Althausen (Bad Mergentheim)

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Althausen
Althausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 6 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 41"  E
Height : approx. 268 m above sea level NHN
Area : 12.64 km²
Residents : 597  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 47 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 97980
Area code : 07931
View of Althausen, 2017
View of Althausen, 2017

Althausen is a district of Bad Mergentheim in the Main-Tauber district in northeast Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The Althausen district marking includes the village of Althausen and the individual homestead Üttingshof . As the crow flies, the village is a little over three kilometers southwest of the town center of Mergentheim at heights of mostly a little below 268  m above sea level. NHN at the confluence of the left Brunnentalbach with the right Lustbronner Bach to the Althäuser Bach , a short left tributary of the Wachbach . Above all in the western part of the approximately 12.6 km² area there are hillside and high-altitude forests, which in total cover about half of their area.

The village is accessed from the state road L 514 , which it reaches from Assamstadt in the southwest through the valley of the Lustbronner Bach and then continues down the stream to Neunkirchen , where it joins the B 19 . The Üttinghof can only be reached via detours via the area of ​​other parts of the city.

history

middle Ages

In 1192 the place was first mentioned as Althusen . Grave finds in the place and immediately southwest of it suggest that Althausen was an expansion site from the Merovingian era . In 1192 the Order of St. John received Althausen as a gift from the Lords of Boxberg . In the 13th century, Althausen belonged to the Neuhaus lordship , which the Lords of Hohenlohe-Brauneck gave to the Würzburg monastery as a fiefdom around 1300 . After several pledges (Neuhaus, Igersheim), the Teutonic Order finally won rule over Althausen around 1411. In 1444, individual rights to the court and bailiwick were still in the hands of the Sützel von Mergentheim .

Modern times

In 1550 the Sützel sold part of their rights to the Geyer von Giebelstadt , whose ownership again fell to Prussia in 1708 . Until the 17th century, Althausen claimed to be a free village due to old community rights. Althausen belonged to the Neuhaus Teutonic Order Office. From 1809 the place was under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Württemberg and since 1809/10 belonged to the Oberamt Mergentheim , since 1938 to the district of Mergentheim .

On January 1, 1972, Althausen was incorporated into Bad Mergentheim together with Apfelbach , Löffelstelzen , Markelsheim and Neunkirchen . As in the context of on 1 January 1973 Württemberg Baden-district reform the county Mergentheim was dissolved, Althausen part in the sequel to the newly formed Tauber district , which its present name on 1 January 1974 Main-Tauber-Kreis received.

religion

Culture and sights

  • Evangelical parish church

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Althausen outdoor pool

One of Bad Mergentheim's three outdoor pools is located in Althausen .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Bad Mergentheim: Bad Mergentheim district Althausen . Online at www.bad-mergentheim.de. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c LEO-BW.de: Althausen on the website www.leo-bw.de. Accessed March 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Height according to the contour map on the background layer Topographic map from: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 453 .
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 453 f .

literature

  • Topographical map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6424 Lauda-Königshofen and No. 6524 Bad Mergentheim

Web links

Commons : Althausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files