Heinrichsthal

Heinrichsthal is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany, and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Heigenbrücken.GeographyLocationHeinrichsthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main in the Mittelgebirge Spessart. It is a part of the district of Aschaffenburg.Constituent communitiesHeinrichsthal has the following Gemarkungen : Altenplos, Cottenbach, Heinersreuth, Unterwaiz. The two hamlets of Unterlohrgrund and Oberlohrgrund on district road AB 7 are parts of the community.HistoryAs part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, Heinrichsthal passed at Secularization in 1803 to the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.Population developmentWithin the municipal area lived 848 inhabitants in 1970, 892 in 1987 and 934 in 2000.PoliticsTown councilThe council is made up of 9 council members, counting the part-time mayor.