Weibersbrunn

Weibersbrunn
Central Weibersbrunn
Coat of arms
Weibersbrunn
Location of Weibersbrunn within Aschaffenburg district
Coordinates: 49°56′N 9°22′E / 49.933°N 9.367°E / 49.933; 9.367Coordinates: 49°56′N 9°22′E / 49.933°N 9.367°E / 49.933; 9.367
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Aschaffenburg
Government
• Mayor	Walter Schreck (Weibersbrunner Liste e.V.)
Area
• Total	2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Elevation	354 m (1,161 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	2,041
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63879
Dialling codes	06094
Vehicle registration	AB
Website	www.weibersbrunn.de

Weibersbrunn is a community with a population of close to 2,000 in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.

The name "Weiberbrunn" is derived from the Weibersbach, a contributory of the Hafenlohr. It rises at the western end of the village. The Middle High German Brunn refers to a well or spring. Weibers probably derives from the proper name "Wibert".

The community lies in the Spessart range of hills. It is located in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken). Topographically, the town is located at an elevation of around 350 m in the valley of the Weibersbach, which is a side valley of the Hafenlohrtal.

Weiberbrunn has three Ortsteile: Weibersbrunn, Echterspfahl (2.5 km southwest of the town) and Rohrbrunn (4 km southeast of Weibersbrunn).

The community has only the following Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area): Weibersbrunn.

The municipal territory is not continuous: Both Echterspfahl and Rohrbrunn are separated from Weibersbrunn itself by stretches of forest that are part of the gemeindefreie Gebiete (see below).

Weibersbrunn borders on (from the north, clockwise): Rothenbucher Forst (), Rothenbuch, Rohrbrunner Forst (), Waldaschaffer Forst (). Except for Rothenbuch, these are all gemeindefreie Gebiete mostly covered by forest.

Originally, Weibersbrunn was just a roadhouse on the Eselsweg (donkey trail), a long-distance trade route through the Spessart. In 1706, the Weibersbrunner Glashütte was founded as a subsidiary of the Electoral Mainz Spiegelglasmanufaktur (mirror manufacturing) at Lohr. For over 150 years, high-quality glass (window panes, goblets) was produced here. The highly-valued semicircular crown glass sheets – called Mondglas or "Moon Glass" – used for window panes, was delivered to Aschaffenburg. Other products went to Lohr. Mondglas made Weibersbrunn internationally known. After Guillaume Brument, the French master glass maker died in 1759, local knowledge of the necessary techniques faded and the quality of the Mondglas declined. In addition, in the period of industrialization, local glass production became uncompetitive due to a lack of railway transport. Before the motorway was built, Weibersbrunn was connected to the outside world primarily by the Poststrasse (postal road) Aschaffenburg-Würzburg, either at Echterspfahl () or at Hessenthal ().