Falkenstein (Donnersdorf)
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Falkenstein
Donnersdorf municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '34 " N , 10 ° 25' 39" E
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| Height : | 272 m |
| Residents : | 46 (2017) |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 |
| Incorporated into: | Donnersdorf |
| Postal code : | 97499 |
| Area code : | 09528 |
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Falkenstein is a wine village and part of the municipality of Donnersdorf in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt .
Geographical location
Falkenstein is located in the south of the Donnersdorfer municipality. Donnersdorf itself can be found in the northwest, while the Haßberge district begins in the east . Actually, here is the municipality of Wonfurt Falkenstein closest, but the nearest settlement is about Knetzgau related Wohnau . In the south the Zabelstein rises , here begins the district of Michelau im Steigerwald with the district Altmannsdorf. Kleinrheinfeld can be found in the west .
history
The name Falkenstein goes back to an elevation in the immediate vicinity of the village. Today the mountain is called Falkenberg, the former name Falkenstein goes back to the "stone of the hunting falcon ". At that time there was a castle here, which is now in ruins. It was probably just a tower hill , which had fallen into disrepair in the 13th century and was built during the Hungarian invasions in the 10th century.
At today's district Falkenstein, the village was in the Middle Ages also find pipe. It was probably abandoned by residents between 1400 and 1450. Today the field names "Unteres" and "Oberes Rohr" still refer to the submerged village . The plague was probably to blame for the abandonment of the settlement.
Until 1972 Falkenstein was an independent municipality in the Gerolzhofen district . On July 1, 1972, the village became part of the municipality of Donnersdorf in the Schweinfurt district.
Culture and sights
Vineyards
The Falkensteiner vineyards, with their numerous tool sheds, are an example of an intact wine and cultural landscape that was not destroyed by the land consolidations of the 1970s.
Architectural monuments
Despite its small size, Falkenstein has a large number of architectural monuments . The center of the settlement is the Catholic Nikolauskirche. It was probably built as early as the 14th century and was at times the parish church in the area. The current building was erected in 1611/1612, but the original building plans could not be completed. Instead of a tower, only a roof turret was put on.
Around 1700 the altars came inside the church. The sheet of the high altar is said to come from the Würzburg Franciscan Church and shows St. John of Nepomuk . The pictures of the side altars are less elaborate. Several figures from the Rococo period came into the interior of the church around 1770. The pulpit dates from 1720 and was decorated with reliefs of the four church fathers. A modern way of the cross came to the Nikolauskirche in 1965.
Equally remarkable is the village rectory . It is a large, two-story rococo building and was built between 1744 and 1748. It is traufständig built and concludes with a steep hipped roof off. Maybe the builder Balthasar Neumann was involved in the planning. A pedestrian gate from 1738 complements the monuments that are located directly in the village center, as does a house relief depicting the Coronation of Mary from the 19th century.
Other monuments are the wayside shrines and small memorials scattered around the area around Falkenstein . While the crucifix and the wayside shrine from the 20th and 19th centuries are still typical of a Catholic village in Franconia, Falkenstein has a special feature with a large number of so-called cross stones. Some of the stones were created in the early Middle Ages and sparked the viewer's imagination. A legend was born.
Say
The musicians stones
The legend is about seven musicians who played to dance during the parish fair in Falkenstein. Everyone had drunk a lot of wine and got into an argument on the way home. Five of the musicians were killed during the confrontation, a sixth was able to drag himself to the road to Hassfurt , where he also died. According to legend, the seventh was able to save himself. Stone crosses were erected by the wayside for all dead musicians .
Presumably, in reality, the stones were created at very different times and were used as boundary markers. In the course of a field relocation, the stone cross nest "Five Musicians" , which still exists today, was created . In 1840, in addition to the stones, some bone finds were made, which probably indicate an execution site .
The gold peas
A man from Falkenstein returned to the village via the Zabelstein. At the edge of the road he discovered an old woman with a linen cloth. On it she had laid peas to be dried in the sun. The man saw that the peas were particularly large and asked the woman if he could take some with him as seeds . The woman gave him some. But when the man wanted to show his wife the peas at home, he had nothing but gold pieces in his pocket.
The three knights
A Wagner from Falkenstein drove his team up to the Zabelstein to cut oak logs up here . Suddenly three armored horsemen, whose armor was all black, came towards him near the ruin. All three looked down at the Wagner. The man was very frightened and became very ill when he returned home. After a few days he died.
literature
- Mario Dorsch: Disappeared Medieval Settlements. Desertification between Steigerwald, Main and the Volkach . Hassfurt 2013.
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 4 1987.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 119.
- ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 117.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 73.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 73.
- ↑ Stone cross legends from Lower Franconia. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 74.
- ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 75.