Obersinn
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Obersinn is a market community in the Main-Spessart district
Main-Spessart
Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Bad Kissingen, Schweinfurt and Würzburg, the state of Baden-Württemberg , the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg, and the state of Hesse .-History:The district was established in 1972 by merging the former...

 in the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...

of Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia
Lower Franconia is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria , Germany ....

 (Unterfranken) in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Burgsinn.

Location

Obersinn lies in the Würzburg Region and is split into a Spessart
Spessart
The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. It is bordered on three sides by the Main River. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg....

 half and a Rhön
Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end of the East Hesse Highlands , are partly a result of ancient volcanic activity...

 side by its namesake river, the Sinn. The landscape is characterized by fields, meadows and, above all, beech
Beech
Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.-Habit:...

 forests.

The municipality has the following subdivisions (Gemarkungen, traditional rural cadastral areas): Obersinn, Burgjoß, Forst Aura.

History

The greater part of the local rights of the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg had passed in 1808 to the Principality of Aschaffenburg
Principality of Aschaffenburg
The Principality of Aschaffenburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and the Confederation of the Rhine from 1803–10. Its capital was Aschaffenburg....

 (after going first to Bavaria in 1803 and then to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg
Grand Duchy of Würzburg
The Grand Duchy of Würzburg was a German grand duchy centered on Würzburg existing in the early 19th century.As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, the Bishopric of Würzburg was secularized in 1803 and granted to Bavaria. In the same year Ferdinand III, former Grand Duke of Tuscany, was...

 in 1805), with which it passed in 1814 back to Bavaria. Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...

’s local rights passed to Bavaria only in 1860. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.

Politics

Since May 2008 Lioba Zieres (Freie Wählergemeinschaft) has led the community as the first woman to do so in any community in the old district of Gemünden.

Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €440,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €63,000.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 might be described thus: A pale wavy argent, dexter gules in chief a scallop shell reversed of the first, in base dancetty of three of the first, sinister vert in chief a letter H, on whose cross stroke a figure of 4, in base a beech leaf in bend sinister of the first.

The wavy pale stands for the river Sinn, the market community’s namesake. This river forms the geographical boundary between the Spessart
Spessart
The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. It is bordered on three sides by the Main River. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg....

 and the Rhön
Rhön Mountains
The Rhön Mountains are a group of low mountains in central Germany, located around the border area where the states of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia come together. These mountains, which are at the extreme southeast end of the East Hesse Highlands , are partly a result of ancient volcanic activity...

. The three silver points in a red field, the so-called “Franconian rake”, recall the community’s long period of ownership by the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg. The silver shell is Saint James’s attribute, to whom the church in Obersinn is consecrated. The community’s rural character is represented by the beech
Beech
Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.-Habit:...

 leaf and the tincture
Tincture (heraldry)
In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to emblazon a coat of arms. These can be divided into several categories including light tinctures called metals, dark tinctures called colours, nonstandard colours called stains, furs, and "proper". A charge tinctured proper is coloured as it would be...

 vert (green). The ligature of the 4 and the H is an old boundary stone marker. It symbolized the four-lord condominium
Condominium (international law)
In international law, a condominium is a political territory in or over which two or more sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones.Although a condominium has always been...

 in this area, to which Obersinn belonged (H stands for Herr or Herrschaft, German for “Lord” or “Lordship”). Lasting from 1447 on into the 19th century, this political arrangement defined the market community’s history.

Economy and infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were 64 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...

 this was 0. In other areas, 17 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 391 such workers worked from home. There was one processing business. Two businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 22 agricultural operations with a working area of 296 ha, of which 94 ha was cropland and 198 ha was meadowland.

Education

As of 1999 the following institutions existed in Obersinn:
  • Kindergarten
    Kindergarten
    A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

    : 25 places with 28 children

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