Großostheim
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Großostheim | |
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Location of Großostheim within Aschaffenburg district  | |
  Großostheim  Großostheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′N 9°5′E / 49.917°N 9.083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Aschaffenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Herbert Jakob[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.31 km2 (17.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,342 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 63762 |
| Dialling codes | 06026 |
| Vehicle registration | AB |
| Website | www.grossostheim.de |
Großostheim (or Grossostheim) is a market town in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. The inhabitants call themselves Aistmer (ostheimers).
Geography
[change | change source]Location
[change | change source]Großostheim is on the northeast edge of the Odenwald in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) region.
Constituent communities
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Großostheim's Ortsteile are Großostheim, Pflaumheim, Wenigumstadt and Ringheim.
Neighbouring communities
[change | change source]Clockwise from the north, these are the community of Stockstadt, the district-free town of Aschaffenburg, the community of Niedernberg, the community of Mömlingen (both in Miltenberg district) and the community of Schaafheim (Darmstadt-Dieburg).
Together with Stockstadt am Main and the neighbouring Hessian community of Schaafheim, the market community forms the historic Bachgau region.
Population development
[change | change source]Within the municipal area lived 12,788 inhabitants in 1970, 13,514 in 1987, 15,913 in 2000 and 16,299 in 2004.
Politics
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The mayor is Herbert Jakob (CSU), elected in April 2014 and re-elected in 2020.
The income from municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €9,751,000 (converted) of which net intake from business taxes amounted to €3,180,000.
Education
[change | change source]There are the following institutions (as at 2007):
- Kindergartens: 675 kindergarten places with 652 children
- Elementary schools: 5 with 72 teachers and 1,234 pupils
Famous people
[change | change source]Sons and daughters of the town
[change | change source]- Otto Becker (1958– ), German show jumper
- Heinrich Hock (1887–1971), German chemist
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler (1960– ), German (moral) philosopher
Town partnerships
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Carbon-Blanc, Gironde, France[source?]- Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, Vosges, France[source?]
Hamoir, Liège Province, Belgium[source?]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden Archived 2021-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) .
Further reading
[change | change source]- Wolfgang Hartmann: 1200 Jahre Großostheim. Großostheim 1999
- Frank Schmelz: Lineare anthropogene Gehölz- und Saumstrukturen im Bachgau (Gmde. Großostheim, Lkrs. Aschaffenburg). Gießen 2001
Other websites
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- Bavarian Lower Main history portal (in German)
- Großostheim in National Socialist times, documentation (in German)
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