1 politics
1.1 mayor
1.2 town council
1.3 coat of arms
politics
mayor
the mayor erich kuhn (csu).
town council
the council made of 12 council members seats apportioned (election 2014):
csu – 5
freie wähler – 4
social democratic party of germany – 3
municipal taxes in 1999 amounted €825,000 (converted), of net business taxes amounted €82,000.
coat of arms
the municipality’s arms might described thus: per pale gules fleur-de-lis argent banded crown or, argent in base mount of 3 issuant coniferous tree vert.
the mount of 3 (a charge called dreiberg in german) , tree symbolize municipality’s location in odenwald (range). mount canting name element —berg. lily , crown marian symbols , refer pilgrimage known have been undertaken before 1474 “mother of god on elder trunk” (muttergottes auf dem holderstock), legend underlying tells of icon somehow mysteriously , repeatedly moved place in church place on elder tree.
the arms have been borne since 1968.
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