Hösbach
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Hösbach | |
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Location of Hösbach within Aschaffenburg district | |
Ortsteile | |
Government | |
• Mayor (2017–23) | Michael Baumann[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 30.59 km2 (11.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,354 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 63768 |
Dialling codes | 06021, 06024 |
Vehicle registration | AB, ALZ |
Website | www.hoesbach.de |
Hösbach is a market community and municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 13,000 (2020).
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the part of the Mittelgebirge Spessart known as Vorspessart, 5 km from Aschaffenburg, roughly 70 km from Würzburg and roughly 50 km from Frankfurt am Main. The Hösbach, from which the community's name is derived, flows into the Aschaff in the municipal territory.
The central village of Hösbach is located in the valley of the Aschaff, next to the Bundesautobahn 3. However, the outlying centres are located in side valleys and, in the case of Feldkahl and Rottenberg, actually in another watershed, that of the Kahl.
Constituent communities
Hösbach has ten
- Feldkahl (1,086)
- Hösbach (6,556)
- Hösbach-Bahnhof (1,096)
- Rottenberg (1,661)
- Wenighösbach (982)
- Münchhof
- Winzenhohl (1,969)
- Aschaffsteg
- Forsthaus
- Schmerlenbach
Neighbouring communities
Hösbach borders on (from the north, clockwise): Mömbris, Blankenbach, Sailauf, Bessenbach, Haibach, Aschaffenburg, Goldbach and Johannesberg.
History
In 1189, Hösbach had its first documentary mention as Hostebach: a Hermann de Hostebach and his son Conrad were named in a document from Archbishop Konrad of Mainz as witnesses. In 1218 the Schmerlenbach convent (in today's constituent community of Winzenhohl) was endowed by the family von Kugelberg and it was granted
In 1781 there were only 120 houses with 591 inhabitants. These figures rose only very slowly over the following decades. Only in 1895 did the population figure surpass 2,000. In the years thereafter, Hösbach's growth came about more quickly through
Through municipal reforms in 1972 and 1978 the community of Hösbach expanded its land area by 1 981 ha and its population by 4,500. At this time, the formerly self-administering small communities of Wenighösbach (1 January 1972), Feldkahl (1 July 1972), Rottenberg (1 May 1978) and Winzenhohl (1 May 1978) were amalgamated.
In the 1980s, Hösbach gained fame as the founding place of the rock band Böhse Onkelz.
On the occasion of its 800-year jubilee, Hösbach was awarded the status of Markt (market community) on 29 September 1989.
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Town hall square
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Fountain on the marketplace
Governance
Community council
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The council is made up of 25 council members, counting the mayor.
CSU |
SPD | Greens |
FW |
Total | |
2008 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
Coat of arms
The community's arms might be described thus: Party per pale gules a churchtower argent, argent a spur vert palewise above which an oak leaf of the third on whose stem bendwise an acorn Or.
Hösbach's landmark, with its characteristic tower, is Saint Michael's parish church. The tower was included as a
The arms have been borne since 1970.
Arts and culture
Monuments
See also list of protected monuments in Hösbach
Churches and chapels
- Feldkahler Kapelle (Feldkahl)
- Marienkapelle (Rottenberg)
- St. Agatha (Schmerlenbach)
- St. Antonius von Padua (Rottenberg)
- St. Barbara (Wenighösbach)
- St. Johannes (Hösbach)
- St. Johannes Nepomuk (Feldkahl)
- St. Michael (Hösbach)
- Zur Mutterschaft Mariens (Hösbach-Bahnhof)
Infrastructure
Transport
Besides its location right next to the major highway A3 (which between Goldbach and Hösbach has been hidden under a
Education
Hösbach is seat of the school centre of the Aschaffenburg district, which comprises the following, nearby schools:
- Astrid-Lindgren-Grundschule primary school
- Mittelschule (M-Klasse)
- Staatliche RealschuleHösbach
- Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium
- Pestalozzischule (school for those with learning problems)
- Dr. Albert-Liebmann-Schule (school for speech therapy)
The primary schools in Rottenberg and Winzenhohl are also connected to this one.
Near the school centre are found many sport facilities and halls as well as an indoor swimming pool, which is also used for sport instruction. In the Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium and Realschule (An der Maas) building complex, the district library is to be found. There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.
Notable people
- Willigis Jäger (1925-2020), Benedictine friar, mystic and Zenmaster
- Peter Schorowsky (b. 15 June 1964 in Hösbach), drummer for the band Böhse Onkelz
- Stephan Weidner (b. 29 May 1963 in Alsfeld), singer, songwriter and bassist for the band Böhse Onkelz
- Kevin Russell (b. 12 January 1964 in Hamburg), singer for the band Böhse Onkelz
References
- Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) (Hilfe dazu).
- ^ Einwohner Hösbach (Stand: 31. Dezember 2011)
- ^ "Hösbach | bavarikon".
External links
- Community’s official webpage (in German)