Amlishagen
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Amlishagen
City of Gerabronn
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| Height : | 444 m |
| Residents : | 350 |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 74582 |
| Area code : | 07952 |
Amlishagen is a village in the Schwäbisch Hall district in northeast Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the city of Gerabronn .
history
The place Hagen was first mentioned in 1251 and was also mentioned as Amelungshagen. The first traceable remains of the castle and palace complex also date from the first half of the 13th century. The first owners were Messrs. Amelungshagen as vassals of the Hohenlohe -Brauneck.
In the 14th century the Knights of Wollmershausen were fiefs of a part of the castle and later owners of the entire shield wall castle. Around 1580 the castle was Amlishagen in the bailey built integrated.
After the Wollmershausen family died out at the beginning of the 18th century, there were several changes of ownership until the castle was bought by Blücher's personal doctor Johann Karl von Horlacher . A distant descendant is still the owner of the castle and palace complex. In 1823 Amlishagen became an independent municipality . On January 1, 1972, Amlishagen was incorporated into Gerabronn.
coat of arms
The former municipal coat of arms shows two diagonally crossed halberds with black leaves and shafts in confused colors in a shield divided by gold and red.
Buildings
Evangelical Church of St. Catherine
A Chapel of St. Catherine is mentioned as early as 1403. After the church and village burned down on August 1, 1760 (hail holiday) and almost the entire harvest was destroyed by hail, the Amlishagen church was built on the model of the Protestant residential church in Kirchberg an der Jagst on behalf of the lord of the castle and patron saint, Gottfried Freiherr vom Holtz rebuilt by the Count of Hohenlohe court carpenter Leonhard Joseph Ernst from Kirchberg / Jagst in the margrave style. The church forms an ensemble on the church square with the castle, palace, former town hall, former school, guest house and rectory. Craftsmen from Kirchberg an der Jagst (sculptor Ritter, master carpenter Johann Jakob Pfirsch), Johann Conrad Mögeling from Amlishagen and the Künzelsau sculptor Johann Andreas Sommer (1716-77) were in for the conception and design of the Markgräfler wall (Ansbacher pulpit wall) made of wood and stucco marble highly upright cross shape responsible. It consists of an altar, pulpit, organ loft and parterre doors for the walk around the altar at the reception of the Lord's Supper. The Katharinenkirche contains a north and south pore as well as a west gallery with a former patronage room or rulership with the coat of arms of the Lords of Holtz, a crypt and several individual graves in the floor as well as Johannes Allgeyer's organ from 1763.
Amlishagen Castle and Palace
In Amlishagen there is a typical example of a so-called shield wall castle , as it was often built in the southwest of Germany, in an excellent restored condition.
See Amlishagen Castle
Personalities
- Günther Kaphammel , painter and graphic artist, had a studio in Amlishagen until his death
- Otto Albrecht , painter, died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp . He lived with his family in Amlishagen. An Otto Albrecht working group has existed since 2004, with the aim of making Otto Albrecht's work accessible to the public.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 447 .
- ↑ Hartmut Speck, Sven-Uwe Bürger: Our parish church St. Katharina in Amlishagen ; see [1]
Web links
- Wikisource: Amlishagen in the description of the Oberamt Gerabronn from 1847
- www.amlishagen.de Private website about Amlishagen