Gelshofen
Gelshofen
Community Wittelshofen
Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 19 ″ N , 10 ° 27 ′ 16 ″ E
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Height : | 438–453 m above sea level NHN |
Residents : | 20 (May 25 1987) |
Postal code : | 91749 |
Area code : | 09854 |
Gelshofen is a district of the municipality Wittelshofen in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia .
geography
The hamlet is on the right bank of the Sulzach and is surrounded by arable land and grassland. In the south the corridor is called Buck, in the north Mühlbuck and in the west Hochfeld and Lach. The district road AN 41 leads to Dorfkemmathen (1.5 km northwest) or past the Gelsmühle to Untermichelbach (1.2 km southeast).
history
At Gelsmühle , the Limes led between the guard posts 13/17 and 13/18 over the Sulzach . This 38 m wide transition, at today's oxbow lake, consisted in the run-up to mighty blocks of 2 ⁄ 5 cubic meters with a foundation thickness of 1.25 m to 1.45 m and openings for the flood. The actual transition was formed by a footbridge on three wooden support pillars standing next to each other at a distance of 3 m so that branches could be removed in the event of flooding.
Gelshofen was in the Fraisch district of the Ansbach Oberamt Wassertrüdingen . The village and community rule was exercised by the caste office Wassertrüdingen . By the end of the 18th century there were 8 properties. Landlord were the box office Wassertruedingen (2 goods, 1 Häuslein, 2 Halbhäuslein) which Oettingen- game bergische Oberamt Dürrwangen (1 Sölde ) and the Württemberg Oberamt Weiltingen (2 Sölden goods). From 1797 to 1808 the place was subordinate to the Justice and Chamber Office Wassertrüdingen .
As a result of the municipal edict, Gelshofen was assigned to the Wittelshofen tax district, formed in 1809, and the Untermichelbach rural community . On July 1, 1972, Gelshofen was incorporated into Wittelshofen as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .
Population development
year | 1818 | 1840 | 1861 | 1871 | 1885 | 1900 | 1925 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1987 |
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Residents | 51 | 53 | 44 | 47 | 66 | 43 | 51 | 46 | 40 | 42 | 20th |
Houses | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | |||
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The legend of the devil's wall
There is a legend about the Gelsmühle about the origin of the so-called Devil's Wall, which in the 18th century was up to one and a half meters high in places. The inhabitants of the area could no longer explain this wall and brought them in connection with the devil. In Wilburgstetten , for example, the Höllmühle , the Höllbach and the Höllweiher are on the Limes terrain.
literature
- Gerfrid Arnold: The Romans in the Ansbach district. History, hiking guide, Buchner's journey on the Devil's Wall . Ansbacher Verlagsgesellschaft, 1982.
- Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Gelzhofen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 294 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Funk: Feuchtwangen - Becoming and growing a Franconian town, 1954 published by the public education center of the district Feuchtwangen , Sommer & Sons, Feuchtwangen.
- Teresa Neumeyer: Dinkelsbühl: the former district (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 40). Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2018, ISBN 978-3-7696-6562-8 , p. 418 .
- Anton Steichele (Ed.): The diocese Augsburg historically and statistically described . tape 3 . Schmiedsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Augsburg 1872, p. 450 ( digitized version ).
- Günther Ulbert, Thomas Fischer: The Limes in Bavaria - From Dinkelsbühl to Eirring , Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart 1983.
Web links
- Gelshofen in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
- Gelshofen in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 17, 2019.
- Gelshofen in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB 94240937X , p. 333 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Gelshofen in the Bavaria Atlas
- ^ T. Neumeyer, p. 418.
- ↑ Johann Bernhard Fischer : Gelzhofen . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 381 ( digitized version ). (= JK Bundschuh, Vol. 2, Sp. 294).
- ↑ T. Neumeyer, p. 580.
- ↑ T. Neumeyer, p. 533.
- ↑ Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were referred to as "fireplaces", in 1840 as "houses", and from 1871 to 1987 as "residential buildings".
- ↑ Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 29 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 76 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1002 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1100 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1165 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1203 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1040 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 764 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 172 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ The legend of the Devil's Wall (PDF) City of Wassertrüdingen. Retrieved April 18, 2019.