Burgjoss (Spessart)
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Burgjoss
Jossgrund municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 11 ″ N , 9 ° 28 ′ 44 ″ E
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| Height : | 296 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 5.37 km² |
| Residents : | 790 approx. |
| Population density : | 147 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Incorporated into: | Jossatal |
| Postal code : | 63637 |
| Area code : | 06059 |
 View of Burgjoss
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Burgjoss is a state-approved resort located 300 m above sea level in the north-western Spessart . The village with 320 households and around 790 inhabitants is part of the Jossgrund municipality in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse and lies on the Jossa .
From 1972, Burgjoss formed the municipality of "Jossatal" with Pfaffenhausen and Oberndorf , and since 1974 it has formed the municipality of "Jossgrund" with the addition of Lettgenbrunn .
Geographical location
Burgjoss is located on the L3199, which leads from Bad Orb in the west and 12 km away over the crossroads to Jossa . The direct neighboring communities are Oberndorf in the south (1 km), Mernes in the north (5 km) and Aura im Sinngrund in the southeast (8 km). The Bavarian border is only 1 km away in an easterly direction.
history
Burgjoss is the oldest part of Jossgrund and was first mentioned in the year 850 in the property register of the Fulda monastery as a Fulda property "an der Jazaha" (Jossa), but without an exact location. The current community name Jossgrund is based on the name of the former Hanau office Joßgrund .
The "Jazaha" castle on the Jossa , one of the oldest in the entire Spessart, was the seat of the Burgjoss court and was the secular center of the region for a long time. It was originally a castle-like wooden structure that rested on stilts and was surrounded by a moat. Around 1160 century, a sandstone castle was built instead of the wooden structure. The castle belonged to a sideline of the Lords of Steckelberg, who also called themselves Jasza , and served to control a trade route. In 1176 Fulda enfeoffed the Lords of Jossa with castle and court, but when they settled on Bergstrasse in the 13th century , their goods were gradually sold. Thus, the castle and court changed hands several times. In 1451 half belonged to the Counts of Hanau-Münzenberg , the other part belonged to the Lords of Thüngen and von Hutten . Over time, the von Hutten acquired the entire village, but sold their entire property in the Jossa valley in 1541 to the Archbishopric of Mainz .
Under the government of the Archbishop of Mainz Daniel Brendel von Homburg , the castle was expanded into a Renaissance moated castle around 1573 . As " Kellerey Burgjoßa" it remained the administrative center in the Jossatal, with the villages of Burgjoss, Mernes, Oberndorf and Deutelbach. With the secularization of 1803 the Jossgrund came to the newly created Principality of Aschaffenburg , in 1810 to the Napoleonic Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , in 1814 to Bavaria, 1867 to Prussia, and finally in 1945 to Hesse.
On December 31, 1971, Burgjoss formed the new municipality of Jossatal together with Oberndorf and Pfaffenhausen. This was 1 July 1974 at powerful state law with Lettgenbrunn for greater community Jossgrund together .
Attractions
The townscape is shaped by its historical landmark, the former moated castle. The Renaissance moated castle was expanded in its current form between 1541 and 1573 under Daniel Brendel von Homburg , Archbishop and Elector of Mainz . From 1814 the castle served as a royal Bavarian forestry office, from 1875 as the Prussian forestry office in Burgjoss, and from 1919 as the Hessian forestry office.
The "green heart of Burgjoss", the Burgwiesenpark established in 1973, is attached to the castle. The extensive complex with its well-tended lawns and colorful flower beds offers both relaxation through the walking paths and leisure opportunities through a playground with a beach volleyball field. It includes, among other things, a mini golf course , open-air chess and a Kneipp facility . The castle pond supplies trout for local gastronomy. There are numerous signposted hiking routes around the village along the Jossa and in the nearby forest.
In addition, the place is characterized by the Catholic church "In honor of the precious blood", built in the style of the Béton Brut at the end of the 1960s. From the outside, the building is reminiscent of the simplicity of the Romanesque; inside the room is designed with different levels of brightness.
Personalities associated with Burgjoss
- Alfred Ehrhardt , (1901–1984), was a photographer and documentary filmmaker. After the war he lived in Burgjoss for a while.
literature
- Martin Schäfer, G. Maldfeld: The court Burgjoss . In: Martin Schäfer: Heimatblatt of the Gelnhausen district. Gelnhausen 1950, pp. 168-169
- Literature about Burgjoss in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- Burgjoss on the website of the municipality of Jossgrund
- Burgjoss, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Burgjoss. (PDF; 3.8 MB) In: “Pearls of the Jossa” cultural cycle path. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016 ; accessed in December 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burgjoss on the Jossgrund website in Spessart.
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 11 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
- ^ 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. 362-363 .
- ↑ On the history of Burgjosser Castle
