Feuerbach (Wiesentheid)

Feuerbach Wiesentheid market Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 57 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 24 ″  E
Height :	233 m
Residents :	260
Incorporation :	January 1, 1978
Postal code :	97353
Area code :	09325
Location of Feuerbach (bold) in the Wiesentheider municipality

Feuerbach is a district of the Wiesentheid market in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen .

Geographical location

Feuerbach is located in the extreme southwest of the Wiesentheider municipality. To the north rises the so-called Michelheidewald, which separates Feuerbach from Reupelsdorf . Wiesentheid is in the northeast and east and Rüdenhausen in the southeast . The southwest and west are occupied by the community of Kleinlangheim and its district Atzhausen . Two paper mills are located in the Feuerbacher district. Both the lower paper mill and the upper paper mill are now used as residential buildings.

The closest larger cities are Kitzingen , which is 11 kilometers away, and Würzburg , which is approximately 27 kilometers away.

Naturally, Feuerbach lies in the so-called Schwanbergvorland , part of the Steigerwaldvorland. The landscape is hilly with increases in altitude towards the Steigerwald .

history

A postcard from Feuerbach with the train stop

The name of the place indicates a forest fire that must have occurred in ancient times. The village was first mentioned in the springs in 918 as "Fuirbach". The location at the intersection of two trade routes soon made Feuerbach a sought-after place, which was initially administered by the Würzburg monastery. Since 1314, the firstborn of the Castell family has always received the bailiwick from the Würzburg monastery to the office of inheritance .

In 1553, Feuerbach was sacked by the troops of Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach during the Second Margrave War. The reconstruction then proceeded quickly. A village regulation in Feuerbach dates back to 1570 and was a model for the entire area. Among other things, it was progressive in fire prevention because every household was required to install a smoke outlet.

In 1893, Feuerbach received a train station on the Kitzingen – Schweinfurt line with a prince's room for the von Castell lords. Even after the Second World War, a carriage regularly commuted between Feuerbach and the castle in Rüdenhausen. The station was demolished in 1976. In 1978 Feuerbach became part of the newly formed large community of Wiesentheid.

Culture and sights

The former town hall with prayer room

Architectural monuments

The former town hall of the community has been converted into the Protestant chapel . The building was constructed in 1751, and in 1874 a prayer room was set up on the ground floor. It carries a six-sided bell tower on the hipped roof as a roof turret . A war memorial was erected next to the church in 1925. One farmhouse dates from the early 19th century.

Say

The wild army

Similar to the neighboring villages of Kleinlangheim and Nordheim am Main, there are also legends in Nordheim about the Wild Army, which is said to ride with the storm wind between Christmas and Epiphany.

A farmhand once lived in Feuerbach who worked for one of the rich farmers in the village. He received the order from his master to drive the horses through the nocturnal forest on Big New Year . At first the farmhand refused to leave in the last rough night , but the farmer threatened him with severe punishment if he did not carry out the job. So they rode through the lonely Feuerbach community forest when suddenly a storm came up and the horses refused to run any further.

The farmer took the whip and drove the animals with force. Behind a small bend where the Klingenbach crosses the road, the Wild Army suddenly rushed over the treetops towards them. The horses rose and the carriage was hurled into the stream. The farmhand remained unconscious at the edge of the road, but the leader of the Wild Army pulled the peasants over the trees to Reupelsdorf . He was later found there with a broken neck. He is said to still be wandering through the Feuerbach forest today.

See also : Wildes-Heer-Sage in Kleinlangheim  and Wildes-Heer-Sage in Nordheim am Main

The Feuerbacher Hölzla

A young farmer from Wiesentheid once worked in autumn next to the forest in the Feuerbach community, the Feuerbacher Hölzla. When the bells from Wiesentheid rang, he unhitched the oxen and prayed. When he looked over to the forest, he saw a white woman standing there. She waved to him. The boy was very afraid, harnessed his oxen and drove back to Wiesentheid as quickly as possible. The white woman was then called the "Fräla".

A farmer from Wiesentheid once heard a terrible roar in the Feuerbach forest department . It was night and he suspected a forest fire had broken out because he also saw a flickering light. Another man heard the same sound and saw a fire. The next day there was nothing to be seen of the fire. The forest was also known for having a voice calling the names of passers-by.

literature

• Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide. 2nd, expanded edition. Marktbreit 1993, OCLC 781060674 .
• Alexander Graf zu Castell: Feuerbach. In: Jesko Graf zu Dohna (Ed.): Kulturpfad. In the footsteps of the Counts of Castell . Münsterschwarzach 2004, OCLC 682097540 , pp. 86-87.
• Johann Ludwig Klarmann, Karl Spiegel: Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. Reprint of the 1912 edition. Neustadt an der Aisch 1982, ISBN 3-923006-18-7 .
• Egon J. Kujnisch: Rüdenhausen-Feuerbach station. In: Karl Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen: Rüdenhausen. Place and royal house in old views. (= Mainfränkische Hefte. Volume 97). Rüdenhausen 1996, DNB 949194204 , pp. 144-145.
• Theophil Steinbrenner, Gerhard Wahler, Auguste Steinberger, Felix von Fokczynski (eds.): Intermediate lights. Traditional stories from the old county of Castell. 2nd Edition. Albertshofen 1979, ISBN 3-922167-00-4 .
• Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions. 4th edition. Volkach 1987, DNB 960973451 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. 1987, p. 77.
2. ↑ Count Alexander zu Castell: Feuerbach. 2004, p. 87.
3. ↑ Egon J. Kujnisch: Station Rüdenhausen-Feuerbach. 1996, p. 144.
4. ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. 1993, p. 78.
5. ↑ Theophil Steinbrenner et al. (Ed.): Zwischerlichten. 1978, p. 92.
6. ^ Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. 1987, p. 77.
7. ^ Johann Ludwig Klarmann et al.: Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. 1982, p. 153.