Collenberg is a community in the Miltenberg district in the ''

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Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (german: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. History After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally r ...

(''Unterfranken'') in

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. It has a population of about 2,400.

Geography

Location

Collenberg lies on right bank of the

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, 13 km away from

Miltenberg Miltenberg () is a town in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named district and has a population of over 9,000. Geography Location The old town lies on the Main ...

and 18 km from Wertheim. Along the Main between Collenberg and

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runs the boundary between Bavaria and

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. Behind Collenberg lie the wooded hills of the

Spessart Spessart is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level. Etymo ...

Subdivisions

Collenberg's ''

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e'' are Fechenbach, Reistenhausen and Kirschfurt.

History

The community came into being in 1971 in the framework of municipal reform in Bavaria with the merger of the former communities of Fechenbach, Kirschfurt and Reistenhausen.

Government

Community council

The council is made up of 14 council members, with the seats apportioned thus: *

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7 seats *

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5 seats *

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2 seats

Coat of arms

The community's

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might be described thus: A fess wavy argent, in chief gules, dexter a wheel spoked of six and sinister a dog's head erased gorged sable with studs of the first, in base azure three maces, two and one, issuant palewise from the base. The three maces come from the arms once borne by the ''Schenken'' of Klingenberg, former overlords who gave the castle its name after the founder of their line, whose name was Kolbo (and in

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, the word for “mace” is ''Streitkolbe'', or simply ''Kolbe''), and are thus a

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. The wheel in the

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’s upper half on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side is the

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, and refers to the area’s long rule by

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, lasting until the

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was at last dissolved in 1803. The dog’s head on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side is another canting charge. Although the usual word for “dog” in German is ''Hund'', there is also the word ''Rüde'', and thus this dog's head refers to the noble family of Rüdt von Collenberg. The wavy fesse symbolizes the local river, the

. The arms have been borne since 1973.

Attractions

* , ruined castle originally built by the noble family of in 1250, about 1 km east of Fechenbach. It is located just outside the municipal territory of Collenberg, in

Dorfprozelten Dorfprozelten is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It is one of the oldest settlements on the Lower Main. Sandstone quarrying was a major industry onc ...

* ' (palace), built in 1750 by the Count of Reigersberg * Memorial at Fechenbach's former

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, which was destroyed on ''

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Infrastructure

Transport

On the other side of the Main runs ''Staatsstraße'' (State Road) 2310, which is linked in Kirschfurt with Collenberg's main road. This road leads east along the right bank of the Main to

Hasloch Hasloch is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' of Kreuzwertheim. Hasloch has a population close to 1,400. ...

Education

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St. Martin with roughly 85 children *

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References

External links

Community portrait

Lower Main history portal
{{Authority control Miltenberg (district)