Hösbach
Encyclopedia
Hösbach is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district
in the Regierungsbezirk
of Lower Franconia
(Unterfranken) in Bavaria
, Germany
.
, 5 km from Aschaffenburg
, roughly 70 km from Würzburg
and roughly 50 km from Frankfurt am Main
.
over the Hösbach church. In the 13th century, the noble family of Hostebach was lost, but the name Hösbach remains. Beginning in the 14th century, Forsthuben – a kind of woodland estate – were set up in Hösbach, which over the course of time further grew into great farms.
In 1781 there were only 120 houses with 591 inhabitants. These figures rose over the following decades only very slowly. Only in 1895 did the population figure surpass 2,000. In the years thereafter, Hösbach’s growth came about more quickly through industrialization, especially in nearby Aschaffenburg
, so that in 1905 there were already 2,518 people registered in the community, and by 1933 this had reached 3,388. War refugees during the Second World War swelled the population to 4,517 by 1946. Steady growth continued for many years. Through municipal reforms in 1972 and 1978 the community of Hösbach expanded its land area by 1 981 ha and its population by 4,500. At this time, the formerly self-administering small communities of Wenighösbach (1 January 1972), Feldkahl (1 July 1972), Rottenberg (1 May 1978) and Winzenhohl (1 May 1978) were amalgamated.
Hösbach gained special fame in 1980 as the founding place of the rock band Böhse Onkelz
.
On the occasion of its 800-year jubilee, Hösbach was raised to market community on 29 September 1989.
might be described thus: Party per pale gules a churchtower argent, argent a spur vert palewise above which an oak leaf of the third on whose stem bendwise an acorn Or.
Hösbach’s landmark, with its characteristic tower, is Saint Michael’s Parish Church. The tower was included as a charge
in the arms on the community’s wishes, although in heraldically simplified form. The tincture
s argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community’s former allegiance to the Archbishopric of Mainz
. The Archiepiscopal forest officials, who oversaw things in the Spessart region on horseback, had their seat in Hösbach. The existence of this seat in Hösbach can be confirmed from the 14th century onwards. The charges on the escutcheon’s sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side are attributes of this service, with the oak leaf and acorn representing the forest, and the spur the mounted officials themselves.
The arms have been borne since 1970.
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
The primary schools in Rottenberg and Winzenhohl are also connected to this one.
Near the school centre are found many sport facilities and halls as well as an indoor swimming pool, which is also used for sport instruction. In the Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium and Realschule (An der Maas) building complex, the great district library is to be found. There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.
Aschaffenburg (district)
Aschaffenburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg, Offenbach, Main-Kinzig , the districts Main-Spessart and Miltenberg, and the town of Aschaffenburg....
in the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
of Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....
(Unterfranken) in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Location
The community lies in the VorspessartSpessart
The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. It is bordered on three sides by the Main River. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg....
, 5 km from Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
, roughly 70 km from Würzburg
Würzburg
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
and roughly 50 km from Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
.
Constituent communities
Hösbach’s Ortsteile are Hösbach-Bahnhof, Feldkahl, Rottenberg, Wenighösbach and Winzenhohl.History
In 1189, Hösbach had its first documentary mention as Hostebach: a Hermann de Hostebach and his son Conrad were named in a document from Archbishop Konrad of Mainz as witnesses. In 1218 the Schmerlenbach convent (in today’s constituent community of Winzenhohl) was endowed by the family von Kugelberg and it was granted the right of patronageIus patronatus
Jus patronatus, also spelt ius patronatus, imitating classical Latin orthography, is the term in Roman Catholic canon law for the "right of patronage"....
over the Hösbach church. In the 13th century, the noble family of Hostebach was lost, but the name Hösbach remains. Beginning in the 14th century, Forsthuben – a kind of woodland estate – were set up in Hösbach, which over the course of time further grew into great farms.
In 1781 there were only 120 houses with 591 inhabitants. These figures rose over the following decades only very slowly. Only in 1895 did the population figure surpass 2,000. In the years thereafter, Hösbach’s growth came about more quickly through industrialization, especially in nearby Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
, so that in 1905 there were already 2,518 people registered in the community, and by 1933 this had reached 3,388. War refugees during the Second World War swelled the population to 4,517 by 1946. Steady growth continued for many years. Through municipal reforms in 1972 and 1978 the community of Hösbach expanded its land area by 1 981 ha and its population by 4,500. At this time, the formerly self-administering small communities of Wenighösbach (1 January 1972), Feldkahl (1 July 1972), Rottenberg (1 May 1978) and Winzenhohl (1 May 1978) were amalgamated.
Hösbach gained special fame in 1980 as the founding place of the rock band Böhse Onkelz
Böhse Onkelz
The Böhse Onkelz were a German rock group that existed from 1980 to 2005. Although being ignored by the mass media for their controversial past, since Viva los tioz in 1998 almost every album reached number one on the German album charts. According to record certifications and additional sources...
.
On the occasion of its 800-year jubilee, Hösbach was raised to market community on 29 September 1989.
Coat of arms
The community’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Party per pale gules a churchtower argent, argent a spur vert palewise above which an oak leaf of the third on whose stem bendwise an acorn Or.
Hösbach’s landmark, with its characteristic tower, is Saint Michael’s Parish Church. The tower was included as a charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
in the arms on the community’s wishes, although in heraldically simplified form. The tincture
Tincture (heraldry)
In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to emblazon a coat of arms. These can be divided into several categories including light tinctures called metals, dark tinctures called colours, nonstandard colours called stains, furs, and "proper". A charge tinctured proper is coloured as it would be...
s argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community’s former allegiance to the Archbishopric of Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz
The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...
. The Archiepiscopal forest officials, who oversaw things in the Spessart region on horseback, had their seat in Hösbach. The existence of this seat in Hösbach can be confirmed from the 14th century onwards. The charges on the escutcheon’s sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side are attributes of this service, with the oak leaf and acorn representing the forest, and the spur the mounted officials themselves.
The arms have been borne since 1970.
Community council
The council is made up of 25 council members, counting the mayor.| CSU Christian Social Union of Bavaria The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany... |
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
Greens | FW | Total | |
| 2008 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
School centre
Hösbach is seat of the school centre of the Aschaffenburg district, which comprises the following, nearby schools:- Astrid-Lindgren-Grundschule primary school
- HauptschuleHauptschuleA Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
(M-Klasse) - Staatliche RealschuleRealschuleThe Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
Hösbach - Hanns-SeidelHanns SeidelHanns Seidel was a German politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1957 to 1960. He belonged to the conservative Christian Social Union of Bavaria party.-Life:...
-GymnasiumGymnasium (school)A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual... - PestalozziJohann Heinrich PestalozziJohann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....
schule (school for those with learning problems) - Dr. Albert-Liebmann-Schule (school for speech therapy)
The primary schools in Rottenberg and Winzenhohl are also connected to this one.
Near the school centre are found many sport facilities and halls as well as an indoor swimming pool, which is also used for sport instruction. In the Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium and Realschule (An der Maas) building complex, the great district library is to be found. There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.
Honorary citizens
- Adam Link (b. 1850; d. 1917), clergyman, conferred 17 June 1900
- Franz Haslauer (b. 1838; d. 1907), apothecary, conferred 22 July 1906
- Jakob Seus (d. 1920), headteacher, conferred 2 January 1917
- Burkhard Weissenberger (b. 1885; d. 1962), spiritual adviser, conferred 16 June 1961
- Dr. Albert Frank (b. 1914; d. 1996), deputy mayor, conferred 6 April 1989
- Ernst Pfahler (b. 1924; d. 1999), mayor, conferred May 1994
- Siegmund Simon (b. 30. Dezember 1935 in Langendorf), curate, conferred 23 September 2007
- Karl Seitz (b. 1911; d. 1967) honorary citizen of former community of Wenighösbach, clergyman, conferred 12 January 1958
- Viktor Mayer (b. 1908; d. 2006) honorary citizen of former community of Winzenhohl, mayor, conferred 29 April 1978
- Georg Göring (b. 1928; d. 2005) honorary citizen of former community of Winzenhohl, clergyman, conferred 29 April 1978
Others linked to the community
- Peter SchorowskyPeter SchorowskyPeter "Pe" Schorowsky was a founding member of the Böhse Onkelz. He played drums until the band's split in 2005.- Life :...
(b. 15 June 1964 in Hösbach), drummer for the band Böhse OnkelzBöhse OnkelzThe Böhse Onkelz were a German rock group that existed from 1980 to 2005. Although being ignored by the mass media for their controversial past, since Viva los tioz in 1998 almost every album reached number one on the German album charts. According to record certifications and additional sources...
- Stephan WeidnerStephan WeidnerStephan Weidner , often called "Der W," is a musician and music producer. From 25 November 1980 until 18 June 2005 he was the bassist, songwriter and leader of the German hard-rock band Böhse Onkelz. Weidner was also a singer with Nordend Antistars, a collaboration with Sub7even singer Daniel Wirtz...
(b. 29 May 1963 in AlsfeldAlsfeldAlsfeld is a town in the center of Hesse, somewhere in Germany. Large towns nearby are Bad Hersfeld about 33 km to the east, Fulda 36 km to the southeast, Gießen 47 km to the west and Marburg an der Lahn about 36 km to the northwest...
), singer, songwriter and bassist for the band Böhse Onkelz - Kevin RussellKevin RussellKevin Richard Russell is one of the three founding members of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz...
(b. 12 January 1964 in HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
), singer for the band Böhse Onkelz