Oberleichtersbach is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Bad Kissingen
Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which beca ...
in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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Divisions of the municipality
The municipality includes the following towns:
*Oberleichtersbach
*Unterleichtersbach
*Modlos
*Breitenbach
*Mitgenfeld
History
In 1803 the
Bishopric of Fulda, of which Oberleichtersbach was a part, was secularized and given to
Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau. In 1806, after his defeat at the
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, the
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was absorbed into France and its vassal state
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
The Grand Duchy of Frankfurt was a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. It came into existence in 1810 through the combination of the former territories of the Archbishopric of Mainz along with the Free City of Frankfurt itself.
Hist ...
. In the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it was given to Bavaria.
Population
Coat of arms
Quartered with 1 and 4 in silver with a cross; 2 and 3 divided diagonally gold and red.
Economy
In 1998, there were 428 businesses in the municipality. In 1999, there were 84 agricultural businesses, with 2091 ha under cultivation, 788 ha in fields, and 1296 ha in pasture.
References
External links
Official website
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Bad Kissingen (district)