Himmelstadt

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Himmelstadt

Location of Himmelstadt within Main-Spessart district

Coordinates: 49°55′N 9°48′E / 49.917°N 9.800°ECoordinates: 49°55′N 9°48′E / 49.917°N 9.800°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gundram Gehrsitz (CSU)

Area

• Total

13.42 km² (5.18 sq mi)

Elevation

165 m (541 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,592

• Density

120/km² (310/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

97267

09364

MSP

Website

www.himmelstadt.de

Himmelstadt is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Zellingen.

Because of the community’s “heavenly” name – Himmel means “heaven” or “sky” in German – the Weihnachtspostamt Himmelstadt (“Himmelstadt Christmas Post Office”) has existed since 1986, jointly run by Deutsche Post and the community.

Himmelstadt lies in the Würzburg Region.

The community has only one Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area), also called Himmelstadt.

The community was founded by a woman named Immina. After she died in 741, ownership passed to Bishop Burchard of Würzburg. In 840, the community had its first documentary mention as Immestat. The Himmelpforten (“Heaven’s Gates”) Convent was founded in Himmelstadt by Bishop Hermann I of Lobdeburg, but in 1253 it was moved to Himmelpforten near Würzburg. The convent, however, kept its economic holdings in Himmelstadt right up until Secularization in 1803. As part of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was in Bavaria’s favour secularized in 1803, and then in the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 passed to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, with which it passed in 1814 to Bavaria.

Within town limits, 1,425 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,558 in 1987 and in 2000 1,752.

The mayor is Harald Führer (CSU/Freie Bürgerliste). In 2002 he succeeded Günter Hofmann (Freie Wählergemeinschaft).

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