Geesdorf

Geesdorf Wiesentheid market Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 9 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 10 ″  E
Residents :	340
Incorporation :	January 1, 1977
Postal code :	97353
Area code :	09383
Location of Geesdorf (bold) within the Wiesentheider municipality

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

Geographical location

Geesdorf is located in the extreme northeast of the Wiesentheider municipality. The area of ​​the municipality of Prichsenstadt begins to the north of the village, in the east is Rüdern , also part of the larger municipality of Prichsenstadt. To the south lies under Ambach , west Wiesentheid.

The closest larger cities are Kitzingen , which is approximately 17 kilometers away, and Würzburg , which is approximately 31 kilometers away.

history

At the beginning of the 14th century, 1306, "Gissendorf", as it was called at the time, was first mentioned in the sources. The place name probably goes back to a founder named Giso. Initially, some lower aristocratic families from the area held fiefs there. The Müffling , the Seckendorff , the Seinsheim and the Wiesenbronn were wealthy in Geesdorf. The original Casteller fiefdoms came early to the Ebrach monastery in the Steigerwald, the Geesdorfer Mühle received the Seinsheim.

In the 18th century the village was divided between the Counts of Schönborn and the Ebrach Cistercians. From then on, the 47 subjects of the Counts of Schönborn had to take part in the church service in the Mauritius Church in Wiesentheid, while the approximately 100 citizens of Ebrach visited the church in neighboring Kirchschönbach . In 1893 Geesdorf was given a stop on the now closed Kitzingen – Schweinfurt railway line .

During the First World War there was a war dead in the village. Five villagers died on the battlefields of World War II . At the end of the war, the victorious Americans advanced on Geesdorf. Individual SS men and the Volkssturm erected an anti-tank barrier on April 13, 1945. However, the residents of Geesdorf removed the lock at night to prevent senseless bloodshed. The invasion took place without a fight.

In 1977 Geesdorf was incorporated into the newly created large community of Wiesentheid.

Culture and sights

The Church of St. Andrew

Architectural monuments

The local Catholic branch church is dedicated to St. Andrew. It was built in 1863 and cites neo-Gothic forms . Before that, the village's prayer room was housed in the old schoolhouse. The furnishings mostly come from the 18th century, a votive picture shows Saint Wendelin in the midst of a flock of sheep. The high altar came into the house of God when the church was built.

In Geesdorf there is an inn from the first half of the 19th century. Several wayside shrines are spread over the area. Most of them date from the 18th century.

Say

The midnight guests

The old Geesdorf mill was mentioned as early as 1413. During the Advent season , it attracted strange guests on certain days. Around 11 p.m. some figures were walking along the Mühldamm. They ran quietly into the mill house and sat around the large table in the living room. They were misshapen with sometimes strange feet, one of them had chicken feet. The characters played cards until midnight and then left.

The miller and his wife were so used to the figures that they were not particularly surprised when they returned. There is also the legend that the figures rose from the Rüderner Bach on the way between Untersambach and Kirchschönbach. Once they visited the mill again when the man was away from home. The woman was alone with her newborn . One of the figures stuck his head through the bed curtain and made the woman very sick with his breath.

The Erlig

The Erlig is a swamp area between Kirchschönbach and Geesdorf. It takes its name from the alder trees that are there. Many legends have been passed down from this place. A headless rider and a black poodle could be seen during Advent . Sometimes you could see a black cat lying there too. One night a man from Wiesentheid saw a fire burning, which disappeared as he approached. Some also encountered an invisible wagon .

Several boys from Geesdorf once came back from dance music in Kirchschönbach at night at the Dreikönigsfest and walked past the Erlig. On the way there, one of them had already seen a big black dog on the dam beside the path. He told the others about the big animal in order to prepare them for the sight. Between two and three o'clock at night they passed the dog's shadow again. Now the dog did not lie where it was, but soon started moving. He ran along the path until he turned left into the bushes along the way. The animal's running made a noise that sounded like dragging an iron rake across a field. When the dog reached the bushes, this sound stopped, but was followed by a loud roar that could be heard as far as Ilmbach.

Personalities

• Otto Weiglein (1912–1998), MdL from 1946 to 1950, Mayor of Geesdorf, honorary citizen of Wiesentheid

literature

• Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
• Johann Ludwig Klarmann, Karl Spiegel: Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. Reprint of the 1912 edition . Neustadt an der Aisch 1982.
• Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions. Volkach 1987.

Web links

Commons : St. Andreas (Geesdorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 78.
2. ^ Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. P. 89.
3. ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 78.
4. ^ Johann Ludwig Klarmann (among others): Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. P. 154.
5. ^ Johann Ludwig Klarmann (among others): Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. P. 155.
6. ^ Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. P. 89.