Geckenau

Geckenau community Bastheim Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 31 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 26 ″  E
Residents :	109  (December 31, 2008)
Postal code :	97654
Area code :	09773
Location of Geckenau in Bavaria

Geckenau is a village in Besengau and a district of Bastheim in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld .

geography

Geckenau is located in the Bastheim district in the Els valley at the mouth of the Braidbach . The Franconian Marienweg leads through Geckenau .

history

The village was depopulated in 1285.

Culture

The renovated Dickasmühle from 1716 with an impressive half-timbered structure and old mill wheel as well as the vaulted bridge over the Elsbach (around 1797/98) are well worth seeing . In addition, a Real - shrine of 1617 important.

The only local association is the volunteer fire brigade .

literature

• Josef Dünninger, Bernhard Schemmel: wayside shrines and torture in Franconia , Stürtz Verlag Würzburg, 1970, ISBN 3-8003-0046-X
• Heinrich Mehl: Franconian wayside shrines in Rhön and Grabfeld , Echter Verlag Würzburg, 1978; ISBN 3-429-00538-8 ;

Web links

• Geckenau in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
• The district of Geckenau. Bastheim parish, accessed on May 27, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Geckenau district. Bastheim parish, accessed on May 27, 2020 .