Weibersbrunn

Weibersbrunn is a community with a population of close to 2,000 in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.

The municipal territory is not continuous: Both Echterspfahl and Rohrbrunn are separated from Weibersbrunn itself by stretches of forest that are part of the gemeindefreie Gebiete (see below).

After Guillaume Brument, the French master glass maker died in 1759, local knowledge of the necessary techniques faded and the quality of the Mondglas declined.

In addition, in the period of industrialization, local glass production became uncompetitive due to a lack of railway transport.

[5] The Electoral Mainz area in the Hochspessart (High Spessart) was merged into the Principality of Aschaffenburg in 1803 and in 1810 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, shortly thereafter, however, passing between 1814 and 1816 to the Kingdom of Bavaria by way of Austria.

[5] Virtually no signs of glass production remain today, the works were replaced by the new parish church in 1862 (consecrated in 1864).

Glass products made at Weibersbrunn can today be viewed in the Spessartmuseum at Lohr and in a small Heimatmuseum in the village.

Hotels were opened and the motorway restaurants and gas stations at Rohrbrunn brought tax income to the municipality.

This settlement, located at an elevation of around 465 m, is today made up of the service buildings on both sides of the motorway, a former Forstamt and the Jagdschloss Luitpoldhöhe.

From 1920, it was run by a new tenant under the name Wirtshaus im Spessart, probably inspired by Wilhelm Hauff's story (which also was the basis of a 1958 film.

It remains unclear, though, whether Hauff himself was modelling the inn in his story on the Rohrbrunn place or on a similar location in Hessenthal.

[8]: 60–1 Also at Rohrbrunn is the Jagdschloss Luitpoldhöhe [de] which was built in 1889 and served as Prince Regent Luitpold's hunting lodge.

Historically, the woodland possessions of the Counts of Rieneck, the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg and the Echter [de] family (of Mespelbrunn Castle) met in this area.

In case of border disputes, representatives of the feudal lords reportedly came here, each tying their respective horses to one of the metal rings.

[4]: 158  The nature preserve Rohrberg [de] near Rohrbrunn was created in 1928 to protect old growth oak and beech trees.

[1] The community's arms might be described thus: Per fess, in chief per pale gules and sable, dexter a wheel spoked of six argent, sinister a mirror of the third framed Or, in base a spring walled of the third and masoned of the second with an open gate through which flows water azure.

On the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is a mirror symbolizing the glassworks established in the community in 1698 and in Rechtenbach and Lohr am Main.

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Constituent communities
Weibersbrunn glass plant, founded in 1706 by Electoral Mainz mirror manufacturers, was the community's genesis.
Coat of Arms of Aschaffenburg district
Coat of Arms of Aschaffenburg district