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Kleinheubach

Coordinates: 49°43′22″N 09°12′52″E / 49.72278°N 9.21444°E / 49.72278; 9.21444
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Kleinheubach
Schloss Löwenstein, residence of the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg since 1720
Schloss Löwenstein, residence of the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg since 1720
Coat of arms of Kleinheubach
Location of Kleinheubach within Miltenberg district
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Kleinheubach is located in Germany
Kleinheubach
Kleinheubach
Kleinheubach is located in Bavaria
Kleinheubach
Kleinheubach
Coordinates: 49°43′22″N 09°12′52″E / 49.72278°N 9.21444°E / 49.72278; 9.21444
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionUnterfranken
DistrictMiltenberg
Municipal assoc.Kleinheubach
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Thomas Münig[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,753
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
63924
Dialling codes09371
Vehicle registrationMIL
Websitewww.kleinheubach.de

Kleinheubach is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the like-named Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association). As of the 2011 census, it has a population of around 3,614.[3]

Geography

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Location

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Kleinheubach lies between the Spessart and Odenwald ranges, on the left bank of the Main. Across the river lies Grossheubach, linked to Kleinheubach by a bridge. Upstream the closest town is Miltenberg. The municipal territory touches on the state of Hesse in the far west.

Neighbouring communities

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Kleinheubach borders on (from the north, clockwise): Grossheubach, Miltenberg, Rüdenau, Michelstadt (in Hesse) and Laudenbach.

History

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Like many other towns in Germany, Kleinheubach had a vibrant Jewish community for many centuries. The Jewish community became organized in the second half of the 17th century and built synagogue and cemetery, and in the early 1900s also built a school.[4] Their synagogue was desecrated on Kristallnacht (9 November 1938).[5]

Since 1976, Kleinheubach has been associated with Laudenbach and Rüdenau in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association).

Government

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Community council

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The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the mayor.

CSU SPD FW Total
2008 6 5 6 17 seats

(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)

Mayors

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Thomas Münig was elected mayor in 2020.

Second Mayor Gerald Hornich

Third Mayor Thomas Bissert

Former mayors:

  • Jakob Zink: 1933–1945
  • Heinrich Jäger: 1946–1966
  • Heinrich Morgenroth: 1966–1968
  • Theodor Lippert: 1968–1978
  • Bernhard Holl: 1978–1990
  • Kurt Schüßler: 1990–2008
  • Stefan Danninger: 2008–2020

Coat of arms

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The community’s arms might be described thus: Argent on a mount of three Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued of the second.

The lordship of Kleinheubach passed after the Counts of Rieneck died out in 1559 to the Counts of Erbach, and again in 1731, through sale, to the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. At the time of sale, the Princes had to promise that this Protestant place would be allowed unhindered to keep the Augsburg Confession even under their Catholic rule. They had a stately palace built by Johann Dientzenhofer on the site of the former castle, which is still owned by the family today. The lion is taken from this princely family’s arms, in a somewhat simplified form, as it has appeared there since about 1518. The market community’s seal is known from imprints between 1810 and 1840, and shows the same composition, although the lion is in some cases on flat ground rather than the “mount of three” (or Dreiberg, as this device is called in German heraldry).

The arms have been borne since the 19th century.[6]

Attractions

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Infrastructure

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Transport

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Bundesstraße 469 [de] runs through the community's territory. Kleinheubach is located on the Main Valley Railway.

Notable people

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Sons and daughters of the town

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References

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  1. ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
  3. ^ "Kleinheubach (Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  4. ^ "The Jewish Community of Kleinheubach". The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot.
  5. ^ Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation, Band 1. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0, p. 155
  6. ^ Description and explanation of Kleinheubach’s arms
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