Neunkirchen, Lower Franconia

Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen
Location of Neunkirchen within Miltenberg district
Coordinates	49°47′59″N 9°24′0″E / 49.79972°N 9.4°E / 49.79972; 9.4Coordinates: 49°47′59″N 9°24′0″E / 49.79972°N 9.4°E / 49.79972; 9.4
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Miltenberg
Municipal assoc.	Erftal
Local subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Mayor	Wolfgang Seitz (WG)
Basic statistics
Area	16.65 km2 (6.43 sq mi)
Elevation	329 m  (1079 ft)
Population	1,499 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	90 /km2 (233 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MIL
Postal code	63930
Area code	09378
Website	www.neunkirchen-unterfranken.de

Neunkirchen is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Erftal, whose seat is in Bürgstadt.

Geography

Location

The rural residential community of Neunkirchen lies in the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald, between Wertheim and Miltenberg.

Constituent communities

Neunkirchen’s Ortsteile are Neunkirchen, Richelbach and Umpfenbach.

History

In 1232, Neunkirchen had its first documentary mention, and for the longest time in its history had the Archbishopric of Mainz as its overlord. It was said to be a well-off farming community.

Amalgamations

The greater community of Neunkirchen came into being through the merger of the formerly self-administering communities of Neunkirchen, Richelbach and Umpfenbach on 1 July 1975.

Politics

Community council

Town council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the parttime mayor.

	WG Umpfenbach	WG	WG Richelbach	Total
2002	4	5	4	13 seats

(as at municipal election held on 3 March 2002)

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Per chevron embowed, argent dexter a helm in profile and sinister the head of an abbess’s staff gules, and gules a wheel spoked of six of the first.

The knight’s helmet stands for Umpfenbach, much of whose mediaeval history was characterized by Imperial, knightly fiefholders, the most important among whom were the Barons of Gudenus. They acquired the community quite late in Imperial history, in 1775 and rendered service thereto on into the 20th century. The abbess’s staff refers to Richelbach’s relationship with the Altmünster Convent, which was founded in the 8th century and known to have been in Riclelbach by the 13th century. The founding Abbess, Bihildis, is Richelbach’s church patron. The Wheel of Mainz, and also the tinctures argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community’s long association with the Electoral state of Mainz, which was landlord to almost all of Neunkirchen and the authority that dispensed law.

The arms have been borne since 1982^[2].

Famous people

Honorary citizens

• 1898: Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör, Richelbach
• 1967: Headteacher Alfred Hauck, Richelbach
• 1975: Former Mayor Helmut Schell, Neunkirchen
• 1979: Father Georg Zenkert, Neunkirchen
• 1985: Former Mayor Rudolf Ditter, Richelbach
• 2003: Honorary Councillor Fritz Schmidt, Umpfenbach
• 2006: Honorary Councillor Alfons Wolf, Neunkirchen

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 
2. ^ Description and explanation of Neunkirchen’s arms

External links

• Community’s official webpage (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.