Gauchsmühle (moist)

Gauchsmühle Market damp Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 14 ″ N , 11 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	375 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	9 (1987)
Postal code :	90537
Area code :	09128
	Gauchsmühle, property no.2, 2019

Gauchsmühle is a district of the market Feucht in the district of Nürnberger Land , Middle Franconia / Bavaria .

Geographical location

The Einöde Gauchsmühle is located in the valley of the eponymous Gauchsbach in the middle of the Feuchter Forest , a sub-area of the Lorenzer Reichswald , which belongs to the southern Nuremberg Reichswald . The district extends along the state road St 2239 , which leads from Schwabach via Feucht, located about three kilometers to the west, to Altdorf . The neighboring towns are clockwise: Moosbach , Hahnhof , Mauschelhof and Feucht.

history

Gauchsmühle is located on one of the trade routes already tangible in Carolingian times , which led from Schwabach via Feucht to Altdorf. The first written records date from the year 1505, whereby the manor house mentioned there already suggests some prosperity and thus a very long prehistory. From this time on, the often contested border between the Nuremberg patricians and those of the Ansbach margraves ran there for about 300 years (from 1505 to 1806). (see historical map from 1505)

Imperial urban area of Nuremberg 1505–1806

In May 1552, the settlement was completely destroyed in the Second Margrave War, whereby the sparsely handed down descriptions suggest a former stately, multi-storey low castle .

In 1504 there was no mention of a seat near the mill, but in 1508 a manor owned by Stefan Gabler for the Reichslehnbaren Gauchsmühle is mentioned for the first time . In 1528 Paul Themar was enfeoffed with the Gauchsmühle by Emperor Charles V. 1535 Nuremberg Mayor Paul acknowledged lord of the imperial city, the opening of a law about his "house on the Gauchsmühl which is enveloped with walls" . Shortly before, he had acquired the seat and mill from Paulus Thymer. In 1536 the landlord was enfeoffed by King Ferdinand I. However, the estate was destroyed in the Second Margrave War on May 29, 1552. Later, the owner excelled as a Nuremberg war councilor in the conquest of the margravial Plassenburg and the city of Schweinfurt, which prompted the angry margrave to confiscate all of the landed property of the Grundherr family and temporarily hand it over to his councilor Wolf von Truppach, although he did not have any imperial fiefs allowed to. In 1599 the old seat was described as a "torn and dilapidated" ruin of a tower house.

Manor Gauchsmühle

After the seat was not restored, Paulus landlord rebuilt the miller's house after 1567 for his needs. This building was demolished in 1744 and replaced by a new baroque building based on a design by the Nuremberg building inspector Büttner. Inside, the wall and ceiling surfaces are partially stuccoed. The new manor house was used by the rulers for stays and as an apartment for the Voits and the forester. In 1843 the Grundherr von Altenthann and Weiherhaus family sold the castle; it has been in changing private ownership since then.

With the municipal edict (1808), the Gauchsmühle belonged to the politically independent municipality of Moosbach and was located about 500 m further east in the Bavarian original cadastre .

The devastating spring floods, which regularly recur every few decades, cause the Gauchsbach to swell again and again to form a powerful river that can wash away even the heaviest loads and erase the traces of history. It was not until the beginning of the 1990s, for example , that the latter completely tore away the bridge that led to Hahnhof , located immediately to the east , so that it had to be rebuilt.

The two farmsteads that have been preserved in Gauchsmühle, the former inn and the former forester's house, therefore only have the structures that have been preserved from the 19th century, but are still under monument protection . A local bakery and a well have also been preserved.

On April 1, 1971, Gauchsmühle was incorporated into Feucht as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Until the early 2000s, the inn was known nationwide as a meeting place for the folk-rock scene and was still regularly operated as a brewery-free Irish pub with live music typical of the style. After the conveyance of the catering operation of this property has been extensively refurbished and used since then as exhibition of a luminaire manufacturer. The neighboring former forester's house, however, has been privately owned for decades.