Großheubach


Großheubach is a market municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Location

Großheubach lies on the right bank of the Main. The community is located on the slopes of the Mittelgebirge Spessart. The highest point in the municipal area is the 439 m-high Ospisrain. Großheubach is located on the Fränkischer Rotwein Wanderweg. Across the Main lie the hills of the Odenwald.

Subdivisions

The hamlets of Klotzenhof and Roßhof are part of the municipality Großheubach.

History

Earlier names for Großheubach are Heidebah and Grotzenheidbach. Großheubach derives from the name of the stream Heubach which flows into the Main here. The area was settled by 1000 BC, as witnessed by urnfields and graves. Local wine growing is first mentioned in the 11th century AD. As of the late 12th century, the place was held by the Lords of Klingenberg. In 1291, the Teutonic Knights purchased the village and its surroundings. About 1300, the community's first wooden chapel was built on the Rulesberg, now known as the Engelberg. From 1483, Großheubach belonged to the Archbishopric of Mainz.
In 1612, the historic town hall was built.
In 1803, the Archbishopric of Mainz was secularized. By way of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, Großheubach came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816. In 1828, Kloster Engelberg was taken over by the Franciscans.
In 1896, the old town church was expanded and the parish church thereby came into being.

Governance

Community council

The local council has 20 members :
  • CSU: 7 seats
  • Freie Wähler: 5 seats
  • Heimat mit Zukunft: 5 seats
  • SPD: 3 seats

    Mayors

Gernot Winter : Mayor since May 2020.
  • Former mayors:
  • Josef Zipf: 1933 - 1940
  • Felix Straub: 1940 - 1942
  • Anton Blatz: 1942 - 1945
  • Otto Kempf: 1945 - 1946
  • Josef Heinrich Wolf: 1946 - 1948
  • Richard Galmbacher: 1948 - 1967
  • Franz Hegmann: 1967 - 1990
  • Günther Oettinger: 1990 - 2020

    Coat of arms

The community's arms might be described thus: Per pale, argent a saltire pattée sable and gules a wheel spoked of six of the first.
The black saltire comes from a village court seal from 1654 and refers to the hegemony once exercised by the Teutonic Knights. The Wheel of Mainz and the tinctures argent and gules refer to the community's later feudal overlord, the Archbishopric of Mainz, which held Großheubach until the end of the Old Empire in 1803.
The arms have been borne since 1956.

Engelberg Friary

The Engelberg Friary with its pilgrimage church was founded about 1300. The building, built in 1630 for the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, was on king Ludwig I of Bavaria's orders turned over to the Bavarian Franciscan monks. The Engelberg, the hill on which the friary stands, which is 250 m above sea level, can be reached over the 612 so-called Engelstaffeln made out of bunter.

Notable people