Elbersberg

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Elbersberg
City of Pottenstein
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 4 "  N , 11 ° 26 ′ 42"  E
Height : 481 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 438
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 91278
Area code : 09243
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Elbersberg is a village in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in Bavaria . It belongs to the town of Pottenstein and is located in Franconian Switzerland .

location

The place is in the open, about 3.5 km southeast of Pottenstein on the district road BT 41 , which opens into the federal road 470 in the southwest .

history

Elbersberg was possibly first mentioned in a document in 1090 as "Albewinsberg" or "Albuinsberg". A first documentary mention in 1109 by a confirmation bull of Pope Paschal II about the founders of the Weißenohe monastery is certain . Elbersberg should originally have belonged to the Count Palatine Aribo II , who founded the Weißenohe Monastery. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Bamberg bishop pledged the place to the Schlüsselberger. On May 22, 1308, Eberhard II von Schlüsselberg finally bequeathed the place to the women's monastery in Schlüsselau, which was built in 1260. However, since this was too far away, an exchange contract was agreed with the diocese of Bamberg in 1358 . This was the first time Bamberg became sovereign and feudal lord over the majority of today's parish of Elbersberg. In the dark of history lies the ecclesiastical and parish authority over Elbersberg. It should be certain that the first Christians went to worship in the so-called Old Church at Eichenbühl. On the day of light measurement in 1430, this church - known today as the Birkenreuther Chapel - was destroyed by the Hussites . In the commemorative publication for the anniversary of the parish of St. Jakobus Elbersberg it says: "The priest was cruelly killed with 68 men who heroically defended the church". It is no longer known when exactly Elbersberg had its own church. The conclusion is that Elbersberg had a church as early as the 13th century and that it had been a parish church since at least 1358. At the time of the Reformation , the Elbersbergers went to church in Pottenstein for 115 years. It was not until 1554 that a long house was added to the still standing tower of the “Old Church”, which had survived the attacks by the Hussites. In 1548 the reorganized parish of Elbersberg was established. In 1552 Elbersberg became Protestant. The first proven pastor of Elbersberg was Johann Helldörfer from Siegmannsbrunn from 1548 to 1560. According to the chronicle, he is said to have been a "very colorful and ambivalent figure". Although he had studied theology, it was doubtful whether he could be called a Catholic clergyman because he had a wife and children, including his son Lorenz, who became a priest himself. Just a few years later, in 1557, that is, still during Pastor Helldörfer's tenure, Elbersberg became Catholic again. The current parish church of St. Jakobus was consecrated on August 23, 1848 by Archbishop Bonifatius von Urban after a construction period of 13 years. In the chronicle of the parish in 1548 51 pastors are named. The names of the previous pastors, since the parish was founded in 1358, are not known.

Until the municipal reform , Elbersberg was a municipality in what was then the Pegnitz district . Districts were in addition to the main town Altenhof , Geusmanns , Mittelmühle , Schüttersmühle and Wannberg . Weidenhüll from the dissolved municipality of Bronn was added in 1976. On May 1, 1978, the Elbersberg community was dissolved and incorporated into the town of Pottenstein.

Attractions

  • The Elbersberg Church was built on the site of a previous building, which had to be demolished due to dilapidation, in 1833–35 according to plans by Joseph Schierlinger with the assistance of Leo von Klenze . The single-nave hall church , consecrated to James the Elder , with an octagonal tower above the presbytery, has a late Baroque interior with a richly decorated main altar and two equally richly decorated side altars. One of them is a Marian altar with a baroque sculpture of the Madonna and Child . The second is dedicated to Saint Ottilie . The church has an organ with a partly gilded baroque front .

In the list of architectural monuments in Pottenstein (Upper Franconia) there are six architectural monuments for Elbersberg .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franconian Switzerland. Retrieved January 8, 2014 .
  2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 677 .