Faulbach


Faulbach is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 2,600.

Geography

Location

Faulbach lies on the right bank of the river Main, between Wertheim am Main and Miltenberg, where it is joined by the Faulbach. Around the municipality lie the hills of the Spessart. At Faulbach, the Main is the border between the states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

Subdivision

The community has the following Gemarkungen : Breitenbrunn, Faulbach.

History

The Electoral Mainz Amt became, in accordance with the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss part of Prince Primate von Dalberg’s newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt of 1818.

Demographics

Within town limits, 2,466 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 2,502 in 1987 and in 2000 2,795.

Economy

According to official statistics, there were 465 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 55. In other areas, 126 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 1,064 such workers worked from home. There were 62 processing businesses. Three businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 10 agricultural operations with a working area of 127 ha, of which 68 ha was cropland and 59 ha was meadowland.
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €1,743,000, of which net business taxes amounted to €602,000.

Governance

The mayor is Wolfgang Hörnig.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Per fess, gules a wheel spoked of six Or and argent a bend wavy azure with a base of grass proper.
The arms come from a village seal from the 17th century. Faulbach ended up in Electoral Mainz’s hands after a territorial swap with the Teutonic Knights in 1484 and stayed with Mainz until the Old Empire came to an end in 1803. The Wheel of Mainz recalls the community’s long history as an Electoral Mainz holding, as do the tinctures gules and argent. The wavy fess stands for the community’s namesake brook, while the grass represents the brook's banks.
The arms have been borne since 1956.

Education

In 1999 the following institutions existed in Faulbach:
  • Kindergartens: 125 places with 108 children
  • Primary schools: 1 with 25 teachers and 464 pupils