Sailauf is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''

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'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in

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. It has a population of around 3,600.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the area of the Spessart (range) known as ''Vorspessart'' near Aschaffenburg. It is located on the

Sailaufbach Sailaufbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Laufach near Hösbach. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach *Abens * Ach * Afferbach * Affinger Bach * Ailsbach *Aisch * Ait ...

, a tributary of the

Laufach Laufach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in northwest Bavaria east of Aschaffenburg. Laufach lies in the h ...

Subdivisions

Sailauf has two ''

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e'': * (population 2013: 788) * Sailauf (2,861) In addition the hamlet is part of Sailauf. It consists of an industrial area near the Bundesautobahn 3 and the '. Moreover, the municipal territory includes 19 small exclaves to the northeast (see map) surrounded by the Sailaufer Forst.

Neighbouring communities

Sailauf borders on (from the north, clockwise):

Blankenbach Blankenbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Schöllkrippen. Geogra ...

Sommerkahl Sommerkahl is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Schöllkrippen. It has a popu ...

, the

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, Bessenbach and Hösbach.

History

Sailauf is among the ''Vorspessart's'' oldest settlements. As early as 1089, the original parish church in the upper

Aschaff The Aschaff (in its uppermost course: ''Kleinaschaff'') is a river in the northern Spessart in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main and is long. It begins at the Aschaffquelle near Waldaschaff. Loosely translated the name Aschaf ...

valley stood here. In 1189, the lordly estate of ''Sigilovf(e)'', meaning "glistening brook", and out of whose name arose the placename Sailauf, had its first documentary mention. The first known inhabitant of Sailauf is Gerhardus de Sigeloufe, who is mentioned as a witness in court in 1229. The name "de Sigeloufe" means "of Sailauf" and is therefore also the oldest and perhaps first surname in Sailauf. In the 13th century, Sailauf was for a short time ruled by the

Counts of Rieneck The County of Rieneck was a comital domain within the Holy Roman Empire that lay in what is now northwestern Bavaria (in the west of Lower Franconia). It bore the same name as its original ruling family, the Counts of Rieneck, from whom the count ...

, who built the castle ''Landesere'' on the nearby . In 1265, the

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, built the hunting lodge ''castrum vivarium'', which was later renamed ''Weyberhof''. When the

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raged in Europe in 1349, the ''Vorspessart'' was all but emptied of people. Newcomers later came to Sailauf from the

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. In 1552, ''Schloss Weyberhof'' was destroyed. In the

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(1618–1648), Sailauf was almost completely destroyed. In 1789, Saint Vitus's Church (''Sankt-Vitus-Kirche'') was built above Sailauf, believed to be the fourth church built on this spot. In 1803, lordship of Mainz over the ''Vorspessart'' came to an end and in 1814, Aschaffenburg and its surrounding area passed to the

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. In 1972, the outlying community of Eichenberg was merged with Sailauf.

Governance

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the mayor. (as at 6 March 2008)

Mayor

The mayor of Sailauf is Michael Dümig (SPD).

Coat of arms

The community's

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might be described thus: Argent a bend sinister gules surmounted by a wheel spoked of six of the first, in chief dexter a bend sinister wavy azure, in base sinister an oak sprig with a leaf in bend sinister and an acorn in bend vert. The German blazon specifies a silver wheel (''belegt mit einem sechsspeichigen silbernen Rad''), although the example shown here has a golden wheel. This wheel – the Wheel of Mainz – and the bend sinister – the slanted stripe, so called because at the top it begins on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side – stand for the community's history, lasting from the 13th century until 1803, as an

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holding; the

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s gules and argent (red and silver) were Mainz's colours. The blue wavy bend sinister stands for the community's location at the forks of the Sailauf and the Steinbach, two local brooks. The green oak twig with the acorn refers to the Spessart range, which is thickly wooded with oaks, and in which the community lies. The arms were conferred on 21 March 1969.

Culture and arts

Sailauf features the yearly ''Sailaufer Knoblauchfest'' ("Sailauf Garlic Festival") and the ''Tsukahara-Festival''.

Infrastructure

Transport

Sailauf has an interchange to the '' Bundesautobahn 3''.

Education

Among social institutions there are a

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and a

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. The community is a member of the association of municipal music schools.

Notable people

* Felix Magath,

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and trainer *

Bernhard Lippert Bernhard Lippert (born March 12, 1962 in Sailauf) is a German football manager and current technical director of the Ghana Football Association. Lippert worked between 1994 and 1997 as manager of the Eintracht Frankfurt reserve team, Eintracht ...

, football trainer * Theodor Bergmann, entrepreneur and carmaker

References

External links

Structural data 1998
{{Authority control Aschaffenburg (district)