Großostheim

Großostheim (or Grossostheim) is a market town in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. The inhabitants call themselves Aistmer (ostheimers).

Geography

Location
Großostheim is on the northeast edge of the Odenwald in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) region.

Constituent communities
Großostheim's Ortsteile are Großostheim, Pflaumheim, Wenigumstadt and Ringheim.

Neighbouring communities
Clockwise from the north, these are the community of Stockstadt, the district-free town of Aschaffenburg, the community of Niedernberg, the community of Mömlingen (both in Miltenberg district) and the community of Schaafheim (Darmstadt-Dieburg).

Together with Stockstadt am Main and the neighbouring Hessian community of Schaafheim, the market community forms the historic Bachgau region.

Population development
Within the municipal area lived 12,788 inhabitants in 1970, 13,514 in 1987, 15,913 in 2000 and 16,299 in 2004.

Politics
The mayor is Herbert Jakob (CSU), elected in April 2014 and re-elected in 2020.

The income from municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €9,751,000 (converted) of which net intake from business taxes amounted to €3,180,000.

Education
There are the following institutions (as at 2007):
Kindergartens: 675 kindergarten places with 652 children
Elementary schools: 5 with 72 teachers and 1,234 pupils

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town
 Otto Becker (1958–    ), German show jumper
 Heinrich Hock (1887–1971), German chemist
 Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler (1960–    ), German (moral) philosopher

Town partnerships

 Carbon-Blanc, Gironde, France
 Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, Vosges, France
 Hamoir, Liège Province, Belgium

References

Further reading
 Wolfgang Hartmann: 1200 Jahre Großostheim. Großostheim 1999
 Frank Schmelz: Lineare anthropogene Gehölz- und Saumstrukturen im Bachgau (Gmde. Großostheim, Lkrs. Aschaffenburg). Gießen 2001

Other websites

 Bavarian Lower Main history portal 
 Großostheim in National Socialist times, documentation 

Category:Aschaffenburg (district)