Urspringen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Urspringen within Main-Spessart district  | |
 Location of Urspringen | |
  Urspringen  Urspringen | |
| Coordinates:49°54′N9°40′E / 49.900°N 9.667°E /49.900; 9.667 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Main-Spessart |
| Municipal assoc. | Marktheidenfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–26) | Volker Hemrich[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.99 km2 (6.95 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 245 m (804 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,420 |
| • Density | 78.9/km2 (204/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97857 |
| Dialling codes | 09396 |
| Vehicle registration | MSP |
| Website | www.urspringen.de |
Urspringen is amunicipality in theMain-Spessart district in theRegierungsbezirk ofLower Franconia (Unterfranken) inBavaria,Germany and a member of theVerwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.
Urspringen lies in the Würzburg Region.
The community has only theGemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Urspringen.
The formerAmt of the County of Castell passed after mediatization in 1806 and border adjustments in 1810 to theGrand Duchy of Würzburg, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with theGemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.
Within town limits, 1,168 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,160 in 1987 and in 2015 1,344.
Mayor: since 2014 Volker Hemrich.[1]
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €615,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €150,000.
The community'sarms might be described thus: Gules a pallet wavy argent, dexter a ram's attire of the same, sinister quarterly of the first and second.
The wavy pallet (narrow vertical stripe) iscanting for the community's name as it represents a brook's source, or “origin” (Ursprung inGerman). About 1730, the Counts of Castell held theVogtei over Urspringen with which the Voit von Rieneck family was enfeoffed. Recalling this are the quartering on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, which was the arms borne by the Counts of Castell, and the ram's horn on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side from those borne by the Voit von Rieneck family.
The arms have been borne since 1970.[3]
According to official statistics, there were 50 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade andtransport this was 15. In other areas, 37 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 511 such workers worked from home. There were 5 processing businesses. Two businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 32 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 090 ha, of which 1 060 ha was cropland and 28 ha was meadowland.
In 1999 the following institutions existed in Urspringen:
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