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The industrialization of the 19th century and the great splintering of land ownership by inheritances that were endlessly carving plots into smaller ones brought about the community's first structural shift from purely a farming village to a workers’ village. A man from Glattbach, a tailor named Johann Desch born in 1848, while in his shop hit on the idea of sewing suits by standard measurements ahead of time and having the sewing done by workers in their homes. These first ready-to-wear suits sold briskly in the growing industrial towns of Hanau, Frankfurt and Offenbach. The business quickly swelled, and Johann Desch bought a house in Aschaffenburg. In 1874, he had the first men's clothing factory entered into the town's commercial registry. This branch of industry in the Aschaffenburg area that was once so important had its cradle in that tailor's shop in Glattbach.
In the Second World War, the village suffered greatly under the bombings in 1944 and 1945. Fourteen people were killed in these raids, and more than a hundred buildings were utterly or partly destroyed, among them the kindergarten and the gymnasium. After the war, reconstruction was implemented through brisk building activity and a heavy inflow of inhabitants. Beginning then, Glattbach became a residential community with nearly 3,800 inhabitants, favoured by its proximity to the town and its scenically charming location. The inhabitants are mostly commuters who overwhelmingly have jobs in Aschaffenburg.
The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the full-time mayor.
The community's arms might be described thus: Or a bend sinister wavy azure, in chief an inescutcheon sable a stork with two heads argent armed gules, the sinister reguardant from the base issuant, in base three yarn reels palewise argent in bend sinister wound with yarn gules.
The placename ending "—bach", which is German for “brook”, is seen in the arms as the wavy blue bend sinister – that is to say, slanted stripe beginning at the top on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side. The two-headed stork in the inescutcheon comes from the arms once borne by the noble family von Wasen. They owned an estate in the community from 1387 to 1528. The yarn reels refer to the beginnings of the Aschaffenburg clothing industry.
The arms have been borne since 1980.
= = = Haibach, Lower Franconia = = =
Haibach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the "Regierungsbezirk" of Lower Franconia ("Unterfranken") in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 8,300.
The community lies east-south-east of the town of Aschaffenburg on the western edge of the Spessart (range) between the town and the hills' well-known landmark Mespelbrunn Castle. 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")
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 houses, 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.
Haibach's "Ortsteile" are Haibach, Grünmorsbach and Dörrmorsbach.
The climate is moderate and warm ("Bayerisch Nizza", or "Bavarian Nice"). Haibach represents a meteorological divide between the Main Plain and the High Spessart.
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 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 and Hauptschule was built in 1965 and three kindergartens sponsored by the Catholic 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 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.
There are three Catholic churches in the community:
There is also one Protestant church:
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.
Since 2006, Andreas Zenglein (CSU) has been Haibach's mayor.
The council is made up of 20 council members, counting the mayor.
The community’s arms 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. 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 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.
= = = Heimbuchenthal = = =
Heimbuchenthal is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the "Regierungsbezirk" of Lower Franconia ("Unterfranken") in Bavaria, Germany, and the seat of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" (Administrative Community) of Mespelbrunn. It is also a state-recognized recreational resort ("Erholungsort").
Heimbuchenthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main ("Bayerischer Untermain") in the upper valley of the Elsava in the "Mittelgebirge" (hill range) Spessart.
In 1282, Heimbuchenthal, whose name comes from the hornbeams ("Hainbuchen" in German), had its first documentary mention. In 1495, the place was first named as a court centre. Along with the Archbishopric of Mainz, the former "Vogteiamt" (until 1782) passed at Secularization to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
In 1982, there was a 700-year jubilee celebration which involved the dedication of a few tourist attractions.
Within the municipal area there were 1,875 inhabitants in 1970, 2,106 in 1987, 2,260 in 2000 and 2,154 in 2013
According to official statistics, there were 133 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 27. In other areas, 176 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls are employed, and 808 such workers work from home. There are two processing businesses. Three businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 4 agricultural operations with a working area of 29 ha.
Municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €1,211,000 (converted), of which business taxes (net) amounted to €287,000.
One kilometre west of the community is found the "Heimathenhof", a former estate converted to a hotel and an inn. Right at the estate, red and fallow deer can be seen in a broad enclosure.
Some 4 km southwards in the Elsava valley lies the "Höllhammer" pond with a former hammerworks. First mentioned in the late 13th century was a hunting lodge called "Mulen", along with a forester's seat, a "Forsthube". In 1535, the lordly building was already in ruins and the Counts of Ingelheim, who already had their seat at nearby Mespelbrunn Castle, then had an estate built there, which was named Höllenhof after the nearby "Höllschlucht" (a gorge).
About 1700 came the first hammerworks, driven by a mill, which took its name, Höllhammer, from the estate. The hammerworks, which in 1795 had been taken over by Georg Ludwig Rexroth, was said in the early 19th century to be “the first and most productive hammerworks” in the Principality of Aschaffenburg. About 1830 some 100 people lived at the Höllhammer and the specially built school was attended by up to 30 children. Until 1891, production continued. Thereafter the lands were converted into an estate. Still to be seen are the farmhands’ house with the belltower, the lord's house and the school. The buildings are all used as dwellings, even the old smithies. In the woods is found the Rexroth family's old graveyard.
Today, the "Höllhammer" is private property and not accessible to the public.
"Fahrradmuseum Pedalwelt" – modern bicycle development and drive concepts from all over the world (with test course).
The council is made up of 15 council members, counting the mayor.
The mayor is Rüdiger Stenger (SPD/FWG).
The community's arms might be described thus: Gules a fess wavy argent, in chief three beech leaves of the first, two in saltire surmounted by the third palewise, issuant from the base a cogwheel spoked of five of the first.
The German blazon does not mention the cogwheel's spokes.
The beech leaves in the arms refer to the geographical location in the High Spessart and are canting for the community's name ("Buchen" is German for “beeches”). The wavy fess (horizontal band) symbolizes the community's location in the Elsava valley. The combination of the wavy fess and the cogwheel refers to the hammerworks that was running in the 18th and 19th centuries in the outlying centre of Höllhammer. The tinctures gules and argent (red and silver) are those also seen in the Electoral Mainz coat of arms, Mainz having held the local lordship until 1803. The Electoral Mainz "Amt" in the community comprised eight places and gave it a certain autonomy.
The arms have been borne since September 1981.
Heimbuchenthal features the following institutions (as of 2006):
= = = Heinrichsthal = = =
Heinrichsthal 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 Heigenbrücken.
Heinrichsthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main ("Bayerischer Untermain") in the "Mittelgebirge" (hill range) Spessart. It is a part of the district of Aschaffenburg.
Heinrichsthal has the following "Gemarkungen" (traditional rural cadastral areas): Altenplos, Cottenbach, Heinersreuth, Unterwaiz. The two hamlets of Unterlohrgrund and Oberlohrgrund on district road AB 7 are parts of the community.
As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, Heinrichsthal passed at Secularization in 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the "Gemeindeedikt" (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.
Within the municipal area lived 848 inhabitants in 1970, 892 in 1987 and 934 in 2000.
The council is made up of 9 council members, counting the part-time mayor.
The Mayor is Guido Schramm (Unabhängige Bürger).
Municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €384,000 (converted), of which business tax revenue accounted for €3,000.
According to official statistics, there were 87 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 0. In other areas, 29 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls are employed, and 328 such workers work from home. There is one processing business. No businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 11 agricultural operations with a working area of 170 ha, of which 85 ha was cropland and 84 ha was meadowland.
The following institutions are to be found in Heinrichsthal (as of 1999):
= = = Johannesberg, Bavaria = = =
Johannesberg is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the "Regierungsbezirk" of Lower Franconia ("Unterfranken") in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 3,900 inhabitants.
Johannesberg lies in the Bavarian Lower Main ("Bayerischer Untermain"), 10 km from Aschaffenburg. The Church of Saint John's Beheading ("Kirche St. Johannes Enthauptung") stands on the peak of the Johannesberg – the community's namesake – 367 m above sea level.
Johannesberg's "Ortsteile" are Breunsberg, Johannesberg, Oberafferbach, Rückersbach and Steinbach. Furthermore, three hamlets are to be found in Johannesberg: Rauenthaler Hof, Sternberg and Hagelhof.
The first church on the Johannesberg was likely built between 1200 and 1300, in the Romanesque style. As a high church it was built outside the community of Oberafferbach. In 1351, Rauenthal had its first documentary mention. The Aschaffenburg Monastery was enfeoffed with the Geipelshof (estate) near Johannesberg in 1440.
The old parish house had its first documentary mention in 1550. With Count Philipp von Rieneck's death in 1559, the noble family died out and the Bishops of Mainz took over power in the Spessart (range) for good. The Electorate of Mainz declared in 1682 that all children between the ages of 6 and 12 were obligated to attend school.
In the course of the War of the Austrian Succession, British troops destroyed the church in Johannesberg in 1743. From early 1768 it was rebuilt and expanded. It was completed about 1774.
In 1945, U.S. troops occupied Oberafferbach and Johannesberg, as well as Mainaschaff, Laufach and Goldbach.
In the first, voluntary phase of municipal reform, the formerly self-administering communities of Breunsberg, Johannesberg, Oberafferbach and Rückersbach merged into a new entity with the name Johannesberg. In 1976, the communities of Johannesberg and Glattbach together formed the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" (municipal association) of Rauenthal. In accordance with the Lower Franconian government's decision, the outlying centre of Rauenthal – formerly an exclave – was split from the community of Johannesberg and merged into the community of Glattbach instead. After the voluntary phase of municipal reform ended, the community of Steinbach was forcibly incorporated into Johannesberg in 1978.
Between Johannesberg and Val Orne-Ajon in the French department of Calvados, an official partnership was established in 1990 with quite a number of centres, namely Avenay, Amayé-sur-Orne, Maizet, Montigny, Préaux-Bocage, Maisoncelles-sur-Ajon, Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay and Vacognes-Neuilly. On 18 May 1996, the French community of Trois-Monts joined the group as the ninth community.
The "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Rauenthal" was dissolved by law in 1994. The community of Johannesberg once again has its own municipal administration.
In 2000, Johannesberg's 800-year jubilee celebration took place.
Within the municipal area lived 2,730 inhabitants in 1970, 3,391 in 1987 and 3,833 in 2000.
The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €1,892,000 (converted), of which business tax revenue (net) accounted for €160,000.
According to official statistics, there were 141 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 135. In other areas, 1,308 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls work from home. Nobody is employed in processing businesses. No businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 18 agricultural operations with a working area of 392 ha, of which 194 ha was cropland and 191 ha was meadowland.
The council is made up of 16 council members, not counting the mayor.
The community's arms might be described thus: Argent a bend sinister wavy azure surmounted by a sword in bend of the second, in base a mount of three gules surmounted by a wheel spoked of six of the first.
The sword stands for the local parish church's patron, who is John the Baptist – the church itself is called "Johannes Enthauptung", or “John’s Beheading”, the sword being the instrument of this deed. The reference to John also recalls the community's name: "Johannes" is a German form of the name John. For centuries the community was part of the Electorate of Mainz, symbolized in the arms by the Wheel of Mainz. The three-knolled hill, called a "Dreiberg" in German heraldry, refers to the community's geographical location in the Vorspessart, and also to the three constituent communities of Johannesberg, Breunsberg and Sternberg, which all end in "—berg" (German for “mountain”), whereas the wavy bend sinister (slanted stripe), which is meant to resemble a brook, refers to the three constituent communities of Oberafferbach, Steinbach and Rückersbach, which all end in "—bach" (German for “brook”).
The arms have been borne since 22 March 1976 after a decision by the community and approval from the government of Lower Franconia.
All nine French communities mentioned above are part of a single partnership organized under the umbrella organization "I.C.L. Val Orne-Ajon".
The Baroque Catholic parish church of Saint John's Beheading ("Pfarrkirche Sankt Johannes' Enthauptung") stands on the hill above the village. Every year, the Catholic parish celebrates its patronage on 29 August, the day when the church commemorates the Passion of John the Baptist.
The "Mühlbergfest" is a yearly musical event which draws roughly 2,000 visitors. Past acts included bands as the , ABCD, the , Pur, Cashma Hoody, Boppin‘B or The Bones.
= = = Malaysia Federal Route 136 = = =
Federal Route 136 (formerly Kedah state route K16 and Perak state route A16) is a federal road in Kedah and Perak state, Malaysia. The roads connects Kuala Ketil, Kedah in the north until Parit Buntar, Perak in the south. This road used to be 121.331 km long, but now it is only 84 km. The Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Kedah cut some corners because it is very dangerous, The corners is located near the Sungai Ular bridge. Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 136 starts at Kuala Ketil, Kedah.