Burggrub (Kirchenthumbach)

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Burggrub
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 27 "  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 57"  E
Height : 490 m above sea level NN
Residents : 90
Postal code : 91281
Area code : 09647

Burggrub is a district of the Kirchenthumbach market in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and has around 90 residents.

history

Burggrub was first mentioned in a document around 1140, at that time with the name "Grube". The Burggruber area belonged to the margraves of Schweinfurt until the Schweinfurt feud in 1003 . It can be assumed that Burggrub belonged to the property of Hezilio the Schweinfurter at that time , as it was owned by his great-granddaughter Adelheid von Wartberg in the 12th century. Around 1140 she donated Burggrub together with six other places in the area to the Michelsberg Monastery in Bamberg Monastery , to which it belonged until the secularization of 1803. The founder was related to the Sulzbach family , whose ministerials were based in Thurndorf in the 12th century .

History of the castle and castle economy

After a probably Romanesque castle , which was probably built to secure the border or to secure the old street (Hezilostraße) that passed by, the first Burggruber Castle was built in the late Middle Ages , but not where the present one is. There was also a brewery near the manor house, which allowed the residents to brew beer for their own consumption. Burggrub was a country estate and was lent to various noble families by the Michelsberg monastery above Bamberg as a fief.

Well-known noble families on Burggrub were the von Biberach , the von Hellwagen, the von Schlammersdorf , who sat there for seven generations, the von Wallenrode , the von Heldritt , the von Mengersreuth. After the Thirty Years' War, the Althoven, de Haaß, von Kotz, Freiherren von Müller , Countess Sophia von Pestalozza and numerous commoners such as Josef Schrott, Vetterlein, Joseph Göschl and a few others followed up to the present day.

Seven Burggruber subjects belonged to the estate. There were five Gütler (owner of a property), a mill owner and a drip house owner . In addition, a "single-layer" interest-bearing farmer belonged to Penzenreuth and an Upper Palatinate interest-bearing subject belonged to Sassenreuth with the lower jurisdiction of Burggrub.

In 1796 the second castle was built. Completion seems to have taken over a decade. In 1808 it was reported that it was not yet fully developed and that all kinds of building materials were still stored behind the castle.

In 1851 Burggrub was described in the book Königliches Archivs-Conservatorium Amberg, Destouches, Statistics as follows: “Property of the town clerk for Auerbach Licentiat Göschl, a little half an hour from the Thumbach market , north of the road to Lenkenreuth on a hill to the north, along with 2 rear seaters zu Penzenreuth and Sassenreith, consists of 7 households and a stately castle, counts 66 souls, all of whom live from agriculture. His land holdings amount to 30.5 days of work in fields, 17.75 days of work in meadows, 1 day of work in Oedgarten, 0.25 days of wood work; his livestock is 14 oxen, 17 cows, 8 cattle, 43 sheep, 22 pigs. According to the Hoffuß , the estate is taxed at 1 1/16 yard. ”At that time, Burggrub already belonged to the Treinreuth community, which was later incorporated into the Kirchenthumbach community.

The castle was converted into a rural property in 1856 and still consists of a two-storey building with a hipped roof.

Two years later, the former owner of the estate, Pröls, auctioned the former manorial estate, which was then marked off from the estate. A large cattle shed in the immediate vicinity and belonging to the former castle estate was rebuilt in 1872 as a new residential building on the former estate area, initially with a single storey and a hipped roof, then in 1901 it was increased by one storey and provided with a saddle roof, which still exists. The old manor was demolished shortly afterwards.

geography

The Grubbach, which rises in the Saugraben near Sassenreuth and flows past Burggrub to Kirchenthumbach, forms almost exactly the boundary between the limestone area to the southwest and the sandstone area to the northeast of the stream. While many limestone buildings were built in Burggrub, stones from sandstone quarries were used in the next village on the other side of the stream.

Attractions

  • Chapel dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers
  • Village square with illuminated village fountain and pond

Literature and Sources

  • StaA Amberg, Bamberg
  • HstA Munich
  • M. Biersack, Burggrub
  • Monumenta Boica
  • Regesta Boica
  • Regesta Imperii, Nuremberg
  • Royal Archives Conservatory Amberg , Statistics Destouches