Johannesberg, Bavaria

Johannesberg
Coat of arms
Johannesberg
Location of Johannesberg within Aschaffenburg district
Coordinates: 50°02′N 09°08′E / 50.033°N 9.133°E / 50.033; 9.133Coordinates: 50°02′N 09°08′E / 50.033°N 9.133°E / 50.033; 9.133
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Aschaffenburg
Government
• Mayor	Peter Zenglein (parteilos (CSU))
Area
• Total	13.63 km2 (5.26 sq mi)
Elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,911
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63867
Dialling codes	06021
Vehicle registration	AB
Website	www.johannesberg.de

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.