Hösbach

In 1189, Hösbach had its first documentary mention as Hostebach: a Hermann de Hostebach and his son Conrad were named in a document from Archbishop Konrad of Mainz as witnesses. In 1218 the Schmerlenbach convent (in today’s constituent community of Winzenhohl) was endowed by the family von Kugelberg and it was granted the right of patronage over the Hösbach church. In the 13th century, the noble family of Hostebach was lost, but the name Hösbach remains. Beginning in the 14th century, Forsthuben – a kind of woodland estate – were set up in Hösbach, which over the course of time further grew into great farms.

In 1781 there were only 120 houses with 591 inhabitants. These figures rose over the following decades only very slowly. Only in 1895 did the population figure surpass 2,000. In the years thereafter, Hösbach’s growth came about more quickly through industrialization, especially in nearby Aschaffenburg, so that in 1905 there were already 2,518 people registered in the community, and by 1933 this had reached 3,388. War refugees during the Second World War swelled the population to 4,517 by 1946. Steady growth continued for many years. Through municipal reforms in 1972 and 1978 the community of Hösbach expanded its land area by 1 981 ha and its population by 4,500. At this time, the formerly self-administering small communities of Wenighösbach (1 January 1972), Feldkahl (1 July 1972), Rottenberg (1 May 1978) and Winzenhohl (1 May 1978) were amalgamated.

Hösbach gained special fame in 1980 as the founding place of the rock band Böhse Onkelz.

On the occasion of its 800-year jubilee, Hösbach was raised to market community on 29 September 1989.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Party per pale gules a churchtower argent, argent a spur vert palewise above which an oak leaf of the third on whose stem bendwise an acorn Or.

Hösbach’s landmark, with its characteristic tower, is Saint Michael’s Parish Church. The tower was included as a charge in the arms on the community’s wishes, although in heraldically simplified form. The tinctures argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community’s former allegiance to the Archbishopric of Mainz. The Archiepiscopal forest officials, who oversaw things in the Spessart region on horseback, had their seat in Hösbach. The existence of this seat in Hösbach can be confirmed from the 14th century onwards. The charges on the escutcheon’s sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side are attributes of this service, with the oak leaf and acorn representing the forest, and the spur the mounted officials themselves.

The arms have been borne since 1970.

Saint Michael’s Parish Church
Town Hall Square
Fountain on the Marketplace
Town Hall

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 25 council members, counting the mayor.

	CSU	SPD	Greens	FW	Total
2008	13	4	3	5	25 seats

(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)

School centre

Hösbach is seat of the school centre of the Aschaffenburg district, which comprises the following, nearby schools:

Astrid-Lindgren-Grundschule primary school
Hauptschule (M-Klasse)
Staatliche Realschule Hösbach
Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium
Pestalozzischule (school for those with learning problems)
Dr. Albert-Liebmann-Schule (school for speech therapy)

The primary schools in Rottenberg and Winzenhohl are also connected to this one.

Near the school centre are found many sport facilities and halls as well as an indoor swimming pool, which is also used for sport instruction. In the Hanns-Seidel-Gymnasium and Realschule (An der Maas) building complex, the great district library is to be found. There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.

Famous people

Honorary citizens

Adam Link (b. 1850; d. 1917), clergyman, conferred 17 June 1900
Franz Haslauer (b. 1838; d. 1907), apothecary, conferred 22 July 1906
Jakob Seus (d. 1920), headteacher, conferred 2 January 1917
Burkhard Weissenberger (b. 1885; d. 1962), spiritual adviser, conferred 16 June 1961
Dr. Albert Frank (b. 1914; d. 1996), deputy mayor, conferred 6 April 1989
Ernst Pfahler (b. 1924; d. 1999), mayor, conferred May 1994
Siegmund Simon (b. 30. December 1935 in Langendorf), curate, conferred 23 September 2007
Karl Seitz (b. 1911; d. 1967) honorary citizen of former community of Wenighösbach, clergyman, conferred 12 January 1958
Viktor Mayer (b. 1908; d. 2006) honorary citizen of former community of Winzenhohl, mayor, conferred 29 April 1978
Georg Göring (b. 1928; d. 2005) honorary citizen of former community of Winzenhohl, clergyman, conferred 29 April 1978

Others linked to the community

Peter Schorowsky (b. 15 June 1964 in Hösbach), drummer for the band Böhse Onkelz
Stephan Weidner (b. 29 May 1963 in Alsfeld), singer, songwriter and bassist for the band Böhse Onkelz
Kevin Russell (b. 12 January 1964 in Hamburg), singer for the band Böhse Onkelz

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2012.

External links

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Community’s official webpage (German)

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