Heigenbrücken
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Location of Heigenbrücken within Aschaffenburg district
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| Coordinates: 50°2′N 9°23′E / 50.033°N 9.383°ECoordinates: 50°2′N 9°23′E / 50.033°N 9.383°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Bavaria | |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken | |
| District | Aschaffenburg | |
| Municipal assoc. | Heigenbrücken | |
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| • Mayor | Werner Englert (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.70 km2 (2.59 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 260-500 m (−1,380 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 2,277 | |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 63869 | |
| Dialling codes | 06020 | |
| Vehicle registration | AB | |
| Website | www.heigenbruecken.de | |
Heigenbrücken is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Heigenbrücken. It has a population of around 2,200.
Heigenbrücken lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) in the middle of the Spessart (range).
Heigenbrücken has one outlying Ortsteil, Jakobsthal, located about 5 km away from the main town.
In 1477, Heigenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Heygerbruch. During Secularization/Mediatization, Heigenbrücken, along with the Archbishopric of Mainz, passed at 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 the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt ("Municipal Edict") of 1818.
Heigenbrücken lies on an old road leading through the Spessart between Würzburg and Aschaffenburg.
The municipal area had 2,330 inhabitants in 1970, 2,332 in 1987 and 2,499 in 2000.
(as at 1 January 2005)
The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €935,000.
According to official statistics, there were 20 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in agriculture and forestry in 1998. In producing businesses this was 59, and in trade and transport 11. In other areas, 97 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls are employed, and 782 such workers work from home. There is one processing business. Three businesses are in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were no agricultural operations.
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