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):