Erlach (Weismain)

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Erlach
City of Weismain
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 26 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 325 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.14 ha
Residents : 21  (Jan. 1, 2015)
Population density : 980 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 96260
Area code : 09575
Catholic chapel Maria Hilf near Erlach
Catholic chapel Maria Hilf near Erlach

Erlach is a hamlet with 21 inhabitants and a district of Weismain in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels in the north of the Free State of Bavaria .

Geographical location

Erlach is located on the Weismain at an altitude of 325  m above sea level. NHN in the "Weismain valley funnel" called foothills of the Kleinziegenfelder valley . The city center of Weismain is about 1.6 kilometers north. The next villages are next to Weismain Kaspauer and Schammendorf .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1326 as "Erlin". Other spellings are with "Erlein" from 1419/20, "Erlech" around 1450, "bey dem Erlach" from 1498, "Erlich" in 1522 and "Merlach" from 1827.

From 1803 at the latest, the place was under the jurisdiction of the Weismain District Court and Rent Office until 1818 . As a result of the formation of municipalities in Bavaria after the Second Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria was passed , Erlach has belonged to the city of Weismain since 1818. In 1961 722 coins, which could be dated to around 1450, were found in a field near Erlach.

Population development

The table shows the population development of Erlach.

year Residents Source:
1833 38
1987 22nd
2013 28
2015 21st

etymology

The place name was first created in the form "Erlīna" as a description of the surrounding area, which had alder vegetation . The name comes either from the Old High German erila or from the Middle High German “er”. Around 1450 there was probably an adjustment to other place and field names (as elsewhere Eichig → Eichach), so that the name Erlach appeared. This is Middle High German and means alder bushes.

In the local variety of upper Frankish dialect the place name [reads mḝį.lįχ ] or [ mḝ.lįχ ], that is m ääi Lich or m ä Lich .

literature

  • Dieter George: The place names of the Weismain area . In: Günter Dippold (ed.): Weismain - A Franconian city on the northern Jura 1 . Dechant Bau GmbH, Weismain 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814302-0-2
  • Motschmann, Josef: Maachich, Meelich and Monschdaa - Eichig, Erlach and Arnstein in dialect . In: Heimatgeschichtliche Zeitschrift für der Landkreis Lichtenfels , Volume 19/20 - 2010/11, Verlag Vom Main zum Jura, Eggolsheim 2011, pp. 103-104

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2015 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on October 10, 2015
  2. ↑ Erlach in Bayernviewer , geodaten.bayern.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j George (2011), p. 108
  4. ^ The Weismain-Wohnsig coin treasure , Landschaftsmuseum.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  5. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann: Geographical description of the Archdiocese of Bamberg: together with a short overview of the suffragan dioceses: Würzburg, Eichstätt and Speyer . Bamberg 1833, p. 511 ( full text in Google Book Search). , P. 497
  6. ↑ Erlach Genealogical Site Directory , gov.genealogy.net, accessed on December 27, 2014
  7. ^ Population distribution of the city of Weismain on January 1, 2013 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 27, 2014