Schollbrunn is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the '' Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Kreuzwertheim. It has a population of over 900.

Geography

Schollbrunn lies in the Lower Franconia region, west of Würzburg in the

Main-Spessart Main-Spessart is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northwest of Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Lower Franconia and derives its name from the river Main and the wooded hills of the Spessart. Geography The district is bounded by (from the north ...

district. The community has only the ''Gemarkung'' (traditional rural cadastral area) of Schollbrunn. The town is surrounded by the wooded hills of the Spessart.

History

Schollbrunn was part of the County of Wertheim, held by the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim, which in 1806 was

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by the Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the

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) to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Demographics

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Economy

Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €443,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €97,000. According to official statistics, there were 47 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 0. In other areas, 35 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 340 such workers worked from home. There were 6 processing businesses. Two businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 20 agricultural operations with a working area of 189 ha, of which 121 ha was cropland and 67 ha was meadowland.

Government

Since 1 May 2014, Thea Kohlroß (''Bürger für Schollbrunn'') has been mayor. Schollbrunn is a member of the ', located at

Kreuzwertheim Kreuzwertheim () is a market town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Kreuzwertheim. It ha ...

Coat of arms

The community’s

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might be described thus: Vert a cross at the honour point Or surmounted in base by an oakleaf argent palewise and between two roses in chief of the last seeded of the second. The heraldic roses are taken from the arms formerly borne by the Counts of Wertheim. They recall Countess Elisabeth of Wertheim, who in 1314 bought Schollbrunn. The cross and the tincture vert (green) symbolize the monastery, which was dissolved in the Reformation but revived later by the Catholic Count Dieter von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. The oakleaf represents Schollbrunn’s geographical location in the Spessart and refers to the land clearing at the time when the community was first settled about 1200. The arms have been borne since 1958.Description and explanation of Schollbrunn’s arms
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Attractions

* Grünau Charterhouse - a former Carthusian monastery * - ruins of a medieval chapel * In the valley of the

Haslochbach Haslochbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Main east of Hasloch. Course The Hasellochbach rises at the ''Haselbrunnen'' in the upper Haseltal, at the foot of the Geiersberg, the highest elevation of the Spessart. Passi ...

there are a number of former water mills

Infrastructure

Transport

Schollbrunn is located near Autobahn 3, the closest interchange is at Rohrbrunn, connected to Schollbrunn by State Road ST2316, the ''Spessart Hochstrasse''. In the other direction, ST2316 leads to

Hasloch Hasloch is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' of Kreuzwertheim. Hasloch has a population close to 1,400. ...

on the river Main.

Education

As of December 2008, Schollbrunn had a kindergarten with 33 places used by 21 children.

References

External links

Municipal website

Website of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''
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