Motten

Motten
Motten
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Franconia
District Bad Kissingen
Local subdivisions 3 Ortsteile
Mayor Jochen Vogel (Wählergemeinschaft)
Basic statistics
Area 23.80 km2 (9.19 sq mi)
Elevation 420 m  (1378 ft)
Population 1,794 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 75 /km2 (195 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KG
Postal code 97786
Area code 09748
Website www.motten.de

Motten is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.

Contents

Divisions of the municipality

The municipality consists of the following towns:

History

Motten originally belonged to the Bishop of Fulda, and was secularized in 1803 and given to Archduke Ferdinand of Orange. In 1806, it became part of the Province of Fulde in France. In the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it was given to Austria. Since the Treaty of Munich of 1816, it has belonged to Bavaria.

On the evening of October 22, 2005, a tornado destroyed parts of the industrial district.

Population

Year Population
1970 1617
1987 1641
2002 1946
2005 1935

Coat of arms

A black Templar's cross on a diagonal silver band, with a crown above and a gold thistle blossom below on a black background.

Economy

Motten has had a brewery since the 16th century.

As of 1998, there were 242 businesses in the municipality. As of 1999, there were 54 agricultural businesses, with 837 ha under cultivation, 227 ha in fields, and 606 ha in pasture.

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References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.