Marktheidenfeld () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''

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'' of

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(''Unterfranken'') in

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and the seat (but not a member) of the ''

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'' (municipal association) of Marktheidenfeld. The town has around 11,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Location

The town lies 24 km west of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

at the ''Mainviereck'' (

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Square) on the eastern side of the

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(range), geologically on the seam between the Spessart red sandstone area and the

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area of the ''Fränkische Platte'' (a flat, mostly agricultural region), which between the Main Square and the ''Maindreieck'' (Main Triangle) is known as the ''Marktheidenfelder Platte''.

Subdivisions

Marktheidenfeld's '' Stadtteile'' are Glasofen (amalgamated in 1972), Zimmern (1974), Marienbrunn (1975), Altfeld, Michelrieth and Oberwittbach (all in 1978). The town has the following ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural cadastral areas): Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Marktheidenfeld, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach and Zimmern.

History

Heidenfeld may have arisen during the

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taking of the land in the early 8th century. Already by 855 a place by that name was mentioned as belonging to the Holzkirchen Monastery, which from this time belonged to the

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. The Counts of Wertheim, who were the monastery's ''

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'' also managed in the late 13th century to secure the same office over Heidenfeld. In 1397, Marktheidenfeld was first described as a town (''oppidum''). Between 1522 and 1530, the

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was introduced by Georg II into the County of Wertheim, and thereby also into Marktheidenfeld. After a period in which Catholic and Protestant worship co-existed, the majority turned to Protestantism. The town also experienced an economic boom at that time. However, due to a bad harvest in 1524, a

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erupted in 1525. Although hesitant at first, the Count of Wertheim supported the local peasants for a while before their army was defeated at Würzburg. In 1556, the line of the Counts of Wertheim died out. Following extended inheritance disputes, Heidenfeld was taken over by the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg in 1612. Under Bishop

Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (18 March 1545 – 9 September 1617) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1573. He was born in Mespelbrunn Castle, Spessart (Lower Franconia) and died in Würzburg. Life He was educated in Mainz, Leuven, D ...

the

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forced the local populace back into the Catholic church. This met with resistance and Echter established a new parish at Heidenfeld, as well as ordering the construction of a large church, the ''St.- Laurentius-Kirche''. In 1615, the town was awarded the status of ''Flecken'' and over the next decades started to be known as "Marktheidenfeld". From 1632 to 1634, after the Swedes’ victories in the

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, the town was once again part of the County of Wertheim and

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, albeit for only a short time, for the town soon returned to Würzburg. In 1649, the name Marktheidenfeld made its first appearance, to distinguish the town from the Heidenfeld Monastery near

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, which likewise belonged to Würzburg. The ''

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'' of Würzburg was

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in Bavaria's favour in 1803, and then ceded in a border adjustment treaty in 1807 to the

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, with which it passed in 1814 to the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German E ...

. In 1814, Marktheidenfeld became the seat of the Homburg district court, forerunner of the Marktheidenfeld ''Bezirksamt'' (a local authority), which in 1939 took the name ''Landratsamt'' (district head's office). In 1948, Marktheidenfeld, which underwent a great upswing in population growth after the

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with the arrival of ''

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'', was raised to town. In 1972, the Marktheidenfeld district (''Landkreis Marktheidenfeld'') was abolished. Since the municipal reforms in Bavaria (1972–1976), the formerly self-administering communities of Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach and Zimmern have belonged to Marktheidenfeld.

Demographics

Population development

The town had some 530 inhabitants in 1542, roughly 730 to 800 in the late 16th century, 630 in 1633 and by the end of the

, in 1648, possibly 500 to 550. In 1673 the figure had risen again to some 700, and about 1,100 people lived in Marktheidenfeld by 1720. In 1920, after the

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, 2,058 inhabitants lived in Marktheidenfeld, in 1925, this had shrunk slightly to 2,030, but had risen again to 2,232 in 1933. The population had further grown by 1938 to 2,687 inhabitants. After the Second World War, in 1946, there were 4,302 inhabitants. Within town limits, 8,364 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 9,421 in 1987 and in 2000 10,803. On 1 July 2005, 9,034 inhabitants (76.5%) lived in the main town, and 2,773 (23.5%) in the six outlying centres. The total figure amounted to 11,807 inhabitants, of whom foreigners accounted for just under 8%.

Distribution of inhabitants among main town and outlying centres

:: as of 1 January 2008

Religion

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: 6,210 = 52.6% out of a total population of 11,807 (1 July 2005) *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

: 2,846 = 24.1% * other or none: 2,751 = 23.3%

Economy

Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €13,797,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €8,484,000.

Arts and culture

Regular events

From June to July, several events take place, such as the ''Altstadtfest'' (Old Town Festival) and the Caribbean Night. Since 1999 each year in July the Marktheidenfeld Rowing Club has held the "Red Dragon Cup", at which company and club teams take part in

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races in which even costumes are awarded prizes. On the first weekend in August, the charburners’ club stages its traditional charburners’ festival (''Köhlerfest'') in the outlying centre of Glasofen. In August, the Marktheidenfeld Folk Festival, the ''Laurenzi-Messe'', takes place for ten days. The event's centrepiece is the ''Laurenzimarkt'' (market), which since 2007 has been on the bank of the Main.

Attractions

''Franck-Haus''

The ''Franck-Haus'' is a richly adorned townsman's house from the

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period, built in 1745, and is one of the town's most important sights. The building master was the wine merchant and salesman Franz Valentin Franck (1702–1777). Since 1987, the house has been under the town's ownership. From 1994 to 1998 it was renovated, for which the façade's smalt-blue colour, which at the time the house was built was the most expensive colour, was reconstituted. Today the house is used for exhibitions. Permanent exhibits include the "world’s smallest library", a collection of

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s from Valentin Kaufmann's legacy, a demonstration smithy, an old smith's workshop built in the courtyard, and an information room on painter and artistic craftsman Hermann Gradl's life and works.

''St.-Laurentius-Kirche''

Saint Lawrence's Church (''St.-Laurentius-Kirche'') has been rebuilt and renovated for more than 700 years. Overall, four major stages of construction, in Romanesque,

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and

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styles, respectively, can be discerned. Its features include mediaeval frescoes in the

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and two tomb slabs from the 16th century.

Other sights

The ''Alte Mainbrücke'' ("Old Main Bridge"), made out of red

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blocks, was built in the mid-19th century during King Ludwig I's reign, and opened in 1845. More than 150 years later, the old

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was followed by the ''Nordbrücke'' ("North Bridge"), a bowstring arch bridge with the unusual feature of hangers that cross each other. Other sights include the old town with historic

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houses, the Main Promenade, the marketplace with the ''Fischerbrunnen'' (fountain), and the ''Kreuzbergkapelle'' (

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), consecrated in 1890. This stands on its namesake mountain, the Kreuzberg, and can be reached by a

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Governance

Mayor

Since 1 May 2020, Thomas Stamm (CSU) has been the mayor.

Town council

Apportionment of the 24 seats (2008-2014 electoral period) * CSU 9 seats *

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5 seats * FW 9 seats *

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1 seat

Town twinning

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, since 1988 *

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, since 1980 * Taitung County,

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, since 1985 *

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, since 2007

Coat of arms

The town's

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might be described thus: Argent, in base water azure, thereupon a bridge of stone gules masoned sable with three piers upon which segmented arches with keystones, in chief a mullet of the second. The town's first arms were conferred on 7 September 1883 and showed similar

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s, the main differences being that the bridge – which is the local bridge across the

– bore a golden uppercase cursive L with a silver crown on top on the middle spandrel, which was flanked each side by two digits of the year 1846 (the bridge's building date), that the arches were round rather than segmented and had no keystones, and that the mullet (star shape) was Or (golden) rather than azure (blue). The water was also "proper", meaning that it was shown in natural colour. The current form of the coat of arms has been used since 1930, but was not actually conferred until 1965.Description of Marktheidenfeld’s arms at ''Heraldry of the World''
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Infrastructure

Transport

Waterway

The river Main is a Federal Waterway (''Bundeswasserstraße'') of the first order for which the

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

Water and Ship Transport Office (''Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Aschaffenburg'') is responsible.

Road

The Federal

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A 3 (

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

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) runs east-west, cutting across ''Staatsstraßen'' (State Roads) 2299 and 2315 in the outlying centre of Altfeld, whereas '' Bundesstrasse 8'', running through the municipal area, serves as an Autobahn feeder road.

Public transport

A well-developed bus network run by the ''Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Main-Spessart'' ("Main-Spessart Local Transport Company") links the town and its environs. Within town runs a bus.

Other

There is a glider airfield in the outlying centre of Altfeld.

Public institutions

* Town administration * ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ( municipal administrative association) of Marktheidenfeld * Financial office outpost * ''Landratsamt'' (district administration) outpost (with vehicle licensing centre, youth office and health office service centre) * Police * Marktheidenfeld fire brigade

Education

* Friedrich-Fleischmann-Grundschule, Marktheidenfeld (

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) * Grund- und Hauptschule des Schulverbands Oberndorf, Bischbrunn (primary school and Hauptschule) *

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am Maradies * Staatliche

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, Marktheidenfeld (state Realschule) * Balthasar-Neumann- Gymnasium, Marktheidenfeld * Staatliche Fachoberschule und Berufsoberschule, Marktheidenfeld (state higher vocational and professional school) * Altenpflege- und Krankenpflegeschule des Landkreises Main-Spessart, Marktheidenfeld (district school for geriatric care and nursing) * Förderschulen: St. Kilian und St. Nikolaus, Marktheidenfeld (special education) * 2 private music schools and the municipal music institute, Marktheidenfeld * Volkshochschule Marktheidenfeld (

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

)

Notable people

* Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (1766–1798), composer * (b. 4 January 1874, d. 13 January 1958), educator and composer * (b. 15 February 1883, d. 15 February 1964 in Nürnberg), landscape painter * (b. 21 April 1939), former mayor, former head of Main-Spessart district council *

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(b. 1942 in

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), national

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er (world vice-champion) * Peter Kiesewetter (b. 1945), composer *

Roland Matthes Roland Matthes (, ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European champ ...

(b. 1950 in

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), backstroke swimmer (four-time Olympic champion) * (b. 1957), cook * (b. 1974), composer and textbook author * (b. 1976 in

Cochem Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just over 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the Kusel district, as Germany's second smallest district seat. Since 7 J ...

), television actress * Regina Schleicher (b. 1974 in

), competition cyclist (world champion) * (1917–2007), entrepreneur (founder of ''Schleunung Druck'') and Member of the Bavarian Senate

References

External links

www.marktheidenfeld.de Town’s official webpage
* * {{Authority control Main-Spessart Populated places on the Main basin Populated riverside places in Germany