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19-661: Eschau lies in the Bavarian Lower Main ( Bayerischer Untermain ) region. The community is located in the southwestern part of the Mittelgebirge Spessart . The river Elsava , a tributary of the Main , flows through the municipal territory. The main village is located in the valley of the Elsava but the municipality extends into the wooded hills and encompasses the outlying village of Wildensee, located to

38-661: A pair of balances sable, in base three mullets of six, one and two, argent. The Counts of Rieneck are known to have been in Eschau by 1232. The settlement was raised to market community in 1285. When the Counts died out in 1559, Eschau, together with the Lordship of Wildenstein passed to the Counts of Erbach, with whom it stayed until the Old Empire came to an end in 1803. The tinctures gules and Or (red and gold) are drawn from

57-733: A panoramic view. In 1999 the following institutions existed in Eschau: The expressionist painter Fritz Schaefler  [ de ] (1888−1954) spent his childhood until 1900 in Eschau. The CSU politician Berthold Rüth  [ de ] was born on 28 March 1958 in Hobbach, Eschau. He has been a Member of the Bavarian Landtag since 6 October 2003. Mittelgebirge A Mittelgebirge ( pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] ; German: Mittel , "middle or mid"; Gebirge , "mountains or mountainous area")

76-519: Is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germany; it refers to something between rolling low hill country or Hügelland and a proper mountain range (German: Gebirge or Hochgebirge ) like the High Alps . The term is not precise, but typically refers to topography where the peaks rise at least 200 metres (660 ft) to 500 metres (1,600 ft) above

95-1143: Is marked by the Mittelgebirge threshold ( Mittelgebirgsschwelle ), running from the Belgian Ardennes in the west along the Rhenish Massif , the Rhön and Harz Mountains, the Thuringian Forest and the Fichtel Mountains to the Bohemian Massif on the Czech border, including the Bavarian Forest and the Ore Mountains , leading to the Bohemian Forest and to the Sudetes in the east. In

114-630: The Wasserschloss Oberaulenbach  [ de ] , a Renaissance castle (private property), the castle ruin Burg Wildenstein  [ de ] and the Wasserschloss Sommerau  [ de ] (also private property). Also nearby, but located just outside the municipal territory, is the plateau of Geishöhe , one of the few Spessart hills whose peak is not densely wooded and thus offers

133-1089: The Apennine Mountains running from the Maritime Alps down to the Strait of Messina are shaped by its Mittelgebirge character, though in Abruzzo peaks are up to 2,912 metres (9,554 ft) high. In Britain well-known examples include the pikes of the Lake District , the Pennines , the Scottish Highlands and the Snowdon Massif , in Ireland the MacGillycuddy's Reeks , in the United States some ranges of

152-1292: The Appalachians , such as the Green Mountains (Vermont). [REDACTED] The dictionary definition of Mittelgebirge at Wiktionary Wasserschloss Sommerau Look for Wasserschloss Sommerau on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Wasserschloss Sommerau in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use

171-825: The Transdanubian Mountains form an extended Mittelgebirge range within the Pannonian Basin . Stretching from Lake Balaton to north of Budapest , marked by the Danube Bend , it separates the Little and Great Hungarian Plain . In France, the Massif Central , located between the western Alps and the Pyrenees , rises to 1,886 metres (6,188 ft) but does not reach the tree line due to its Mediterranean climate . In Italy, most parts of

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209-835: The Swiss-French border run the Jura Mountains , a fold mountain range reaching up to 1,718 metres (5,636 ft), separated from the western Alps by the Swiss Plateau . Though located within the Alpine foothills , the Jura Mountains are usually considered a separate Mittelgebirge range, while the Karst Plateau , leading to the Dinarides , geologically forms a part of the southern Alps . In Hungary,

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228-403: The arms once borne by the Counts of Rieneck. The mullets (star-shapes) are drawn from the arms once borne by the Counts of Erbach. The battlement-shape forming the escutcheon ’s partition stands for the market community’s fortifications. As a symbol of law and justice, the balance stands for the community’s market rights. The arms have been borne since 1962. Notable historic buildings include

247-561: The east in the valley of the Aubach . The community has the five Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Eschau, Hobbach, Oberaulenbach, Sommerau and Wildensee. Eschau has ten Ortsteile : Eschau, Unteraulenbach, Wildenstein, Wildenthal, Hobbach, Oberaulenbach, Sommerau, Schafhof, Wildensee and Hofwildensee. Eschau borders on (clockwise from the north): Heimbuchenthal , Dammbach , Altenbuch , Stadtprozelten , Dorfprozelten , Collenberg , Mönchberg and Elsenfeld . Except for

266-425: The figure 4,213. By age, the population breaks down thus: Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €1,961,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €383,000. According to official statistics, there were 8 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in agriculture and forestry in 1998. In producing businesses this was 332, and in trade and transport 56. In other areas, 135 workers on

285-626: The former two (Aschaffenburg district) these are all part of the Miltenberg district. Eschau was an Amt of the Lordship of Wildenstein held by the Counts of Erbach and mediatized by Prince Primate von Dalberg ( Principality of Aschaffenburg / Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) in 1806, which in 1814 passed to Austria , and shortly thereafter to the Kingdom of Bavaria . Within town limits, 3,395 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,89|1 in 1987 and in 2000 4,145. On 2 January 2008, another count yielded

304-735: The plural, die Mittelgebirge (as opposed to the singular, das Mittelgebirge ), sometimes qualified as die deutschen Mittelgebirge , usually refers to the Central Uplands of Germany which is a belt of low mountain ranges or hills between the Northern Lowland and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland . The ranges stretch from the North German Plain up to the Alps in the south. The northern limitation

323-535: The social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 1,478 such workers worked from home. There was one processing business. Eight businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 63 agricultural operations with a working area of 758 ha, of which 407 ha was cropland and 345 ha was meadowland. The mayor is Gerhard Rüth ( CSU ). The council is made up of 16 council members with seats apportioned thus: The community’s arms might be described thus: Per fess embattled of one, in chief Or

342-1164: The southwest, the Upper Rhine Plain stretches up to the Swiss border at Basel , accompanied by the South German Scarplands including the Odenwald range and the Black Forest , as well as the Swabian Jura and its eastern continuation, the Franconian Jura . Left of the Upper Rhine , the North French Scarplands reach from the Palatinate and the Vosges Mountains down to the Paris Basin . Along

361-440: The surrounding terrain (as opposed to above sea level). The summits usually do not reach the tree line and were not glaciated after the last glacial period . In contrast, Hochgebirge is used to refer to mountain ranges rising above approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). The delineation corresponds with the differentation between Montane and Alpine level according to altitudinal zonation . In

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