Mömlingen

Coat of arms

Mömlingen

Location of Mömlingen within Miltenberg district

Coordinates: 49°51′N 9°5′E / 49.850°N 9.083°ECoordinates: 49°51′N 9°5′E / 49.850°N 9.083°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Siegfried Scholtka (CSU)

• Governing parties

CSU

Area

• Total

18.45 km² (7.12 sq mi)

Elevation

148 m (486 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

4,948

• Density

270/km² (690/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

63853

06022

MIL

Website

www.moemlingen.de

Mömlingen is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.

Mömlingen, which styles itself “Gateway to the Odenwald”, lies framed by wooded heights of the northern Odenwald on the Bavaria-Hesse boundary in the charming Mümling valley. Bordering on Mömlingen are the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg in the north, and in the west the two Hessian districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg and Odenwaldkreis.

Witnessing a prehistoric human presence are many barrows and sporadic finds, some of which go back to the Stone Age. From Roman times come parts of so-called Jupiter Columns (or Jupitergigantensäulen in German) and other worship stones. They show, together with the many traces of Roman country houses (villae rusticae) in the heights all around Mömlingen, the extent of the once mighty Roman Empire, which only a few kilometres away to the east held its frontier at the “Wet Limes”, namely the Main.

An early Frankish settlement beginning in the 6th century in what is now the heart of the community is witnessed by an extensive row grave field unearthed by archaeologists west of the village. Besides the many graves with scanty or missing grave goods, graves with extraordinarily rich appointments were discovered, such as a Mainz gold coin and remnants of silk, leading to the conclusion that there was a stately noble class among the villagers. These nobles could well have driven the Frankish taking of the land on royal orders.

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