Eichig (Lichtenfels)

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Eichig
City of Lichtenfels
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 40 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 502 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 79  (Feb 8, 2016)
Incorporation : January 1, 1978
Postal code : 96215
Area code : 09576
Farmhouse
Farmhouse

Eichig is a district of the Upper Franconian town of Lichtenfels in the Lichtenfels district .

geography

The village is about twelve kilometers south-east of Lichtenfels on the heights of the Franconian Jura . Communal roads lead to Köttel and Rothmannsthal .

history

Eichig was first mentioned in a document in 1290, when Eberhard Förtsch von Thurnau gave the village of "Zemeichech" to Langheim Abbey. In 1307 Albert Förtsch von Thurnau gave the monastery two estates in "Eichech".

In 1801 belonged high centering the centering Office Weismain the Bishopric of Bamberg . The monastery of Langheim owned the village, community, bailiwick and feudal rule, and the tithe was owned by the Bamberg Katharinenspital. Seven houses with and two without a barn as well as a farmstead had to pay the tax to the monastery office in Langheim and many free properties to the Bamberg office in Weismain. There were also two domestic, Bayreuth fiefs.

In 1818 Eichig had 74 inhabitants and was united with Köttel to form a community. In 1862, the village was incorporated into the newly created Bavarian district office of Lichtenfels . In 1875 Eichig had 86 residents and 42 buildings. The Catholic Church was in Arnstein, 6.0 kilometers away, and the Catholic school in Rothmannsthal, 1.5 kilometers away. In 1900 the rural community Köttel covered an area of ​​748.34 hectares, 233 residents, all of whom were Catholic, and 45 residential buildings. 93 people lived in Eichig in 18 residential buildings. Hemp cultivation and sheep breeding were among other things a source of income for the population. In 1925 there were 117 people living in 17 residential buildings in the village. 1950 the place had 108 inhabitants and 16 residential buildings. He belonged to the parish of the Protestant parish in Azendorf . In 1970 Eichig had 84 residents and in 1987 96 residents and 24 residential buildings.

On January 1, 1978, Eichig was incorporated into the city of Lichtenfels.

Attractions

Catholic Chapel of St. Wendelin
Rock garden

The St. Wendelin chapel in Eichig was built in 1892 as a neo-Gothic sandstone block with a gable roof and gable turret . The furnishings include two wooden figures from the 17th / 18th centuries, which show Saint Sebastian and Saint Wendelin.

The well house consists of an iron and wood structure with a tent roof and a rectangular stone well trough. The 50 meter deep St. Josef Fountain was built in 1877.

The rock garden is located in a deciduous forest south of the village.

Web links

Commons : Eichig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b lichtenfels.de
  2. ↑ a b Dieter George: Lichtenfels; The old circle . Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 6: Lichtenfels. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7696-6862-9 , p. 26 f.
  3. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1077 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized ).
  4. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1073 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1108 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 958 ( digitized version ).
  7. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 163 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 318 ( digitized version ).