Röllbach is a
municipality in the
Miltenberg district in the ''
Regierungsbezirk'' of
Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in
Bavaria,
Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Mönchberg.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the
Spessart (range), in the ''Mainviereck'' (“
Main Square”) between Klingenberg, Mönchberg and Großheubach.
Politics
Until 1984, all members of Röllbach municipal council came exclusively from the
CSU
CSU may refer to:
* Channel service unit, a Wide area network equivalent of a network interface card
* Chari Aviation Services, Chad, by ICAO airline code
* Christian Social Union (UK), an Anglican social gospel organisation
* Christian Social Un ...
. Since the 1984 municipal election, the CWR (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft Röllbach, or Christian Voters’ Community) has also been represented on municipal council. At the 2003 ''Landtag'' elections, the CSU garnered 74.15% of the second votes.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)
Mayor
Röllbach’s mayor is Michael Schwing (CSU). He was first elected in 2020.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s
arms
Arms or ARMS may refer to:
*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: Gules a pallet argent, dexter a wheel spoked of six of the same, sinister five billets Or, two, one and two.
The arms are based on the ''Schultheiß’s'' (roughly, “sheriff’s”) seal from the 18th century. The
Wheel of Mainz refers to
Electoral Mainz’s former hegemony in the region, while the pallet (narrow vertical stripe), and the billets on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side are drawn from the arms formerly borne by the Barons of Hoheneck, who are known to have been in Röllbach in 1718, and who died out in 1808.
The arms have been borne since 1970.
Description and explanation of Röllbach’s arms
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References
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Miltenberg (district)