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Heimbuchenthal | |
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 View westwards from thePanoramaweg | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Heimbuchenthal within Aschaffenburg district  | |
 Location of Heimbuchenthal | |
  Heimbuchenthal  Heimbuchenthal | |
| Coordinates:49°53′N9°18′E / 49.883°N 9.300°E /49.883; 9.300 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Aschaffenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Mespelbrunn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–26) | Rüdiger Stenger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.15 km2 (6.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,218 |
| • Density | 129.3/km2 (335.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 63872, 63874 (Höllhammer) |
| Dialling codes | 06092 |
| Vehicle registration | AB, ALZ |
| Website | www.heimbuchenthal.de |
Heimbuchenthal is a municipality in theAschaffenburg district in theRegierungsbezirk ofLower Franconia (Unterfranken) inBavaria,Germany, and the seat of theVerwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Mespelbrunn. It is also a state-recognized recreational resort (Erholungsort).
Heimbuchenthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) in the upper valley of theElsava in theMittelgebirge (hill range)Spessart.
In 1282, Heimbuchenthal, whose name comes from thehornbeams (Hainbuchen inGerman), had its first documentary mention. In 1495, the place was first named as a court centre. Along with theArchbishopric of Mainz, the formerVogteiamt (until 1782) passed atSecularization to the newly formedPrincipality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of theGrand Duchy of Frankfurt) to theKingdom of Bavaria.
In 1982, there was a 700-year jubilee celebration which involved the dedication of a few tourist attractions.
Within the municipal area there were 1,875 inhabitants in 1970, 2,106 in 1987, 2,260 in 2000 and 2,154 in 2013
According to official statistics, in 1998, there were 133 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses. In trade andtransport this was 27. In other areas, 176 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and there were 808remote workers. There are two processing businesses. Three businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 4 agricultural operations with a working area of 29 ha.
Municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €1,211,000 (converted), of which business taxes (net) amounted to €287,000.
One kilometre west of the municipality is found theHeimathenhof, a former estate converted to a hotel and an inn. Right at the estate,red andfallowdeer can be seen in a broad enclosure.
Some 4 km southwards in the Elsava valley lies theHöllhammer pond with a former hammerworks. First mentioned in the late 13th century was a hunting lodge calledMulen, along with a forester's seat, aForsthube.[3] In 1535, the lordly building was already in ruins and the Counts of Ingelheim, who already had their seat at nearbyMespelbrunn Castle, then had an estate built there, which was named Höllenhof after the nearbyHöllschlucht (a gorge).
About 1700 came the first hammerworks, driven by a mill, which took its name, Höllhammer, from the estate. The hammerworks, which in 1795 had been taken over by Georg Ludwig Rexroth, was said in the early 19th century to be “the first and most productive hammerworks” in thePrincipality of Aschaffenburg.[4][better source needed] About 1830 some 100 people lived at the Höllhammer and the specially built school was attended by up to 30 children. Until 1891, production continued. Thereafter the lands were converted into an estate. Still to be seen are the farmhands’ house with the belltower, the lord's house and the school. The buildings are all used as dwellings, even the old smithies. In the woods is found the Rexroth family's old graveyard.
Today, theHöllhammer is private property and not accessible to the public.
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The council is made up of 15 council members, counting the mayor.
| CSU/Bürgervereinigung | SPD/FWG | Total | |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 | 15 seats |
| (as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008) | |||
The mayor is Rüdiger Stenger (SPD/FWG).
Thury-Harcourt,Calvados,France since 1988The municipality'sarms might be described thus: Gules a fess wavy argent, in chief three beech leaves of the first, two in saltire surmounted by the third palewise, issuant from the base a cogwheel spoked of five of the first.
The German blazon does not mention the cogwheel's spokes.
The beech leaves in the arms refer to the geographical location in the High Spessart and arecanting for the municipality's name (Buchen isGerman for “beeches”). The wavy fess (horizontal band) symbolizes the municipality's location in the Elsava valley. The combination of the wavy fess and the cogwheel refers to the hammerworks that was running in the 18th and 19th centuries in the outlying centre of Höllhammer. Thetinctures gules and argent (red and silver) are those also seen in theElectoral Mainz coat of arms, Mainz having held the local lordship until 1803. The Electoral MainzAmt in the municipality comprised eight places and gave it a certain autonomy.
The arms have been borne since September 1981.
Heimbuchenthal features the following institutions (as of 2006):
