Mespelbrunn
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#Municipalities_in_Bavaria
#Aschaffenburg_(district)
Hessenthal Gasthof zur Post Portal in Mespelbrunn Castle’s inner courtyard Mespelbrunn is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia （Unterfranken） in Bavaria,
Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft （municipal association） of Mespelbrunn, whose seat is in Heimbuchenthal.
It is the site of Mespelbrunn Castle, one of the most famous landmarks of the Spessart region, and of the Wallfahrtskirche Hessenthal, for more than 700 years the destination of a Christian pilgrimage.
The community lies in the Spessart hill range, a Mittelgebirge.
Most of the houses are located in the valley of the Elsava, but the municipal territory extends into the wooded hills, especially to the east.
The community was formed out of the former municipalities of Hessenthal and Mespelbrunn.
Today, it has three Ortsteile （Hessenthal, Mespelbrunn and Schloss Mespelbrunn） on two Gemarkungen （cadastral areas）, Hessenthal and Mespelbrunn.
The neighbouring communities are （from the north, clockwise）: Bessenbach, the unincorporated areas Waldaschaffer Forst and Rohrbrunner Forst, Heimbuchenthal, Leidersbach and the unincorpoared area Forst Hohe Wart.
The latter two are located in the neighbouring district of Miltenberg.
The foundation of the villages Hessenthal and Neudorf （after 1939: Mespelbrunn） was the result of settlement activities in the Spessart by the Archbishops of Mainz and the Counts of Rieneck, respectively.
Between the two villages ran the territorial border between these lords.
The pilgrimage to Hessenthal （see church below） goes back at least to 1293.
It was established by Mainz as a response to the Rienecks' foundation of Kloster Himmelthal.
In the Middle Ages, the Elsava valley and Hessenthal were located on the juncture of two important long distance trade routes, the Via
Publica through the Sp...