Sailauf
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#Municipalities_in_Bavaria
#Aschaffenburg_(district)
Sailauf is a municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia （Unterfranken） in Bavaria, Germany.
It has a population of around 3,600.
Constituent communities The community lies in the area of the Spessart （range） known as Vorspessart near Aschaffenburg.
It is located on the Sailaufbach, a tributary of the Laufach.
View of Eichenberg as seen from the west Sailauf has two Ortsteile: In addition the hamlet Weiberhof is part of Sailauf.
It consists of an industrial area near the Bundesautobahn 3 and the Schloss Weyberhöfe.
Moreover, the municipal territory includes 19 small exclaves to the northeast （see map） surrounded by the Sailaufer Forst.
Sailauf borders on （from the north, clockwise）: Blankenbach, Sommerkahl, the unincorporated area Sailaufer Forst, Laufach, Bessenbach and Hösbach.
Sailauf is among the Vorspessart's oldest settlements.
As early as 1089, the original parish church in the upper Aschaff valley stood here.
In 1189, the lordly estate of Sigilovf（e）, meaning "glistening brook", and out of whose name arose the placename Sailauf, had its first documentary mention.
In the 13th century, Sailauf was for a short time ruled by the Counts of Rieneck, who built the castle Landesere on the nearby Gräfenberg.
In 1265, the Archbishop of Mainz, Werner von Eppstein built the hunting lodge castrum vivarium, which was later renamed Weyberhof.
When the Plague raged in Europe in 1349, the Vorspessart was all but emptied of people.
Newcomers later came to Sailauf from the Steigerwald.
In 1552, Schloss Weyberhof was destroyed.
In the Thirty Years' War （1618–1648）, Sailauf was almost completely destroyed.
In 1789, Saint Vitus's Church （Sankt-Vitus-Kirche） was built above Sailauf, believed to be the fourth church built on this spot.
In 1803, lordship of Mainz over the Vorspessart came to an end and in 18...