Marktheidenfeld
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Marktheidenfeld is a town in the Main-Spessart district
in the Regierungsbezirk
of Lower Franconia
(Unterfranken) in Bavaria
, Germany
and the seat (but not a member) of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.
at the Mainviereck (Main Square) on the eastern side of the Spessart
(range), geologically on the seam between the Spessart red sandstone area and the Muschelkalk
area of the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), which between the Main Square and the Maindreieck (Main Triangle) is known as the Marktheidenfelder Platte.
The town has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Marktheidenfeld, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach, Zimmern.
taking of the land in the early 8th century. Already by 855 the place belonged to the Holzkirchen Monastery, which from this time belonged to the Fulda Abbey. The Counts of Wertheim, who were the monastery’s Vögte
also managed in the late 13th century to secure the same office over Heidenfeld. In 1397, Marktheidenfeld was first described as a town. Between 1522 and 1530, the Reformation
was introduced into the County of Wertheim, and thereby also into Marktheidenfeld. In 1612, after the Würzburg-Wertheim Feud (1599 to 1617), Heidenfeld was taken over as a Würzburg fief, and thus began the Counterreformation under the clergyman Johannes Molitor (1576–1639). From 1632 to 1634, after the Swedes’ victories in the Thirty Years' War
, the town was once again Protestant
, albeit for only a short time, for the town soon passed to the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg. In 1649, the name Marktheidenfeld made its first appearance, to distinguish the town from the Heidenfeld Monastery near Schweinfurt
, which likewise belonged to Würzburg. The Amt of the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg was in Bavaria’s favour secularized
in 1803, and then ceded in a border adjustment treaty in 1807 to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg
, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria. In 1814, Marktheidenfeld became the seat of the Homburg district court, forerunner of the Marktheidenfeld Bezirksamt (a local authority), which in 1939 took the name Landratsamt (district head’s office). In 1948, Marktheidenfeld, which underwent a great upswing in population growth after the Second World War with the arrival of Heimatvertriebene
, was raised to town. In 1972, the Marktheidenfeld district (Landkreis Marktheidenfeld) was abolished. Since the municipal reforms in Bavaria (1972–1976), the formerly self-administering communities of Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach and Zimmern have belonged to Marktheidenfeld.
, in 1648, possibly 500 to 550. In 1673 the figure had risen again to some 700, and about 1,100 people lived in Marktheidenfeld by 1720.
In 1920, after the First World War, 2,058 inhabitants lived in Marktheidenfeld, in 1925, this had shrunk slightly to 2,030, but had risen again to 2,232 in 1933. The population had further grown by 1938 to 2,687 inhabitants. After the Second World War, in 1946, there were 4,302 inhabitants. Within town limits, 8,364 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 9,421 in 1987 and in 2000 10,803.
On 1 July 2005, 9,034 inhabitants (76.5%) lived in the main town, and 2,773 (23.5%) in the six outlying centres. The total figure amounted to 11,807 inhabitants, of whom foreigners accounted for just under 8%.
!Centre
!Population
|-
|Marktheidenfeld (main town)
|align="right" | 8,803
|-
|Altfeld
|align="right" | 752
|-
|Glasofen
|align="right" | 435
|-
|Marienbrunn
|align="right" | 373
|-
|Michelrieth
|align="right" | 557
|-
|Oberwittbach
|align="right" | 144
|-
|Zimmern
|align="right" | 457
|}
as at 1 January 2008
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €13,797,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €8,484,000.
, Ille-et-Vilaine
, France
, since 1988 Germantown
, Ohio
, USA
, since 1980 Pobiedziska
, Poznań County
, Greater Poland Voivodeship
, Poland
, since 2007
might be described thus: Argent, in base water azure, thereupon a bridge of stone gules masoned sable with three piers upon which segmented arches with keystones, in chief a mullet of the second.
The town’s first arms were conferred on 7 September 1883 and showed similar charge
s, the main differences being that the bridge – which is the local bridge across the Main – bore a golden uppercase cursive L with a silver crown on top on the middle spandrel, which was flanked each side by two digits of the yeardate 1846 (the bridge’s building date), that the arches were round rather than segmented and had no keystones, and that the mullet (star shape) was Or (golden) rather than azure (blue). The water was also “proper”, meaning that it was shown in natural colour. The current form of the coat of arms has been used since 1930, but was not actually conferred until 1965.
Water and Ship Transport Office (Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Aschaffenburg) is responsible.
-Frankfurt
) runs east-west, cutting across Staatsstraßen (State Roads) 2299 and 2315 in the outlying centre of Altfeld, whereas Bundesstraße
8, running through the municipal area, serves as an Autobahn feeder road.
In the outlying centre of Altfeld is a glider airfield.
There are also many others.
period, built in 1745, and is one of the town’s most important sights.
The building master was the wine merchant and salesman Franz Valentin Franck (1702–1777). Since 1987, the house has been under the town’s ownership. From 1994 to 1998 it was renovated, for which the façade’s smalt-blue colour, which at the time the house was built was the dearest colour, was reconstituted. Today the house is used for exhibitions.
Permanent exhibits include the “world’s smallest library”, a collection of miniature book
s from Valentin Kaufmann’s legacy, the demonstration smithy, an old smith’s workshop built in the courtyard, and an information room on painter and artistic craftsman Hermann Gradl’s life and works.
, Gothic
, Baroque
and Baroque Revival styles can be discerned. Each style was harmoniously worked into the old building.
Many art-history finds, such as the mediaeval
frescoes in the quire and the two tomb slabs from the 16th century make the church something of a history book of the town.
The Alte Mainbrücke (“Old Main Bridge”), made out of red sandstone blocks, was built in the mid 19th century during King Ludwig I’s
reign, and opened in 1845. More than 150 years later, the old arch bridge
was followed by the Nordbrücke (“North Bridge”), a bowstring arch bridge with the unusual feature of hangers that cross each other.
Also worth seeing are the Old Town with its historic timber-frame
houses, the Main Promenade, the marketplace with the Fischerbrunnen (fountain), and the Kreuzbergkapelle (chapel
), consecrated in 1890. This stands on its namesake mountain, the Kreuzberg, and can be reached by a Way of the Cross.
Since 1999, the Marktheidenfeld Rowing Club has each year in July held the Red Dragon Cup (so called even in German
), at which company and club teams take part in dragon boat
races in which even costumes are awarded prizes.
On the first weekend in August, the charburners’ club stages its traditional charburners’ festival (Köhlerfest) in the outlying centre of Glasofen.
In August, the Marktheidenfeld Folk Festival, the Laurenzi-Messe, takes place for ten days. The event’s centrepiece is the Laurenzimarkt (market), which since 2007 has been on the bank of the Main. Furthermore, there are a midway, the traditional beer tent and a tent for commercial displays.
Main-Spessart
Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg , the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse .-History:The district was established in 1972 by merging the former...
in the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
of Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....
(Unterfranken) in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and the seat (but not a member) of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld.
Location
The town lies 24 km west of WürzburgWürzburg
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
at the Mainviereck (Main Square) on the eastern side of the Spessart
Spessart
The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. It is bordered on three sides by the Main River. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg....
(range), geologically on the seam between the Spessart red sandstone area and the Muschelkalk
Muschelkalk
The Muschelkalk is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic age and forms the middle part of the Germanic Trias, that further consists of the Buntsandstein and Keuper...
area of the Fränkische Platte (a flat, mostly agricultural region), which between the Main Square and the Maindreieck (Main Triangle) is known as the Marktheidenfelder Platte.
The town has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Marktheidenfeld, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach, Zimmern.
History
Heidenfeld may have arisen during the FrankishFranks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
taking of the land in the early 8th century. Already by 855 the place belonged to the Holzkirchen Monastery, which from this time belonged to the Fulda Abbey. The Counts of Wertheim, who were the monastery’s Vögte
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
also managed in the late 13th century to secure the same office over Heidenfeld. In 1397, Marktheidenfeld was first described as a town. Between 1522 and 1530, the Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
was introduced into the County of Wertheim, and thereby also into Marktheidenfeld. In 1612, after the Würzburg-Wertheim Feud (1599 to 1617), Heidenfeld was taken over as a Würzburg fief, and thus began the Counterreformation under the clergyman Johannes Molitor (1576–1639). From 1632 to 1634, after the Swedes’ victories in the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
, the town was once again Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
, albeit for only a short time, for the town soon passed to the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg. In 1649, the name Marktheidenfeld made its first appearance, to distinguish the town from the Heidenfeld Monastery near Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
, which likewise belonged to Würzburg. The Amt of the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg was in Bavaria’s favour secularized
Secularization
Secularization is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions...
in 1803, and then ceded in a border adjustment treaty in 1807 to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg
Grand Duchy of Würzburg
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg was a German grand duchy centered on Würzburg existing in the early 19th century.As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, the Bishopric of Würzburg was secularized in 1803 and granted to Bavaria. In the same year Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of Tuscany, was...
, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria. In 1814, Marktheidenfeld became the seat of the Homburg district court, forerunner of the Marktheidenfeld Bezirksamt (a local authority), which in 1939 took the name Landratsamt (district head’s office). In 1948, Marktheidenfeld, which underwent a great upswing in population growth after the Second World War with the arrival of Heimatvertriebene
Heimatvertriebene
Heimatvertriebene are those around 12 million ethnic Germans who fled or were expelled after World War II from parts of Germany annexed by Poland and Russia, and from other countries, who found refuge in both West and East Germany, and Austria...
, was raised to town. In 1972, the Marktheidenfeld district (Landkreis Marktheidenfeld) was abolished. Since the municipal reforms in Bavaria (1972–1976), the formerly self-administering communities of Altfeld, Glasofen, Marienbrunn, Michelrieth, Oberwittbach and Zimmern have belonged to Marktheidenfeld.
Constituent communities
Marktheidenfeld’s Stadtteile are Glasofen (amalgamated in 1972), Zimmern (1974), Marienbrunn (1975), Altfeld, Michelrieth and Oberwittbach (all in 1978).Religion
- Catholic: 6,210 = 52.6% out of a total population of 11,807 (1 July 2005)
- EvangelicalEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
: 2,846 = 24.1% - other or none: 2,751 = 23.3%
Population development
The town had some 530 inhabitants in 1542, roughly 730 to 800 in the late 16th century, 630 in 1633 and by the end of the Thirty Years' WarThirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
, in 1648, possibly 500 to 550. In 1673 the figure had risen again to some 700, and about 1,100 people lived in Marktheidenfeld by 1720.
In 1920, after the First World War, 2,058 inhabitants lived in Marktheidenfeld, in 1925, this had shrunk slightly to 2,030, but had risen again to 2,232 in 1933. The population had further grown by 1938 to 2,687 inhabitants. After the Second World War, in 1946, there were 4,302 inhabitants. Within town limits, 8,364 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 9,421 in 1987 and in 2000 10,803.
On 1 July 2005, 9,034 inhabitants (76.5%) lived in the main town, and 2,773 (23.5%) in the six outlying centres. The total figure amounted to 11,807 inhabitants, of whom foreigners accounted for just under 8%.
Distribution of inhabitants among main town and outlying centres
-
- {| class="wikitable"
!Centre
!Population
|-
|Marktheidenfeld (main town)
|align="right" | 8,803
|-
|Altfeld
|align="right" | 752
|-
|Glasofen
|align="right" | 435
|-
|Marienbrunn
|align="right" | 373
|-
|Michelrieth
|align="right" | 557
|-
|Oberwittbach
|align="right" | 144
|-
|Zimmern
|align="right" | 457
|}
as at 1 January 2008
Politics
Since 1 May 2008, Helga Schmidt-Neder (Freie Wähler) has been the mayor.Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €13,797,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €8,484,000.
Town council
Apportionment of the 24 seats (2008-2014 electoral period)- CSUChristian Social Union of BavariaThe Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
9 seats - SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
5 seats - FW 9 seats
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 1 seat
Town partnerships
Montfort-sur-MeuMontfort-sur-Meu
Montfort-sur-Meu is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France.It is noted as the birthplace of the well known author and Roman Catholic Saint Louis de Montfort, who is considered the pioneer of the field of Mariology. The saint's birthplace is at No 15, Rue de...
, Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, since 1988 Germantown
Germantown, Ohio
Germantown is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,547 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Germantown is located at ....
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, since 1980 Pobiedziska
Pobiedziska
Pobiedziska is a town in Poznań County, Poland, with 8,209 inhabitants as of the year 2004. It is also the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Pobiedziska.The town's name comes from the word pobieda meaning victory...
, Poznań County
Poznan County
Poznań County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Poznań, although the city...
, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, since 2007
Coat of arms
The town’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Argent, in base water azure, thereupon a bridge of stone gules masoned sable with three piers upon which segmented arches with keystones, in chief a mullet of the second.
The town’s first arms were conferred on 7 September 1883 and showed similar charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
s, the main differences being that the bridge – which is the local bridge across the Main – bore a golden uppercase cursive L with a silver crown on top on the middle spandrel, which was flanked each side by two digits of the yeardate 1846 (the bridge’s building date), that the arches were round rather than segmented and had no keystones, and that the mullet (star shape) was Or (golden) rather than azure (blue). The water was also “proper”, meaning that it was shown in natural colour. The current form of the coat of arms has been used since 1930, but was not actually conferred until 1965.
Waterway
The river Main is a Federal Waterway (Bundeswasserstraße) of the first order for which the AschaffenburgAschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
Water and Ship Transport Office (Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Aschaffenburg) is responsible.
Road
The Federal Autobahn A 3 (NurembergNuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
-Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
) runs east-west, cutting across Staatsstraßen (State Roads) 2299 and 2315 in the outlying centre of Altfeld, whereas Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
8, running through the municipal area, serves as an Autobahn feeder road.
Local transport
A well-developed bus network run by the Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Main-Spessart (“Main-Spessart Local Transport Company”) links the town and its environs. Within town runs a town bus.In the outlying centre of Altfeld is a glider airfield.
Established businesses
- Braun GmbHBraun (company)' , formerly Braun AG, is a German consumer products company based in Kronberg, Germany.From 1984 until 2005, Braun was a wholly owned subsidiary of The Gillette Company, which had purchased a controlling interest in the company in 1967...
- WAREMA AG (windowblinds)
- ELAU AG (automation technology)
- Martinsbräu Georg Mayr GmbH & Co. KG
- Schleunung Druck GmbH (printing)
- Metallbau Brod GmbH
- Udo Lermann GmbH & Co. KG
- Hilite International
- Universal LifeUniversal LifeUniversal Life is the name of a controversial new religious movement based in Würzburg, Germany, which is described by members as a part of the new revelation movement, and by critics as a cult...
with the HG Naturklinik Michelrieth
There are also many others.
Financial institutions
- Sparkasse Mainfranken (savings and loan associationSavings and loan associationA savings and loan association , also known as a thrift, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans...
) - Credit unionCredit unionA credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members...
(Raiffeisenbank) - Hypo Vereinsbank
- Deutsche PostbankDeutsche PostbankDeutsche Postbank AG is a German retail bank with headquarters in Bonn. Postbank was formed from the demerger of the postal savings division of Deutsche Bundespost in 1990. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post in 1999, and was partially spun out on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2004...
Public institutions
- Town administration
- Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld
- Financial office outpost
- Landratsamt (district head’s office) outpost (with vehicle licensing centre, youth office and health office service centre)
- Police
- Marktheidenfeld fire brigade
Education
- Friedrich-Fleischmann-Grundschule, Marktheidenfeld (primary school)
- Grund- und Hauptschule des Schulverbands Oberndorf, BischbrunnBischbrunnBischbrunn is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Marktheidenfeld.-Location:...
(primary school and Hauptschule) - HauptschuleHauptschuleA Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
am Maradies - Staatliche RealschuleRealschuleThe Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
, Marktheidenfeld (state Realschule) - Balthasar-Neumann-GymnasiumGymnasium (school)A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
, Marktheidenfeld - Staatliche Fachoberschule und Berufsoberschule, Marktheidenfeld (state higher vocational and professional school)
- Altenpflege- und Krankenpflegeschule des Landkreises Main-Spessart, Marktheidenfeld (district school for geriatric care and nursing)
- Förderschulen: St. Kilian und St. Nikolaus, Marktheidenfeld (special education)
- 2 private music schools and the municipal music institute, Marktheidenfeld
- Volkshochschule Marktheidenfeld (folk high schoolFolk high schoolFolk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
)
Franck-Haus
The Franck-Haus is a richly adorned townsman’s house from the BaroqueBaroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
period, built in 1745, and is one of the town’s most important sights.
The building master was the wine merchant and salesman Franz Valentin Franck (1702–1777). Since 1987, the house has been under the town’s ownership. From 1994 to 1998 it was renovated, for which the façade’s smalt-blue colour, which at the time the house was built was the dearest colour, was reconstituted. Today the house is used for exhibitions.
Permanent exhibits include the “world’s smallest library”, a collection of miniature book
Miniature book
A miniature book is a very small book, sized from .5 inches square to roughly 2 by 3 inches—no larger than 3 inches in height, width or thickness. These books became more popular in the last few decades of the 19th century because they were portable and easy to conceal. One could carry a vast...
s from Valentin Kaufmann’s legacy, the demonstration smithy, an old smith’s workshop built in the courtyard, and an information room on painter and artistic craftsman Hermann Gradl’s life and works.
St.-Laurentius-Kirche
Saint Lawrence’s Church (St.-Laurentius-Kirche) has time and again, for more than 700 years, undergone new building work. All together, four sections of building in RomanesqueRomanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
, Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
, Baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
and Baroque Revival styles can be discerned. Each style was harmoniously worked into the old building.
Many art-history finds, such as the mediaeval
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
frescoes in the quire and the two tomb slabs from the 16th century make the church something of a history book of the town.
Other sights
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ludwig I was a German king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.-Crown prince:...
reign, and opened in 1845. More than 150 years later, the old arch bridge
Arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side...
was followed by the Nordbrücke (“North Bridge”), a bowstring arch bridge with the unusual feature of hangers that cross each other.
Also worth seeing are the Old Town with its historic timber-frame
Timber framing
Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
houses, the Main Promenade, the marketplace with the Fischerbrunnen (fountain), and the Kreuzbergkapelle (chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
), consecrated in 1890. This stands on its namesake mountain, the Kreuzberg, and can be reached by a Way of the Cross.
Regular events
From June to July, several events take place, such as the Altstadtfest (Old Town Festival) and the Caribbean Night.Since 1999, the Marktheidenfeld Rowing Club has each year in July held the Red Dragon Cup (so called even in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
), at which company and club teams take part in dragon boat
Dragon boat
A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft traditionally made, in the Pearl River delta region of southern China - Guangdong Province, of teak wood to various designs and sizes. In other parts of China different woods are used to build these traditional watercraft...
races in which even costumes are awarded prizes.
On the first weekend in August, the charburners’ club stages its traditional charburners’ festival (Köhlerfest) in the outlying centre of Glasofen.
In August, the Marktheidenfeld Folk Festival, the Laurenzi-Messe, takes place for ten days. The event’s centrepiece is the Laurenzimarkt (market), which since 2007 has been on the bank of the Main. Furthermore, there are a midway, the traditional beer tent and a tent for commercial displays.
Famous people
- Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (1766–1798), composer
- Cornel Schmitt (b. 4 January 1874, d. 13 January 1958), educator and composer
- Hermann Gradl (b. 15 February 1883, d. 15 February 1964 in Nürnberg), landscape painter
- Armin Grein (b. 21 April 1939), former mayor, former head of Main-Spessart district council
- Sigfried Held (b. 1942 in FreudenthalBruntálBruntál is a town located near the western boundary of Moravian-Silesian Region, in Czech Silesia. A suitable position in the middle of the Jeseníky Mountains provides an ample number of touristic opportunities to the town...
), national footballer (world vice-champion) - Peter KiesewetterPeter KiesewetterPeter Kiesewetter is a modern classical composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Germany to Silesian parents.- External links :* *...
(b. 1945), composer - Roland MatthesRoland MatthesRoland Matthes is a German Olympic backstroke swimmer.-Swimming career:Roland Matthes is the most successful backstroke swimmer of all times. In a period of seven years he won all backstroke competitions he entered...
(b.1950 in PößneckPößneckPößneck is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Rudolstadt, and 26 km south of Jena....
), backstroke swimmer (four-time Olympic champion) - Hartmut Leimeister (b. 1957), cook
- René Frank (b. 1974), composer and textbook author
- Tanja HartTanja HartTanja Hart is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1995...
(b. 1974), national volleyball player - Tina Landgraf (b. 1976 in CochemCochemCochem is the seat of and the biggest place in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just under 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the like-named district, as Germany's second smallest district seat...
), television actress - Regina SchleicherRegina SchleicherRegina Schleicher is a German professional cyclist.Whilst young, Regina's family moved to Marktheidenfeld where she attended school. Her father, Hans Schleicher is a cycle racing coach and led her cycling career which began when she competed in the RV Concordia Karbach in Karbach, Lower...
(b. 1974 in WürzburgWürzburgWürzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
), competition cyclist (world champion) - Willy Schleunung (1917–2007), entrepreneur (founder of Schleunung Druck) and Member of the Bavarian Senate