Röllbach is a

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in the Miltenberg district in the ''

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'' of

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(''Unterfranken'') in

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and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Mönchberg.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the

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(range), in the ''Mainviereck'' (“

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Square”) between Klingenberg, Mönchberg and Großheubach.

Politics

Until 1984, all members of Röllbach municipal council came exclusively from the

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. Since the 1984 municipal election, the CWR (Christliche Wählergemeinschaft Röllbach, or Christian Voters’ Community) has also been represented on municipal council. At the 2003 ''Landtag'' elections, the CSU garnered 74.15% of the second votes.

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)

Mayor

Röllbach’s mayor is Michael Schwing (CSU). He was first elected in 2020.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s

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might be described thusly: Gules a pallet argent, dexter a wheel spoked of six of the same, sinister five billets Or, two, one and two. The arms are based on the ''Schultheiß’s'' (roughly, “sheriff’s”) seal from the 18th century. The Wheel of Mainz refers to Archbishopric of Mainz, Electoral Mainz’s former hegemony in the region, while the pallet (narrow vertical stripe) and the billets on the sinister side (i.e., armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) are drawn from the arms formerly borne by the Barons of Hoheneck, who are known to have been in Röllbach in 1718, and who died out in 1808. The arms have been borne since 1970.Description and explanation of Röllbach’s arms
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References

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