of the pre-and early history were aware of the strategic importance of the bottleneck at the Main knee between the Odenwald and Spessart and built powerful ringwalls on the Greinberg above Miltenberg and on the Bürgstadter mountain. To 155 AD, the Romans included here the running almost straight south " front Limes" on the Main. In the vicinity of today's Miltenberg, the Limes came across the Main, the further north from here represented the natural border of the Roman Empire back to Germania. There are the remains of two Roman forts between Miltenberg and small Heubach ( fort Miltenberg -Altstadt, ORL 38 ) and between Miltenberg and Bürgstadt ( fort Miltenberg -Ost, ORL 38a).

With the fall of the Limes in the middle of the 3rd century, the forts lost their function of border security. The fort Miltenberg -Altstadt, however, was still inhabited in the 4th century, as evidenced by the discovery of coins. For the 5th century, no reliable evidence of settlements can provide. From the 7th century, possibly as early as the 6th century the Roman ruins were inhabited again. In the east corner of the former Kastelles a mortar wall was built at that time taking advantage of the Roman wall. Spores findings suggest that high-status persons and suggest that the castle was connected with the Frankish colonization of the East. In the following centuries the plant was hardly used until, in turn, a residential tower was built in the 12th century in the eastern corner of the old castle. This could have been traded to the seat of the noble family Wallenhausen who testified shortly thereafter here.

Under the protection of Mildenburg (built around 1200), the city developed Miltenberg. It was first mentioned in writing in 1237. From about 1379 limited the city's two towers, the Mainz and Würzburg Gate, stretched long and narrow between the river and hillside grown today's Old Town area to the west and east. In the Middle Ages the Miltenberger sandstone was highly sought after. Therefore, objects such as grinding stones were carved or columns in the surrounding woods. Even before 1319, the hospital of St. Peter was founded by Archbishop Peter of Aspelt.

Until 1803 Miltenberg belonged to Electoral Mainz. This manifests itself today in the Wheel of Mainz in the city coat of arms. After Reichsdeputationshauptschluss Miltenberg came to the Principality of Leiningen, with which it was in 1806 the Grand Duchy of Baden incorporated. After the city from 1810 belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse -Darmstadt, she finally was in 1816 part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

From Miltenberg, the so-called Heunensäulen that were intended for the construction of the Mainz Cathedral originate. Is the middle of the Mainz Cathedral Square today one of these Heunesäulen with a corresponding billboard.

Miltenberg has a historic center, which has numerous half-timbered houses. In the years 1912 and 1955, Miltenberg acquired land on the right side of the Main to the expansion of the city. The Mildenburg is since 1979 owned by the town of Miltenberg, 1971, renovated in the outer parts, a perennial scale renovation and restoration was completed in 2011. In the castle interior now houses a museum with art collections in the diocese of Würzburg. In the courtyard before the Tout Onen stone stood (now the Municipal Museum ), a five-meter high sandstone column, the inscription is to this day a mystery to their significance.

In 2006, the city reached national prominence when the Catholic priest Ulrich Boom let it ring for 20 minutes the bells of the church James Miltenberger and prevented a rally of the NPD youth organization.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1971, until then independent municipality Breitendiel was incorporated. On 1 January 1976 Mainbullau, Schippach ( with Berndiel ) and Wenschdorf ( with Monbrunn ) were added.

Policy

Mayor of the City

On March 30, 2014, there was a runoff between Harald Blankart and Helmut Demel after was able to prevail neither of the two candidates in the local elections on 14 March 2014.

City council

The City Council consists of 21 members, which are divided as follows:

CSU 9 seats
SPD 4 seats
Alliance 90/The Greens / Ecological- Democratic Party (Greens / ödp ) 2 seats
Liberal Miltenberger 4 seats
Miltenberger choice community eV MWG 2 seats

Twinning

It started in June 1982, a twinning with Arnouville in France.

Sponsorship

1960 sponsorship was taken over for the displaced Sudeten Germans from the city and county Dux.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Worth seeing are the Mildenburg, the Museum, the historic old town, the " Schnatterloch " on the historic market square, the Hotel Zum Riesen ( one of the oldest and possibly the oldest guest house in Germany ), the old town hall, Würzburg and the Mainzer Tor and the historic sites in the surrounding woods. Very close to the Mainzer Tor the Lawrence chapel with the adjoining Lawrence Cemetery (approx. 14th century).
Miltenberg lies on the Franconian Red Wine Hiking Trail, which was created in 1990 and leads from Great Wall city on the Main River over Miltenberg to Bürgstadt.

A new concept opens with the Route of Industrial Culture Rhein- Main. This industry structures are to be linked to the 160 km between Miltenberg and Bingen to experience a route through the industrial age in southern Germany. Already 700 buildings are scientifically recorded, such as the old Miltenberger Central Station.

Parish Church of St. James

The Würzburgtor east of downtown

Schnatterlochtor

Regular events

On the first weekend in July, the Old Town Festival.
The end of July will be held the mildness Burger theater days.
From the last Sunday there in August for ten days the Michaelmas fair, the largest festival in the Bavarian Lower Main, instead.
At the four Advent weekends (Friday to Sunday), the Christmas market is open.

Economy and infrastructure

Especially important is tourism, which many visitors from the Hessian population centers ( Hanau, Offenbach am Main, Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main ) brings particular weekend to Miltenberg, also of red sandstone and trade.

Traffic

Miltenberg lies on the railway line from Aschaffenburg to Wertheim ( Main Valley Railway ). In addition, here the railway line branches off Seckach - Miltenberg in the direction Seckach. To Aschaffenburg there are daytime hourly connections. 1977 put the German Federal Railroad shut the suburban terminal station ( Hauptbahnhof Miltenberg ) and replaced him with the north of the Main River located from existing breakpoint to Miltenberg aufgewertenen station through station.

Miltenberg is connected to the Hessian metropolitan areas where many residents find work. Since 1900, spanning a road bridge over the Main and connecting the Old Town with Miltenberg North. In 2008, for over 25 years, discussed and planned bypass was completed. The financing of the construction costs of 55 million euros was for the first time in Bavaria over the so-called public-private partnership model.

In Mainbullau district about three kilometers away, is a transport and airfield.

Cycle paths

Through the city following cycle paths lead. Along the mud, through the district Breitendiel:

The 225 km long 3-country bike path as a trail through the tri-border region of Hesse, Baden- Württemberg and Bavaria. Along Mümling, Neckar and Main explores the Odenwald route.
The German Limes bike path leads from Bad Hönningen by Westerwald, the Taunus and Odenwald to Regensburg 818 km away, as guided by the historical course of the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes.

Along the Main River:

The Main Bike Trail leads from the two sources of the River Main along the river up to its confluence with the Rhine at Mainz. He has a total length of about 600 kilometers.
The D- Route D5 (Saar -Mosel- Main). It leads over 1021 km from Saarbrücken to Trier, Koblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt, Würzburg and Bayreuth to the Czech border.

Train

In Miltenberg different school types are represented:

Vocational school Miltenberg - top castle
Primary school Miltenberg
Secondary school Miltenberg
Heinrich Ernst Stötzner School ( Educational Center )
Johannes - Butzbach Gymnasium
John Hartung -Realschule

Breweries

Today there is a brewery within the city limits. This is the Brauhaus Faust. Another brewery that cold -hole Brau, existed until the end of March 2010.

Personalities

Freeman

Sons and daughters of the town

Johannes Butzbach (1477-1516), humanist
John Hartung (1505-1579), Hellenist and Hebräist
Nicholas Blöchinger (1659-1715 Blessed City), abbot Franziscus II
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792), composer
Joseph Anton Helfrich (1762-1837 Bamberg), canon, diplomat at the Congress of Vienna
Franz Ambros Alexander, founder of the musical instrument factory Gebr Alexander Mainz
Philipp Wirth (1808-1878), painter
Carl Gerster (1813-1891), physician and founder of the Frankish Sängerbund
Joseph Georg von Ehrler (1833-1905), Bishop of Speyer
Hermann Graml ( b. 1928 ), historian and publicist
Bernhard Oswald ( born 1930 ), entrepreneur
Ernst Volland ( b. 1946 ), artist
Heiko Michael Hartmann ( b. 1957 ), lawyer and writer
Bernd Roos (1967 ), handball players
Vince Ebert ( born 1968 ), comedian, comedian and physicist
Björn Hertl (born 1976 ), professional football player for Wacker Burghausen
Heiko Grimm ( b. 1977 ), handball players
Andreas Kunz ( b. 1982 ), handball players
Sebastian Heidinger ( born 1986 ), professional football player at Fortuna Dusseldorf

Personalities who are associated with the city

Matthias von Buchegg (? -1328 ), Archbishop of Mainz and Reichserzkanzler of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Johann Draconites Johannes Drach or Trach (s ) (? -1566 ), Theologian and reformer ( 1522-1523 pastor in Miltenberg )
Johann Robert of Captain (1824-1881), imperial. Turkish Major, owner of the "white castle" on the gray mountain
Conrady Wilhelm (1829-1903), provincial Roman archaeologist;
Rudolf Hirth du Frênes (1846-1916), painter
Jakob Fischer -Rhine (1888-1976), painter
Peter Karl Mangold (1889-1942), Franciscan, 1920-1931 pastor and missionary people in Miltenberg Monastery
Werner Beierwaltes ( born 1931 ), professor of philosophy
Anton Schlembach ( born 1932 ), former bishop of Speyer
Ulrich Boom ( born 1947 ), since December 6, 2008 Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg ( 2000-2008 pastor at St. James, Miltenberg )

Curiosities

In addition to the more familiar Maktplatzbrunnen " Schnatterloch " there is the " Season fountain " to which lead down a few levels. The Miltenberger used this river in the past time and were therefore quite genteel urban called " Staffelbrünnler ". The popularly called but " Season Brunser "; but with s and not with such

Lilli Chapeau and Clemens Bauer lead in Miltenberg ( without employees ) the smallest professionally run theater in the world. It measures 20 m² and offers the public 27 places.

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