Karbach () is a market community in the
Main-Spessart district in the ''
Regierungsbezirk
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Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...
'' of
Lower Franconia
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History
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally r ...
(''Unterfranken'') in
Bavaria
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, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.
Geography
Location
Karbach lies in the Würzburg Region.
The community has only one ''Gemarkung'' (traditional rural cadastral area), also called Karbach.
History
As part of the
Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg (german: Fürstbistum Würzburg; Hochstift Würzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia, west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. Würzburg had been a diocese ...
, Karbach passed with the ''
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
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'' in 1803 to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. In 1806 it became part of the mediatized ''
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' of Steinfeld, which in 1816 was ceded to Austria. In the ''Generalrezess'' of Frankfurt in 1819, it passed to Bavaria.
Population development
Within town limits, 1,154 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,308 in 1987, in 2000 1,356 and in 2013 1,433.
Politics
The mayor is Bertram Werrlein, in office since 2014.
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Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €1,007,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €428,000.
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Coat of arms
The community’s arms
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*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
might be described thus: Azure a fess wavy argent, in chief an eagle reguardant wings overt Or, in base an uppercase uncial N on which a cross of the last.
Culture and sightseeing
Jewish graveyard
Since 1983, a memorial stone here recalls the persecution and murder of Karbach’s, Homburg’s and Marktheidenfeld
Marktheidenfeld () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat (but not a member) of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Markthe ...
’s Jewish
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inhabitants, who fell victim to the Holocaust
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in National Socialist
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times.[Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation, Band 1. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1995, , S. 152]
Economy and infrastructure
According to official statistics, there were 40 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 28. In other areas, 26 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 571 such workers worked from home. Nobody was employed in processing businesses. Three businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 19 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 249 ha, of which 1 149 ha was cropland and 98 ha was meadowland.
Education
In 1999 the following institutions existed in Karbach:
* Kindergarten
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s: 50 place with 44 children
* Primary schools: 1 with 14 teachers and 252 pupils
References
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Holocaust locations in Germany