Heinrichsthal


Heinrichsthal is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Heigenbrücken.

Geography

Location

Heinrichsthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main in the Mittelgebirge Spessart. It is a part of the district of Aschaffenburg.

Constituent municipalities

Heinrichsthal has the following Gemarkungen : Altenplos, Cottenbach, Heinersreuth, Unterwaiz. The two hamlets of Unterlohrgrund and Oberlohrgrund on district road AB 7 are parts of the municipality.

History

Heinrichsthal developed in the early 1600s as a village of glass workers.
As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, Heinrichsthal passed at Secularization in 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current municipality came into being with the Gemeindeedikt of 1818.

Population development

Within the municipal area lived 848 inhabitants in 1970, 892 in 1987 and 934 in 2000.

Politics

Town council

The council is made up of 9 council members, counting the part-time mayor.

Mayor

The Mayor is Udo Kunkel, elected in 2020.

Economy and infrastructure

Municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €384,000, of which business tax revenue accounted for €3,000.
According to official statistics, there were 87 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 0. In other areas, 29 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls are employed, and 328 people are remote workers. There is one processing business. No businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 11 agricultural operations with a working area of 170 ha, of which 85 ha was cropland and 84 ha was meadowland.

Education

The following institutions are to be found in Heinrichsthal :