Boxau

Boxau Flachslanden market Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	414 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	51  (Jan. 1, 2017)
Postal code :	91604
Area code :	09829

Boxau (colloquially: "Boksāb") is a district of the Flachslanden market in the Ansbach district in Middle Franconia .

geography

The Virnsberger Bach flows through the village, a right tributary of the Kemmathbach, which flows into the Zenn on the right . The place forms a closed settlement with the south-west Virnsberg. The district road AN 21 leads via Virnsberg to state road 2245 (0.5 km south) or to Sondernohe (1.6 km north).

history

In a deed of gift, with the burgrave Friedrich III. von Nürnberg left possessions to the Teutonic Order of Virnsberg , the village was first mentioned by name in 1294 as "Bockaw". The place name means to the floodplain, which is sought by the goats .

At the end of the 18th century, Boxau belonged to the Virnsberg community. There were seven properties in Boxau (3 courtyards, 1 half courtyard, 1 quarter courtyard, 1 sixth courtyard, 1 drip house ). The high court exercised the Obervogteiamt Virnsberg of the Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order Coming Virnsberg held the village and community rulership and the lordship over all properties .

With the community edict, Boxau was assigned to the Virnsberg tax district, which was formed in 1808 . It also belonged to the rural community of Virnsberg, founded in 1811 . On May 1, 1978 this was incorporated into the Flachslanden market as part of the regional reform .

Architectural monuments

• former infirmary of the Teutonic Order ; two-storey building with hipped roof, partly half-timbered upper storey from the 18th century
• Wayside shrines : on the way to Sondernohe sandstone shrines probably from the 16th century; weathered reliefs of the crucified , Saint Elizabeth and Saint George on a high pedestal over a round base ; plastered wayside shrine made of bricks from the late 18th or early 19th century with an image of Mary in the niche
• Path chapel, probably from the late 18th century, made of sandstone blocks with a painting of the Coronation of Mary (oil on metal) and on the back a sandstone relief of the Holy Trinity

See also: List of architectural monuments in Flachslanden # Boxau

Population development

year	001818	001840	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987	002011	002017
Residents	36	36	50	39	49	44	48	50	41	47	49	51	51
Houses	7th	6th			8th	8th	8th	8th	8th		11
source

religion

The residents of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination are parish to St. Laurentius (Flachslanden) , the residents of the Roman Catholic denomination to St. Dionysius (Virnsberg) .

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Boxing alb . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 422 ( digitized version ).
• Elisabeth Fechter: The place names of the district of Ansbach . Inaugural dissertation. Erlangen 1955, DNB  480570132 , p. 53 .
• Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 84 .
• Hanns Hubert Hofmann : Neustadt-Windsheim (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 2). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1953, DNB  452071216 , p. 83 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Boxau on the website flachslanden.de
• Boxau in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
• Boxau in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 16, 2019.
• Boxau in the historical directory of the Association for Computer Genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} www.flachslanden.de
2. ↑ E. Fechter, p. 53.
3. ↑ Boxau in the Bavaria Atlas
4. ↑ E. Fechter, p. 53. Similar: Boxbrunn (Lichtenau) .
5. ↑ HH Hofmann, p. 83.
6. ↑ State Archives Nuremberg , Government of Middle Franconia, Chamber of the Interior, 1952, 3850: Formation of the municipal and rural communities in the district court of Ansbach 1808-17. Quoted from M. Jehle, Vol. 2, p. 961.
7. ↑ Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were known as hearths , in 1840 as houses and from 1885 to 1987 as residential buildings.
8. ↑ Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 11 ( digitized version ).
9. ↑ Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 46 ( digitized version ).
10. ^ Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 986 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
11. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1152 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
12. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1092 ( digitized version ).
13. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1156 ( digitized version ).
14. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1194 ( digitized version ).
15. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1031 ( digitized version ).
16. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 758 ( digitized version ).
17. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 172 ( digitized version ).
18. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 327 ( digitized version ).