Heigenbrücken

Heigenbrücken
Municipality
Partial view of Heigenbrücken from the north, old village center with church
Coat of arms
Location of Heigenbrücken within Aschaffenburg district
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Coordinates: 50°2′N 9°23′E / 50.033°N 9.383°E / 50.033; 9.383
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Unterfranken
District	Aschaffenburg
Municipal assoc.	Heigenbrücken
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Jochen Drechsler[1]
Area
• Total	6.70 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Highest elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Lowest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,346
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	63869
Dialling codes	06020
Vehicle registration	AB
Website	www.heigenbruecken.de

Heigenbrücken is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany, and seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Heigenbrücken. It has a population of around 2,288.

Heigenbrücken is in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) in the middle of the Spessart (range).

Heigenbrücken has one outlying Ortsteil, Jakobsthal, is about 5 km away from the main town.

The municipal area had 2,330 inhabitants in 1970, 2,332 in 1987 and 2,499 in 2000.

• Catholic: 1,961
• Evangelical: 255
• other: 376

(as at 1 January 2005)

The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to €935,000.

The council is made up of 15 council members, counting the mayor.

(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008)

The mayor is Jochen Drechsler, elected in 2020.^[1]

The following institutions are to be found in Heigenbrücken (as at 1999):

• Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 79 children.
• Elementary school: 1 with 17 teachers and 312 pupils.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heigenbrücken.

• Community’s official webpage (in German)