Hösbach

Geschichte

Hösbach is a market community and municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 13,000.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies in the part of the Mittelgebirge Spessart known as Vorspessart, 5 km from Aschaffenburg, roughly 70 km from Würzburg and roughly 50 km from Frankfurt am Main. The Hösbach, from which the community's name is derived, flows into the Aschaff in the municipal territory.The central village of Hösbach is located in the valley of the Aschaff, next to the Bundesautobahn 3. However, the outlying centres are located in side valleys and, in the case of Feldkahl and Rottenberg, actually in another watershed, that of the Kahl.Constituent communitiesHösbach has ten Ortsteile located on five '''' (traditional cadastral areas). These are as follows (population numbers for 2011): (1,086) Hösbach (6,556) (1,096) (982) Münchhof Aschaffsteg Forsthaus Schmerlenbach