{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Collenberg COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|46|N|09|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Collenberg in MIL.svg |state = Bavaria |region = Lower Franconia |district = Miltenberg |elevation = 140 |area = 25.66 |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09676117 |postal_code = 97903 |area_code = 09376 (Kirschfurt: 09375) |image_photo=Collenburg 3.JPG |image_caption=Ruins of the Collenburg. |licence = MIL, OBB |website = [http://www.collenberg-main.de/ www.collenberg-main.de] |mayor = Andreas Freiburg<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], [[Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik]], 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–26 }} '''Collenberg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkɔlənbɛʁk}}) is a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] in the [[Miltenberg (district)|Miltenberg district]] in the ''[[Regierungsbezirk]]'' of [[Lower Franconia]] (''Unterfranken'') in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It has a population of about 2,400.
== Geography ==
=== Location === Collenberg lies on right bank of the [[Main (river)|Main]], 13 km away from [[Miltenberg]] and 18 km from [[Wertheim am Main|Wertheim]]. Along the Main between Collenberg and [[Freudenberg am Main|Freudenberg]] runs the boundary between Bavaria and [[Baden-Württemberg]]. Behind Collenberg lie the wooded hills of the [[Spessart]].
=== Subdivisions=== Collenberg's ''[[Ortsteil]]e'' are Fechenbach, Reistenhausen and Kirschfurt.
== History == The community came into being in 1971 in the framework of municipal reform in Bavaria with the merger of the former communities of Fechenbach, Kirschfurt and Reistenhausen.
== Government==
=== Community council === {{update section|date=July 2021}} The council is made up of 14 council members, with the seats apportioned thus: *[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] 7 seats *[[Freie Wähler]] 5 seats *[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] 2 seats
=== Coat of arms === The community's [[Coat of arms|arms]] might be described thus: A fess wavy argent, in chief gules, dexter a wheel spoked of six and sinister a dog's head erased gorged sable with studs of the first, in base azure three maces, two and one, issuant palewise from the base.
The three maces come from the arms once borne by the ''Schenken'' of Klingenberg, former overlords who gave the castle its name after the founder of their line, whose name was Kolbo (and in [[German language|German]], the word for “mace” is ''Streitkolbe'', or simply ''Kolbe''), and are thus a [[Canting arms|canting]] [[charge (heraldry)|charge]]. The wheel in the [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]]’s upper half on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side is the [[Wheel of Mainz]], and refers to the area’s long rule by [[Archbishopric of Mainz|Electoral Mainz]], lasting until the [[Holy Roman Empire]] was at last dissolved in 1803. The dog’s head on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side is another canting charge. Although the usual word for “dog” in German is ''Hund'', there is also the word ''Rüde'', and thus this dog's head refers to the noble family of Rüdt von Collenberg. The wavy fesse symbolizes the local river, the [[Main (river)|Main]].
The arms have been borne since 1973.<ref>[http://www.hdbg.de/gemeinden2/bayerns-gemeinden_detail.php?gkz=9676117 Description and explanation of Collenberg’s arms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425005548/http://www.hdbg.de/gemeinden2/bayerns-gemeinden_detail.php?gkz=9676117 |date=2009-04-25 }}</ref>
==Attractions== [[File:Collenberg Fechenbach Schloss.JPG|thumb|''Schloss Fechenbach'' after restoration work in 2007]]
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Collenburg|de}}, ruined castle originally built by the noble family of {{Interlanguage link multi|Rüdt von Collenberg|de}} in 1250, about 1 km east of Fechenbach. It is located just outside the municipal territory of Collenberg, in [[Dorfprozelten]] * ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Schloss Fechenbach|de}}'' (palace), built in 1750 by the Count of Reigersberg * Memorial at Fechenbach's former [[synagogue]], which was destroyed on ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' in 1938<ref>''Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation'', Volume 1. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1995, {{ISBN|3-89331-208-0}}, p. 121</ref>
==Infrastructure== === Transport === On the other side of the Main runs ''Staatsstraße'' (State Road) 2310, which is linked in Kirschfurt with Collenberg's main road. This road leads east along the right bank of the Main to [[Hasloch]].
== Education == * [[Kindergarten]] St. Martin with roughly 85 children * [[Primary school]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730111500/http://www.collenberg-main.de/index.asp?NAVIID=%7B8D43D34C-6BA3-4472-8C21-5EC87F0F6A70%7D Community portrait] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090121011821/http://www.geschichte-untermain.de/ Lower Main history portal] {{in lang|de}}
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