Dammbach
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Dammbach | |
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 Church of Saint Valentine in Wintersbach | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Dammbach
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| Location of Dammbach | |
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| Coordinates: 49°51′N 9°18′E / 49.850°N 9.300°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Aschaffenburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Mespelbrunn |
| Subdivisions | 2 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Waltraud Amrhein[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.91 km2 (12.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,942 |
| • Density | 59.01/km2 (152.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 63874 |
| Dialling codes | 06092 |
| Vehicle registration | AB |
| Website | www |
Dammbach (German pronunciation: [ˈdambax]) is a municipality 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.
Location
The municipality lies in the centre of the Spessart (range), in the so-called High Spessart (Hochspessart). The namesake brook, the Dammbach, rises near Rohrbrunn and has many small tributaries.
As for elevation extremes, the municipality's lowest point lies in the Gemeindeteil of Neuhammer at 200 m (656.2 ft) above sea level, and the highest on the Geishöhe at 525 m (1 722.4 ft).
Subdivision
The municipality of Dammbach contains several small hamlets such as Schnorrhof, Hundsrück, Heppe and Oberwintersbach.
History
In 1991, the municipality celebrated the festival “750 years of villages in the Dammbach valley”.
Amalgamations
The municipality came into being in 1976 in the course of municipal restructuring in Bavaria out of the formerly self-administering communities of Wintersbach and Krausenbach. Since both Gemeindeteile were in the Dammbach valley (Dammbachtal in German), Dammbach was chosen as the new name.
Economy
In the last few years, the municipality of Dammbach has opened up a weekend neighbourhood near the Gemeindeteil of Wintersbach in which more than 100 weekend and holiday homes have been built.
Since 1 December 2006, the municipality of Dammbach has been levying a tax on second homes.
