Image Coa: | DEU Oberleichtersbach COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.2833°N 57°W |
Image Plan: | Oberleichtersbach in KG.svg |
State: | Bayern |
Region: | Unterfranken |
District: | Bad Kissingen |
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: | Bad Brückenau |
Elevation: | 408 |
Area: | 27.60 |
Postal Code: | 97789 |
Area Code: | 09741 |
Licence: | KG |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 09 6 72 138 |
Divisions: | 5 Ortsteile |
Mayor: | Dieter Muth[1] |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 26 |
Oberleichtersbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany.
The municipality includes the following towns:
In 1803 the Bishopric of Fulda, of which Oberleichtersbach was a part, was secularized and given to Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau. In 1806, after his defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was absorbed into France and its vassal state Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. In the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it was given to Bavaria.
Year | Population | |
1970 | 1653 | |
1987 | 1787 | |
2000 | 2046 | |
2005 | 2114 |
Quartered with 1 and 4 in silver with a cross; 2 and 3 divided diagonally gold and red.
In 1998, there were 428 businesses in the municipality. In 1999, there were 84 agricultural businesses, with 2091 ha under cultivation, 788 ha in fields, and 1296 ha in pasture.