God's garden
A region in the Upper Mainland is known as the garden of God . It extends from the municipality of Ebensfeld along the Main Valley via Bad Staffelstein to the district town of Lichtenfels .
The landmarks Staffelberg , Ansberg , the Banz monastery and the Vierzehnheiligen basilica are characteristic .
origin
The name God's garden probably goes back to the Franconian song written by Joseph Victor von Scheffel in the summer of 1859 . The third stanza says:
- Pilgrims move through the valley
- With flying standards
- Hell greet you double chorale
- The wide garden of God
The title was probably bestowed on the region because of its scenic beauty and by the pilgrimage church Vierzehnheiligen , Kloster Banz and the Staffelberg .
Settlement history
The history of the settlement area ranges from the Celts, who settled on the Staffelberg with the Menosgada settlement in pre-Christian times , to the Franks in the early Middle Ages to the orders of the Benedictines and Cistercians . While the Benedictines settled on the Banzberg and founded the Banz monastery there , the Cistercians found their spiritual center in the Langheim monastery , to which the Basilica Vierzehnheiligen belonged. Today there is a Franciscan monastery in Vierzehnheiligen . The two church buildings are among the masterpieces of the Franconian Baroque .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History magazine on the Obermain
