Dammhof (Eppingen)

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Dammhof was an independent municipality in the Eppingen district in Baden . In 1924 it was incorporated into Adelshofen , today a district of Eppingen in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg . The place was founded in the High Middle Ages and was owned by the Barons of Gemmingen since 1362 . In 1606 the estate was built at its current location not far from the older settlement. The estate was leased for a long time, and a branch of the von Gemmingen family has lived in the manor house, which was newly built at the time, since 1857. Today the Dammhof is used, among other things, to run a riding school with horse boarding.

history

Map of the districts of Adelshofen and Dammhof from 1861 (Source: Baden-Württemberg State Archives )

The Dammhof probably goes back to a high medieval foundation of the Lorsch monastery . The place was first mentioned in 1321 when Zeisolf von Magenheim , who married Gertrud von Gemmingen in 1311 , sold his goods in Ochsenburg , Leonbronn , Michelbach , Zaberfeld and other places to Margrave Friedrich von Baden . On February 6, 1362, the village of Damme Dieter von Gemmingen was given as a fief by Rudolf von Baden . Until 1555 the place and the tithe belonged to Gemmingen , the ancestral seat of the owners.

The original Damme settlement was on the dam at an unfavorable settlement point. Therefore, the old village was given up and in 1606 the new Dammhof was built in the flat landscape not far from the old settlement. The courtyard buildings showed certain similarities to the nearby Adelshofen Castle , a mansion enclosed by a moat was surrounded by farm buildings.

During the Thirty Years War the village was depopulated, and it was not mentioned again until 1670 as belonging to Junker Weyrich von Gemmingen.

At the site of the destroyed mansion of the dam courtyard, a lake was created in the middle of the building. Most of the mansion's stones were built elsewhere, only a few of the mansion's stones were used in a horse stable in the Dammhof. For the time being, a new manor house was not rebuilt in Dammhof, especially since the farm was not inhabited by the owners but was given to tenants.

The Catholic parish in Richen had 1795 revenues in Dammhof from the blood tenth , fruit tithes and other charges.

In 1805 some Mennonites signed the renewal of a lease from 1796 , to whom the farm was then leased for 2500 guilders per year. In 1806, four Mennonite families lived in two two-story houses.

The former Stuttgart government councilor Ernst Ludwig von Gemmingen -Guttenberg (1818-1880), son of the Württemberg stud director Philipp Albrecht von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1782-1852), had the farm renewed in 1857 and built a new mansion, which he and his family did moved into, while the associated lands remained leased. Since then, members of the von Gemmingen-Guttenberg family have lived in the manor house. After Ernst Ludwig von Gemmingen's death, the property passed to his first-born son, Philipp von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1860–1907), who died unmarried. After him, his brother Ludwig von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1863-1917) inherited the estate and, after this, his son Philipp von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (* 1910). In 1924, the Dammhof, which had previously been an independent municipality, was incorporated into Adelshofen.

During the Second World War, more than 30 foreign workers (prisoners of war and forced labor from Eastern Europe) were employed by the farm's tenants. In addition to the owner family, other relatives and refugees lived in the manor house. The original estate area decreased after the war due to the dissolution of the Fideikommiss and subsequent sales as well as the transfer of 24 hectares to the Badische Landsiedlung in 1949 and a voluntary land transfer of 22 hectares for the creation of resettler farms in 1953. The farm was open until 1958 leased, then the von Gemmingen-Guttenberg family ran the estate themselves again. From July 1970, the farm was leased out again for a time.

Today, Gut Dammhof is used by the von Gemmingen family, among other things, to run a horse riding school and boarding house.

Attractions

  • The manor house in Dammhof dates back to the renovation of the courtyard in 1857. Several farm buildings also have historical origins.
  • A Gemmingen coat of arms from 1597 has been preserved on the large barn of the Dammhof.
  • At the edge of the estate park there is a historic cemetery of the Barons of Gemmingen with five historic gravestones from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

regional customs

In the 1920s, Dammhof riding still took place on Whit Monday . This was based on an old agreement between the former landlord , the lords of Gemmingen , and the community. With the tour, the mutual goods were originally ridden and confirmed within their limits.

literature

  • Heinrich Meny: From my home. The history of the village of Richen. A local directory for home and school . (Robert Höger printing works, Eppingen), Eppingen 1928
  • 700 years of Adelshofen: 1287−1987. Eppingen 1987 ( Eppingen city history publications , published by the city of Eppingen)
  • Maria Heitland: Family chronicle of the barons of Gemmingen. Continuation of the chronicles from 1895 and 1925/26 , Elztal 1991, pp. 102–113.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 102.
  2. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 104.
  3. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 104.
  4. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 104.
  5. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 104.
  6. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 104.
  7. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 107.
  8. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 108/09.
  9. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 111.
  10. ↑ Heitland 1991, p. 105.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 27 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 24 ″  E