Fellen
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Location of Fellen within Main-Spessart district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Franconia |
| District | Main-Spessart |
| Municipal assoc. | Burgsinn |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Schiff (CSU/FW) |
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| Area | 34.33 km2 (13.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 236 m (774 ft) |
| Population | 865 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 25 /km2 (65 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MSP |
| Postal code | 97778 |
| Area code | 09356 |
| Website | www.fellen.de |
Fellen is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Burgsinn.
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Geography
Location
Fellen lies in the Würzburg Region.
The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Fellen, Rengersbrunn, Wohnrod and Neuhof.
History
Fellen was part of the County of Rieneck, which the Counts of Nostitz had sold to those of Colloredo-Mansfeld in 1803. In 1806, it was mediatized within the Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814, with the odd small exception, to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.
Population development
Politics
The mayor was Ekkehard Weimer (CSU/Freie Wähler); however, he died on 24 January 2009. The deputy mayor Klaus Werthmann is for now acting mayor, until a new mayor can be elected.
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €367,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €44,000.
Coat of arms
The community’s arms might be described thus: Barry of six gules and Or, in base a mount of three vert on each side of the middle mount two oakleaves each acorned of one towards the nombril point, between the leaves in chief a crown argent.
Economy and infrastructure
According to official statistics, there were 81 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998, and in trade and transport 17. In other areas, 329 such workers worked from home. Nobody was employed in processing businesses. One business was in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 29 agricultural operations with a working area of 328 ha, of which 44 ha was cropland and 200 ha was meadowland.
Education
As of 1999 the following institutions existed in Fellen:
- Kindergartens: 50 places with 38 children
References
- ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010.
External links
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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