Hafenlohr is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the ''

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'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in

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and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.

Geography

Location

Hafenlohr lies in the Würzburg Region, roughly 3 km from Marktheidenfeld. It is located on the confluence of the rivers Hafenlohr and

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Subdivision

The community has the following ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural cadastral areas): Hafenlohr, Windheim, Fürstlich Löwenstein'scher Park.

History

Hafenlohr was mentioned first in 1324 but its origins (and those of Windheim just to the northwest) probably go back to around the year 1000. It was a centre of the pottery industry. The area was property of the '' Kloster Neustadt'' since the late 8th century. From the mid-12th century it belonged to the

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until their male line died out in 1333 and the property reverted to the

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of the Bishop of Würzburg. As part of the '' Oberamt'' of Rothenfels of the

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, Hafenlohr passed at

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to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. By mediatization in 1806 it passed to the Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the ''Gemeindeedikt'' (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.

Demographics

Within town limits, 1,804 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,721 in 1987 and in 2000 1,877.

Governance

The mayor is Thorsten Schwab (

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), reelected in 2014 with 87% of the vote.

Coat of arms

The community’s

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might be described thus: Gules edged Or a fess wavy argent at the nombril point, above which a jug of the second.

Economy

According to official statistics, there were 260 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998, and in trade and

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this was 0. In other areas, 37 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 687 such workers worked from home. There were 17 processing businesses. No businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 15 agricultural operations with a working area of 103 ha, of which 47 ha was cropland and 55 ha was meadowland. Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €952,000 (converted from DM), of which net business taxes amounted to €126,000.

Education

In 1999 the following institutions existed in Hafenlohr: *

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s: 73 places with 65 children *

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s: 1 with 12 teachers and 184 pupils

Infrastructure

Public institutions

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, Marktheidenfeld chapter * Hafenlohr volunteer fire brigade * Windheim volunteer fire brigade

References

External links

* {{Authority control Main-Spessart