Admin. region Unterfranken Municipal assoc. Kleinheubach Area 9.49 km² Local time Thursday 5:04 AM Dialling code 09371 | Elevation 128 m (420 ft) Population 3,538 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 63924 | |
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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). It has a population of around 3,600.
Contents
- Map of Kleinheubach Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- History
- Community council
- Coat of arms
- Attractions
- Transport
- Sons and daughters of the town
- References
Map of Kleinheubach, Germany
Location
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
Kleinheubach borders on (from the north, clockwise): Grossheubach, Miltenberg, Rüdenau, Michelstadt (in Hesse) and Laudenbach.
History
Like many other towns in Germany, Kleinheubach had a vibrant Jewish community for many centuries. Their synagogue was desecrated on Kristallnacht (9 November 1938).
Since 1976, Kleinheubach has been associated with Laudenbach and Rüdenau in a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association).
Community council
The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the mayor.
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
Coat of arms
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.
Attractions
Transport
Bundesstraße 469 runs through the community's territory. Kleinheubach is located on the Main Valley Railway.