Riedbach 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 Haßberge in

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. It is situated 20 km northeast of

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban agg ...

and 8 km north of

Haßfurt Haßfurt (; English: Hassfurt) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Haßberge district. It is situated on the river Main, 20 km east of Schweinfurt and 30 km northwest of Bamberg. In 1852, Ludwig's Western Railway reached the ...

. The municipality was created in 1978. It encompasses the villages of Humprechtshausen, Kleinmünster, Kleinsteinach, Kreuzthal and Mechenried, and derives its name from the Riedbach creek that flows through Humprechtshausen, Kleinsteinach and Mechenried. The population of Riedbach is about 1600 people. Its mayor is Birgit Bayer.

Villages

Humprechtshausen (521 Inhabitants)
Mechenried (461 Inhabitants)
Kleinsteinach (441 Inhabitants)
Kleinmünster (259 Inhabitants)
Kreuzthal (104 Inhabitants)

Neighboring municipalities

Riedbach is surrounded by the municipalities (beginning north, clockwise) of

Aidhausen Aidhausen is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany, it is a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hofheim in Unterfranken. Geography Aidhausen is located in the Main- Rhön region. It is divided into the following ...

, Hofheim in Unterfranken,

Königsberg in Bayern Königsberg (, ) was the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named ...

and

Schonungen Schonungen is a municipality in the Schweinfurt district, Bavaria, Germany. The villages in this municipality are: *Schonungen *Forst (Unterfranken) Forst in Unterfranken is a little village in the Schonungen municipality that lies in the di ...

History

In 1818, as part of the reformation of the Bavarian territories, the municipalities of Kleinmünster, Kleinsteinach, Mechenried and Humprechtshausen (with its district Kreuzthal) were created. On 1 May 1978 as part of another reformation of the Bavarian territories, the former municipalities formed the municipality "Riedbach".

Population

1910: 1.725 Inhabitants
1972: 1.902 Inhabitants
2005: 1.717 Inhabitants
2010: 1.625 Inhabitants

Economy

Riedbach's main economy is agriculture, with 72 producers. Additionally, there are six construction companies and two kindergartens.

References

External links

Gemeinde Riedbach
The Municipality Riedbach (in German)
Wikimedia Commons of Riedbach
Collection of Images of Riedbach
Familieneinladungen.de GmbH
A company situated in Riedbach (in German)
Riedbach (Statistics)
Official statistics of Riedbach by the Bavarian State (in German) {{Authority control Haßberge (district)