Haibach is a community in the
Aschaffenburg district in the ''
Regierungsbezirk
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' (plural, ) serve as regional mid-level local gov ...
'' of
Lower Franconia
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History
After ...
(''Unterfranken'') in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It has a population of around 8,300.
Geography
Location
The community lies east-south-east of the town of
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg.
Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...
on the western edge of the
Spessart
Spessart () is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg (Spessart), Geiersberg at 586 metre ...
(range) between the town and the hills' well-known landmark
Mespelbrunn Castle
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, built in a tributary valley of the Elsava valley, within the Spessart forest. It is a popular to ...
. The highest elevations in the municipal area are the ''Findberg'' and the ''Buchberg''. They reach some 330 m above
NHN. Haibach is located in the Spessart Nature Park (''Naturpark Spessart'')
Municipal territory
The municipal area can be divided into the "village", a development area and an industrial area. The village (''Dorf'') accounts for the biggest part of Haibach and lies to the north. Buildings there are mainly older
terraced house
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s, not higher than two floors. Here, too, is the community centre consisting of the church, various grocery shops and the fire station.
On a hill lies Haibach's development area, which consists of larger detached new structures.
The industrial area lies on Würzburger Straße/State Road 2312 (formerly the B 8) to the south. Found there are the industrial parts of the community, like ''Adler Modemärkte GmbH''.
The constituent communities of Grünmorsbach and Dörrmorsbach are located in the south. Dörrmorsbach is found at the foot of the
Pfaffenberg, whose distinctive building development is widely visible in the Spessart.
The municipal territory of Haibach includes a lot of woodlands made up mostly of
mixed forest.
Constituent communities
Haibach's ''
Ortsteil
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e'' are Haibach, Grünmorsbach and Dörrmorsbach.
Climate
The climate is moderate and warm. Haibach represents a meteorological divide between the
Main Plain and the High Spessart.
History
Haibach had its first documentary mention in 1187. At the time there was a noble seat called ''Ketzelburg'' on the edge of the community, whose ruins were
archaeologically explored in 2004 and 2005.
Haibach's original name was ''Haginaha'', meaning "Border Brook". Over the course of 500 years the name became ''Hegebach'', ''Heybach'' and ''Haydebach'' until 1790 when it settled on the current form.
The brook ''Haibach'' is part of the
Röderbach.
In the course of municipal reform in 1978, the former community of Dörrmorsbach was amalgamated with Haibach. As early as 1972, Grünmorsbach had been swallowed up into the greater community.
In the Bavaria State Development Plan (''Landesentwicklungsplan Bayern''), Haibach is set out as a small centre and is among the most progressive communities in the ''Vorspessart'' and Lower Main regions.
Out of the original residential and farming village, Haibach developed after the
Second World War
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into more of a preferred residential community in the Aschaffenburg region. With small and midsize industrial and craft businesses locating here, the community was strengthened in its economic performance and tax base. A school centre with
primary school
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and
Hauptschule
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was built in 1965 and three
kindergarten
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s sponsored by the
Catholic
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church administration and the Saint John organizations were established.
In 1974 the community built the volunteer fire brigade a new fire station. In 1977, the sport centre with a cultural and sport hall and a stadium were brought into service. A water cistern on the Buchberg and the a funerary hall in the Waldfriedhof ("Forest Graveyard") followed by 1983. In May 1983, the youth and clubhouse was brought into service.
On 21 June 1987, an
arson
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attack by the terrorist group ''
Rote Zora'' on the Haibach location of the Adler chain of clothing shops failed.
In 1988 and 1989, the sport hall ''Am Hohen Kreuz'' ("At the High Cross") was built. On 3 May 2001, the new community centre in the constituent community of Dörrmorsbach was dedicated.
The community's landmark is three crosses on the ''Bessenbacher Weg'' playground. They recall the legend of the knight Heydebach and his lady love.
The community's status of "market community" was never officially celebrated or announced.
Demographics
Religion
There are three
Catholic
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churches in the community:
* St.
Nikolaus von der Flüe, Haibach
* St.
Johannes der Täufer, Grünmorsbach
* St. Johannes der Täufer, Grünmorsbach (old church under monumental protection)
* St.
Laurentius
Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "''From Laurentum''" (a city near Rome).
It is possible that the place name ''Laurentum'' is derived from the Latin ''laurus'' (" laurel").
People with the name include:
In Early Christiani ...
, Dörrmorsbach
There is also one
Protestant
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church:
*
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
Economy
In Haibach are found, among others, the head office of the Adler chain of clothing shops, the German headquarters of
Macrovision Corporation and the European headquarters of Renzi AG.
Government
Mayor
Since 2006, Andreas Zenglein (
CSU) has been Haibach's mayor.
Community council
The municipal council consists of 20 directly elected council members and the Mayor.
The most recent municipal council election was held on 15 March 2020, and the results were as follows:
In January 2023, three local councilors left the CSU council group and have since formed the new group MfH (Miteinander für Haibach).
Coat of arms
The community's
arms
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*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: Argent a bend wavy gules surmounted by a wheel spoked of six of the first, in chief an oak twig vert in bend, in base three Latin crosses sable in bend.
The wavy bend (slanted stripe) stands for the placename ending ''—bach'', which means “brook” in
German
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**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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. The oak twig refers to the community's location in the western Spessart, where there is still an extensive stand of oaks. The six-spoked
Wheel of Mainz
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was taken from the arms borne by the
Archbishopric and Electorate of Mainz, to whose lordly territory Haibach belonged for centuries. The origin and meaning of the three crosses that stand on Bessenbacher Weg in Haibach are no longer known. They are a landmark tied with a local legend.
The arms have been borne since 1966.
Town twinning
*
Marck,
Pas-de-Calais
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,
France
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Infrastructure
Transport
* Bus routes to Aschaffenburg: 5 (to Dörrmorsbach), 16, 40, 41, 47
*
Autobahn
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Much of t ...
A 3 between
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
(roughly 45 km away) and
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...
(roughly 75 km away).
Education
* Haibach
primary school
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and
Hauptschule
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with ''Mittlere-Reife-Zug''
* Haibach primary school – Grünmorsbach branch
References
External links
Ketzelburg
{{Authority control
Aschaffenburg (district)