Brendlorenzen

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Brendlorenzen
Coat of arms of Brendlorenzen
Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 39 ″  E
Residents : 4497
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 97616
Brendlorenzen (Bavaria)
Brendlorenzen

Location of Brendlorenzen in Bavaria

Brendlorenzen is a district of the city of Bad Neustadt in Lower Franconia . The over two kilometer long street village emerged from the merging of the places Brend and Lorenzen. The Franconian Marienweg leads through Brendlorenzen .

Surname

etymology

The name of the district Lorenzen is derived from the local chapel dedicated to St. Laurentius . Brend is named after the river Brend of the same name , in whose valley the district is located.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

  • 786 Brenti
  • 822 Branda
  • 845 Brande
  • 889 Brante
  • 974 Brenden
  • 1143 Brenten
  • 1161 Brent
  • 1234 Brende
  • 1350 Sante Lawrentzen
  • 1593 Brend S. Laurentzen
  • 1723 Brendlorenzen

Even after 1800 the name Brend was still in use.

history

The place Brend was first mentioned in a document in 742, when the church St. Martin was assigned to the newly founded diocese of Würzburg . In the traditional writings, the parish church in Brendlorenzen and the round church on the Marienberg fortress are described as the oldest churches in the Würzburg diocese. The parish church was presumably consecrated in 706 by Saint Willibrord .

The construction of the Church of St. John the Baptist is certainly closely related to the establishment of the royal court of Charlemagne in Salt. The use as a baptistery was probably also the reason for the replacement of Saint Martin as church patron by Saint John the Baptist .

Brendlorenzen was already a settlement area long before it was first mentioned. During excavations in 2001, traces of a settlement from the more recent La Tène period were found in the new development area of ​​Brendlorenzen (cellar-like pit houses, garbage pits, remains of six pottery kilns).

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Lebenhan was incorporated. On May 1, 1978 Brendlorenzen was incorporated into the city of Bad Neustadt an der Saale together with Lebenhan .

education

A Catholic kindergarten and two municipal kindergartens are available for pre-school education for Brendlorenzen children. Brendlorenzen has its own elementary school that the children from the neighboring Lebenhan visit.

Association

The TSV Brendlorenzen is the largest sports club in the Rhön-Grabfeld district (at times up to 1400 members). Today it consists of eight departments: soccer, athletics, table tennis, cycling, volleyball, triathlon, basketball and badminton.

Above all, the cycling department that organizes the Rhön hilltop ride is known nationwide. This event offers numerous different bike routes (approx. 30 to 220 km) both for popular sport and for trained cyclists of all levels.

The home association Brendlorenzen is the second largest club in Brendlorenzen after the sports club with currently over 500 members.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 41 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ Johann Klör's biography from 1818
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 428 .
  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. 741 .