Sailauf

Sankt Vitus-Kirche in Sailauf

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Sailauf

Location of Sailauf within Aschaffenburg district

Coordinates: 50°01′N 09°15′E / 50.017°N 9.250°ECoordinates: 50°01′N 09°15′E / 50.017°N 9.250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Michael Dümig (SPD)

Area

• Total

13.82 km² (5.34 sq mi)

Elevation

200 m (700 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

3,588

• Density

260/km² (670/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

63877

06024 und 06093

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Sailauf is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 3,600.

The community lies in the area of the Spessart (range) known as Vorspessart near Aschaffenburg. It is located on the Sailaufbach, a tributary of the Laufach.

Sailauf has two Ortsteile:

In addition the hamlet Weiberhof () is part of Sailauf. It consists of an industrial area near the Bundesautobahn 3 and the Schloss Weyberhöfe (). Moreover, the municipal territory includes 19 small exclaves to the northeast (see map) surrounded by the Sailaufer Forst.

Sailauf borders on (from the north, clockwise): Blankenbach, Sommerkahl, the unincorporated area Sailaufer Forst (), Laufach, Bessenbach and Hösbach.

Sailauf is among the Vorspessart's oldest settlements. As early as 1089, the original parish church in the upper Aschaff valley stood here.

In 1189, the lordly estate of Sigilovf(e), meaning "glistening brook", and out of whose name arose the placename Sailauf, had its first documentary mention. In the 13th century, Sailauf was for a short time ruled by the Counts of Rieneck, who built the castle Landesere on the nearby Gräfenberg (). In 1265, the Archbishop of Mainz, Werner von Eppstein () built the hunting lodge castrum vivarium, which was later renamed Weyberhof. When the Plague raged in Europe in 1349, the Vorspessart was all but emptied of people. Newcomers later came to Sailauf from the Steigerwald. In 1552, Schloss Weyberhof was destroyed.

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