Großwallstadt

Großwallstadt lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) Region.

The community has only the Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area) of Großwallstadt.

Within town limits, 3,011 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,345 in 1987 and in 2005 4,091.

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  Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's Parish Church
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  Town Hall
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  Local history museum
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  Village tower

The council is made up of 16 council members, with seats apportioned thus:

• Freie Wähler: 6 seats
• CSU: 4 seats
• Bürger für Großwallstadt (BfG): 4 seats
• SPD: 2 seats

The community's arms might be described thus: Gules a crown with two arches pearled ensigned with a cross Or, the whole surmounted by the letter W argent.

Although the example in this article appears purple (which would be “purpure” in English heraldry), the German blazon clearly states In Rot… (that is, “In red…”). Hence, the word “gules” has been used above.

The arms come from an emblem from 1755 that was on the parish church's façade. The crown and the W refer to the community's former names of Königswallstadt (“King’s Wallstadt”) and Wallstadt Regis (the same, regis being the Latin genitive of rex – “king”). The tinctures argent and gules (silver and red) refer to the community's feudal overlord, the Archbishopric of Mainz.

The arms have been borne since 1957.[3]

Großwallstadt lies on the Fränkischer Rotwein Wanderweg (“Franconian Red Wine Hiking Trail”)

As of 2005 the following institutions existed in Großwallstadt:

• Kindergartens: 200 places with 174 children
• Primary schools: 1 with 17 teachers and 347 pupils