Großwallstadt
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Location of Großwallstadt within Miltenberg district
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| Coordinates: 49°53′N 9°10′E / 49.883°N 9.167°ECoordinates: 49°53′N 9°10′E / 49.883°N 9.167°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken | |
| District | Miltenberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Reinhold Köhler (CSU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 14.03 km2 (5.42 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 4,118 | |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 63868 | |
| Dialling codes | 06022 | |
| Vehicle registration | MIL | |
| Website | www.grosswallstadt.de | |
Großwallstadt (or Grosswallstadt) is a community in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.
Großwallstadt lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) Region.
The community has only the Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Großwallstadt.
As part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, Großwallstadt 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.
Within town limits, 3,011 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,345 in 1987 and in 2005 4,091.
Saint Peter’s and Saint Paul’s Parish Church
Town Hall
Local history museum
Village tower
The mayor is Roland Eppig (FW). In 2008 he succeeded Reinhold Köhler (CSU).
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €3,222,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €1,522,000.
The community’s arms might be described thus: Gules a crown with two arches pearled ensigned with a cross Or, the whole surmounted by the letter W argent.
Although the example in this article appears purple (which would be “purpure” in English heraldry), the German blazon clearly states In Rot… (that is, “In red…”). Hence, the word “gules” has been used above.
The arms come from an emblem from 1755 that was on the parish church’s façade. The crown and the W refer to the community’s former names of Königswallstadt (“King’s Wallstadt”) and Wallstadt Regis (the same, regis being the Latin genitive of rex – “king”). The tinctures argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community’s feudal overlord, the Archbishopric of Mainz.
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