Dörsthöfe

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The right courtyard of the Dörsthöfe

Dörsthöfe is a hamlet belonging to the town of Alzenau between Niedersteinbach and Michelbach in the Bavarian Spessart in Lower Franconia .

geography

The Dörsthöfe, which consists of two courtyards, is located in Wolfsgrund, a side valley of the Kahlgrund , south of the Sölzert . There are eight buildings in total. Both courtyards are separated by the Wolfsbach , which flows into the Kahl . State road 2305 , the Kahltal-Spessart-Radweg and the Franconian Marienweg run below the Dörsthöfe . Wine is grown on the left slope of Wolfsgrund.

Surname

etymology

The original name Dursgesäß consists of the old word geses , which means dwelling or residence, and the personal name Duro . The name therefore means Duro's home . The Jordan'sche picture map made in 1592 shows two courtyards with the name Dursgesäß . Other places in the region with this root are Hüttelngesäß , Eidengesäß , Armansgesäß and Mensengesäß .

In some maps you will also find the name Dörsthof , but this is wrong because there are two independent farms. Dörsthof is the name of the restaurant that is located in the courtyard to the right of the Wolfsbach.

Dörsthöfe seen from the north

Earlier spellings

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

  • 1562 thirstiness
  • 1836 Dürsthof
  • 1842 Rostenhof
  • 1860 Dörsthof

history

The Dörsthöfe were first mentioned in documents in 1469 as a farmyard in the Somborn area of ​​the open court . While the property on the right, which comes from the estate of the 'Lords of Mespelbrunn ', changed hands relatively often, the property on the left has remained in the possession of a single family for over 250 years. In the early Middle Ages , both properties seem to have been united.

Some local researchers count the Dörsthöfe among the sunken settlements in the Gelnhausen district . Today the farms belong to the town of Alzenau in the Aschaffenburg district .

Web links

Commons : Dörsthöfe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our Kahlgrund 1959 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 8'  E