Wiesen () is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''

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(''Unterfranken'') in

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and a member of the ''

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'' (municipal association) of Schöllkrippen. It has around 1,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the ''

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and has one ''Gemarkung'' (traditional rural

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area), also named Wiesen.

History

The former Electoral Mainz '' Amt'' was

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at Prince Primate von Dalberg’s behest in 1803 and made part of his newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which the ''Amt'' passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the

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) to the

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. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the ''Gemeindeedikt'' ("Municipal Edict") of 1818.

Population

Economy

Municipal tax revenue amounted in 1999 to €588,000 (converted), of which net business taxes accounted for €172,000. According to official statistics, there were 129 workers on the social welfare contribution roles working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and

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this was 0. In other areas, 16 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 428 such workers worked from home. Four businesses were in processing. Three businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were five agricultural operations with a working area of 187

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, of which 186 hectare was meadowland.

Governance

Town council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor.

Mayor

The mayor is Willi Fleckenstein (Dorfgemeinschaft).

Coat of arms

The community’s

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might be described thus: Gules in base a demi-wheel spoked of six argent, the rim to base, above which a stag’s attires Or reaching into chief, between them a scallop shell of the second, the hinge towards chief. The community of Wiesen historically belonged to the Counts of Rieneck until they died out in 1559, whereupon it passed to the Archbishopric of Mainz, which built a hunting castle here in the Spessart. In the arms, the hart’s antlers and the half

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recall the Electoral state to which the community belonged. The scallop is a symbol of Saint James. It refers to the parish church, which is consecrated to him. The

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s gules and Or (red and gold) recall the Counts of Rieneck. They were closely associated with the community. The community has borne the arms since 22 July 1985.

Education

Wiesen has one

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References

{{Authority control Aschaffenburg (district)