Karsbach is a municipality in the Main-Spessart district in the ''

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(''Unterfranken'') in

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and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Gemünden am Main.

Geography

Location

Karsbach lies in the Würzburg Region. The community has the following ''

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e'' and ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural cadastral areas): Heßdorf, Höllrich, Karsbach, Weyersfeld.

History

In the course of

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in 1803, the rights of the

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in the community, and those held by the Juliusspital, passed to Bavaria, which under the terms of the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 it ceded to the newly formed

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. In 1814 the community passed along with this back to Bavaria in 1814. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the ''Gemeindeedikt'' (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818. The

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families living in the outlying centre of Heßdorf built their

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at Fußgasse 6, but it was destroyed on

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(9 November 1938). A plaque at the community chancellery at Höllriederstraße and Brunnengasse recalls this event.Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation, Band 1. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1995, , S. 152 In 1978, the formerly self-administering communities of Weyersfeld, Höllrich and Heßdorf were amalgamated with Karsbach. In 2005, Weyersfeld was chosen as Main-Spessart’s loveliest village in the contest ''Unser Dorf soll schöner werden – Unser Dorf hat Zukunft'' (“Our Village Should Become Lovelier – Our Village Has a Future”)

Population development

Within town limits, 1,526 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,507 in 1987, 1,788 in 2000 and in 2005 1,940.

Politics

The mayor is Martin Göbel (Freie Bürger), in office since 1996. Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €675,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €182,000.

Economy and infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were 44 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and

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this was 0. In other areas, 16 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 584 such workers worked from home. There were three processing businesses. Two businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 66 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 774 ha, of which 1 626 ha was cropland and 142 ha was meadowland.

Education

In 1999 the following institutions existed in Karsbach: *

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s: 75 places with 70 children

References

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