Karsbach | |
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 Lutheran church in Höllrich | |
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Location of Karsbach within Main-Spessart district  | |
  Karsbach  Karsbach | |
| Coordinates:50°3′N9°47′E / 50.050°N 9.783°E /50.050; 9.783 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Main-Spessart |
| Municipal assoc. | Gemünden am Main |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–26) | Martin Göbel[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.15 km2 (11.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,730 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97783 |
| Dialling codes | 09351 |
| Vehicle registration | MSP |
| Website | www |
Karsbach is a municipality in theMain-Spessart district in theRegierungsbezirk ofLower Franconia (Unterfranken) inBavaria,Germany and a member of theVerwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Gemünden am Main.
Karsbach lies in the Würzburg Region.
The community has the followingOrtsteile andGemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Heßdorf, Höllrich, Karsbach, Weyersfeld.
In the course ofSecularization in 1803, the rights of thePrince-Bishopric of Würzburg in the community, and those held by the Juliusspital, passed to Bavaria, which under the terms of thePeace of Pressburg in 1805 it ceded to the newly formedGrand Duchy of Würzburg. In 1814 the community passed along with this back to Bavaria in 1814. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with theGemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.
TheJewish families living in the outlying centre of Heßdorf built theirsynagogue at Fußgasse 6, but it was destroyed onKristallnacht (9 November 1938). A plaque at the community chancellery at Höllriederstraße and Brunnengasse recalls this event.[3]
In 1978, the formerly self-administering communities of Weyersfeld, Höllrich and Heßdorf were amalgamated with Karsbach.
In 2005, Weyersfeld was chosen as Main-Spessart’s loveliest village in the contestUnser Dorf soll schöner werden – Unser Dorf hat Zukunft (“Our Village Should Become Lovelier – Our Village Has a Future”)
Within town limits, 1,526 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,507 in 1987, 1,788 in 2000 and in 2005 1,940.
The mayor is Martin Göbel (Freie Bürger), in office since 1996.[1]
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €675,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €182,000.
According to official statistics, there were 44 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade andtransport this was 0. In other areas, 16 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 584 such workers worked from home. There were three processing businesses. Two businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 66 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 774 ha, of which 1 626 ha was cropland and 142 ha was meadowland.
In 1999 the following institutions existed in Karsbach:
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