Wiesen, Bavaria

Wiesen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wiesen within Aschaffenburg district
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Coordinates: 50°07′N 09°22′E / 50.117°N 9.367°E / 50.117; 9.367
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Aschaffenburg
Municipal assoc.	Schöllkrippen
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Willi Fleckenstein[1]
Area
• Total	5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,042
• Density	180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	63831
Dialling codes	06096
Vehicle registration	AB
Website	www.gemeinde-wiesen.de

Wiesen (German pronunciation: [ˈviːzn̩] ^ⓘ) is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Schöllkrippen. It has around 1,000 inhabitants.

The community lies in the Mittelgebirge Spessart and has one Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area), also named Wiesen.

The former Electoral Mainz Amt was secularized at Prince Primate von Dalberg’s behest in 1803 and made part of his newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg, with which the Amt passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt ("Municipal Edict") of 1818.

Municipal tax revenue amounted in 1999 to €588,000 (converted), of which net business taxes accounted for €172,000.

According to official statistics, there were 129 workers on the social welfare contribution roles working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 0. In other areas, 16 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 428 such workers worked from home. Four businesses were in processing. Three businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were five agricultural operations with a working area of 187 hectare, of which 186 hectare was meadowland.

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The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor.^[4][5]

The mayor is Willi Fleckenstein (Dorfgemeinschaft).

The community’s arms might be described thus: Gules in base a demi-wheel spoked of six argent, the rim to base, above which a stag’s attires Or reaching into chief, between them a scallop shell of the second, the hinge towards chief.

The community of Wiesen historically belonged to the Counts of Rieneck until they died out in 1559, whereupon it passed to the Archbishopric of Mainz, which built a hunting castle here in the Spessart. In the arms, the hart’s antlers and the half Wheel of Mainz recall the Electoral state to which the community belonged. The scallop is a symbol of Saint James. It refers to the parish church, which is consecrated to him. The tinctures gules and Or (red and gold) recall the Counts of Rieneck. They were closely associated with the community.

The community has borne the arms since 22 July 1985.

Wiesen has one Kindergarten.^[6]

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