Eulenhof (Breitenau)

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View from Mühlberg towards Ungetsheim

The Eulenhof was a lonely farm near Feuchtwangen in the Ansbach district in Middle Franconia .

location

The Eulenhof was located approx. 250 m away from the district road AN 36 at an altitude of 509 to 516  m above sea level. NHN , about halfway between the villages of Breitenau and Gehrenberg . To the west the terrain rises to the 527 m high Mühlberg , over whose ridge the watershed between the Wörnitz and the Sulzach runs. 3 km east of the valley of the Sulzach, the federal road 25 passes, which is called the Romantic Road here .

description

The house was designed as a single-storey Köbler house with a half-timbered gable in Franconian design. There was also a well, a barn and a stable in solid construction as well as a 70 m² pond . About 200 meters to the north (directly on the passageway) was a small servants' house with a sheepfold; Another 250 m² pond was located 350 meters to the southeast. The small homestead, the buildings of which can be seen in the Bavarian original cadastre from 1808, cultivated an area of ​​around 40 hectares.

history

In the church book of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Breitenau there is a first mention from the year 1576 (02.04.1576: a married child Jorg Propff zum Eulenhof with his daughter Haußfraw Babel. The Gefatter Steffan Weiken Haußfraw von Dallerspach with the name Margaretha. Deß Kinds Nam but Walpurg was baptized April 2nd.) Handed down. From the old tax books, an earlier name as "Meylenhof" has been guaranteed since the Middle Ages.

Eulenhof was in the Fraisch district of the Ansbach Oberamt Feuchtwangen . The lords of the land were the von Geyer ( imperial counts since 1685 ). With their extinction in 1708 her entire estate fell by the Prussian King Frederick I . In 1729 the Kingdom of Prussia left this Brandenburg-Ansbach . Until the end of the Old Kingdom (1806) nothing had changed in the circumstances.

With the community edict (early 19th century) Eulenhof was assigned to the tax district and the rural community of Breitenau .

In 1928 the farm was demolished. Only the well and the foundations of the house are now (much smaller) modern built over, the ponds have been filled in, the former locations of the other buildings have been renatured and fenced in as an orchard.

Population development

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legend

The Wild Army is said to have moved in and out of the Eulenhof at midnight during the twelve nights / rough nights (through the chimney). Whoever met this ghost train had to go with him for at least a year before he was released again (in the same place and at the same time) or worse happened to him (physical abuse, up to death by the ghosts). A person who was taken along in this way usually died soon. The place was therefore notorious and was strictly avoided between Christmas and the Three Kings Day (Franconian: it's all about) .

Folklore, the stories in this place and in the surrounding area are interesting, as the "Wild Army" is described in more detail, as in the legend of

Headless rider

In the nights between Advent and Christmas, the monsters and nightmares drive their mischief and frighten the people. Such a phenomenon is
on the road to Ansbach . Around midnight, a headless rider rides his fiery horse between the stone cross and the city limits of Leutershausen and the stone crosses at the Neunkirchen street inn. Those who do not close their eyes or avert their gaze at the sight of it can see that they are carrying their head under their left arm. The ghost was seen between Oberramstadt and Winden , just like between Dornhausen and Binzwangen . There the rider sometimes sat up his head and called: “Ha! Hoi! “
The people from Haslach near Dürrwangen also heard the call from the ancient Haslachlinde. However, the rider did not show himself here, but when he was called, some received strong slaps.
Others report of six to eight men who floated together to the Bauzenbuck near Colmberg and thrashed each other so that they sparked sparks.

Also in the woods in the upper Sulzachtal is the headless horseman - the "Hehopp" - known, it is by its reputation so called. If you are alone in the woods and yell "Hopp!", It can happen that the ghostly rider joins you and rides along the way in silence or you get a couple of powerful slaps in the face out of the blue, as in Haslach. Incidentally, his horse and dog no longer have a head either. Anyone who addresses a single word to the rider disappears, never to be seen again.

The wild army at Leutershausen

On Christmas Eve a Wagner was on his way home from Büchelberg to Leutershausen . When he heard shouts and whistles, lost in thought, he was startled, because he saw twitching flames in the sky and ghostly figures that wagon like fiery men, steaming horses, women riding on brooms, bodies without heads and bodies that looked like animals , Carts, pikes, spears, shields and poles were in between.
Wagner saw a ditch and hid in it because he was terribly dreaded by all the noise. The platoon of the wild army was already rushing over him when suddenly it was heard: “Damn it! Right now the wheel has to break and the way is still so far. ”Suddenly a voice shouted from the crowd:“ Look! There is a Wagner squatting down there in the ditch, he should fix the wheel for us. ”Immediately afterwards he was dragged out of the ditch and he had to put the wheel back in order. As a thank you they put a few wood shavings and pieces of wood in his pockets. The wild hunt raced on and the noise and shouting steadily receded.
The Wagner was happy to have survived everything well and went on the rest of the way home, he laughed at his wages, emptied his pockets and threw away the wood shavings and scraps of wood.
When he got home, he cleared the leftovers out of his pockets because he wanted to throw the sticks in the oven. Then he noticed that the bags were heavy: wood shavings and wood were made of pure gold! He ran back immediately and looked for the wages that had been thrown away, but it was in vain because he found nothing more.

Many horror tales have been told about this legendary Eulenhof and during the twelve Rauhnächten the ghosts and their mischief there are said to have been particularly bad. Living here required a certain heroism, because when the people still believed in these spirits, many horror stories were told about this place in the rock parlors or at the "Harles":

The wild army at the Eulenhof

If more do naus to Gueting ,
and then to Gehreberg
and then left a piece,
then there is so overzwerch
a Baurehouf left inside no, -
with Baame rummenum
des is a very special Houf,
do inside namely around.

Thus, in the langa Winternächt ,
wenns light is down burning.
If s drunt in Bratna twelve schlächt,
and has the Tog was End:
Then do gett drob in Eilehouf
a mords spectacle o,
Dasht manscht it kummt the youngest Tog ,
drum dares si näamer no.

Do kummt of Leiterschhause forth
from Kloschterwald there ro,
sometimes a from the Hardt sell drib,
of Stamba hinte no,
it wüeti army bag and baggage,
with Wecha , dog and Geil ,
with Hussa-Gschrei, with Hu and Ho,
and with the murder of Geheil .

Right at the front, a Mo rides
with his head in his arms.
And Eila fly around him -
often it's a whole swarm.
And afterwards all the riders, who
whistle and heal and bark,
And neba away, the dog whizzes, he
bares and yells and barks.

So it rushes wild army through the air dohi,
to the Eilehouf grodaus
do drives to the chimney then owa nei,
wants unta aries' naus.
But walls kan output nirgeds find,
fährts around in a chimney Because
af amol reißts a Kachl out
and then rushes away in haste.

The Eilebauer waaß des scho, it's
just about his house. That's why
he si: "Mi get
drunk , I leave the Kachl out."
And so he has the time to rest,
can sleep in his house,
when the army is fighting, no rushing to the chimney
and unta ram. -

Recently I went to Bratne ,
at the Eilehouf,
“Where is that?” So go along.
"The wild army won't be okay?"
Oh well! Zwa Baustna get up there
and Loda Stana up,
the Scheire hewas scho-icht
and soon the house is ruined .

Then the Eilehof is
quiet , forget about the shift.
So raised is no derzäilt amol
with my klaan poem.

From: Local history of the Bavarian border messenger , official and notification sheet for the Feuchtwangen district office and for the cities and towns. District court districts Feuchtwangen and Herrieden; Verlag Sommer & Schorr Feuchtwangen; Edition 12/1929

There is an almost identical legend about the Gelsmühle with the devil's wall .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eulenhof on Bayernatlas Classic
  2. ↑ http://www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de/Archiv/Kirchenbuch/Breitenau/TAUF_06.htm
  3. ↑ According to the Vetterische description of the Oberamt Feuchtwangen from 1732 ( see also Eulenhof ( manor ) on the website geschichte-feuchtwangen.de). There the Prussian rule Goldbach is listed as the landlord.
  4. ↑ Johann Bernhard Fischer : Maylen- or Eulenhof . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 189 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ JK Bundschuh, Vol. 3, Col. 465.
  6. ↑ Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were referred to as “fireplaces”, in 1840 as “houses” and from 1885 to 1925 as “residential buildings”.
  7. ↑ Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 24 ( digitized version ).
  8. ↑ Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 107 ( digitized version ).
  9. ^ Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1020 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
  10. ↑ 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. 1184 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  11. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1115 ( digitized version ).
  12. ↑ 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. 1182 ( digitized version ).
  13. ↑ 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. 1220 ( digitized version ).
  14. ↑ Feuchtwanger Heimatbogen: Das Wilde Heer am Eulenhof from "Am Sagenbrünnlein des Landkreis Feuchtwangen", Sommer & Sons, Feuchtwangen 1950: [1]
  15. ↑ Mittelfränkische Heimatkunde, Volume 1, Alfred Kriegelstein Legends, Legends, Stories from Middle Franconia , Verlagdruckerei Heinrich Delp GmbH, Bad Windsheim 1983, page 22
  16. ↑ Feuchtwanger Heimatbogen Am Sagenbrünnlein of the district Feuchtwangen Verlag Sommer & Söhne, Feuchtwangen 1950, pages 8–9
  17. ↑ Mittelfränkische Heimatkunde, Volume 1, Alfred Kriegelstein Legends, Legends, Stories from Middle Franconia , Verlagdruckerei Heinrich Delp GmbH, Bad Windsheim 1983, pages 22-24
  18. ↑ Same legend from the Fichtelgebirge on http://www.bayernwetter.de/
  19. ↑ http://www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de/Archiv/1563Salb/ST10.htm
  20. ↑ http://www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de/Archiv/1834Urka/VOF.htm
  21. ↑ http://www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de/Exkurs2.htm

Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '  N , 10 ° 16'  E