Oberleichtersbach

Oberleichtersbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, and a member of the administrative community Brückenau.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 monuments

• 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 5.2 Education
• 5.3 traffic

Geography

Geographical Location

Oberleichtersbach is located in the Main- Rhön.

Community structure

The municipality Oberleichtersbach has 15 officially named districts:

• Adam mill
• Aspen mill
• Bernbrunn
• Breitenbach
• Buchrasen
• Humpback mill
• Dreistelz
• Haghof

• Mitgenfeld
• Modlos
• Neumühlestrasse
• Oberleichtersbach
• Under Light Bach
• Veit mill
• Armory

History

The first written record of the village took place in the year 812 as the Office of the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda in favor of Archduke Ferdinand of Orange in 1803 secularized, it fell in 1806 as part of the province de Fulde to France ( from 1810 a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt of the Prince Primate von Dalberg ) and was awarded at the 1815 Congress of Vienna Austria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Religions

The population is predominantly Catholic. Oberleichtersbach is the seat of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul, which is part of the Deanery of the Diocese of Würzburg mutton castle. In the district of Breitenbach, the branch church is Holy Family, in Modlos the Branch Church of St. James the Greater. In sub- Light Bach there is a chapel.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent municipalities of Breitenbach, Mitgenfeld, Modlos and sub- Light Bach were incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Parish council

After the last local election on 2 March 2008 the council has 14 members. The turnout was 76.7 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: em; 1 and 4 in silver a continuous black cross; 2 and 3 diagonally divided in double battlements section of gold and red

Coat of Arms History: Oberleichtersbach was first mentioned in 812 and belonged to the end of the Old Kingdom in 1803 to the Bishopric of Fulda. The Prince Abbot Placidus von Droste (1678 - 1700) was the parish church of St. Peter and Paul build and install a coat of arms over the portal in which the arms of the abbey of Fulda ( fuldische the cross) and the crest of the Fürstabts Droste are united. The community chose these two coat of arms symbols for their coat of arms. The coat of arms was granted by the government of Lower Franconia on December 5, 1980

Attractions

The Branch Church Holy Family in the district of Breitenbach, built 1905-1906, is essentially neo-Gothic, but has especially in the preserved original furnishings and decoration of the time it was built, elements of Art Nouveau.

The steel observation tower at the 660 -meter three-position Zberg allows a view far into neighboring Hesse.

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the field of agriculture and forestry 6, 428 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 67 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 42 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 735 in the manufacturing sector, there were two farms, in construction 2 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 84 farms with an agricultural area of 2091 hectares, of which 788 hectares of arable land and 1296 acres of meadowland.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2009):

Traffic

The airfield Oberleichtersbach is a small, certified for motor sailer operating airfield.