Gereuth (Rödental)

Gereuth City of Rödental Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 39 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 17 ″  E
Height :	400 m above sea level NN
Residents :	0  (2014)
Incorporation :	1868
Incorporated into:	Waltersdorf
Half-timbered house

Gereuth is an uninhabited place in the Upper Franconian town of Rödental in the Coburg district .

The former manor district lies above the Froschgrund with the Itz , at the foot of the Hohe Schwenge. The desert was first mentioned in 1340 as "Geruthe". In 1868 Gereuth was incorporated into Waltersdorf .

In 1837 the domain had 47 inhabitants. From 1887 to 1917, the domain leaseholder was Gustav Ludwig Dietrich, who later became the state economist from Coburg. In 1925 the settlement comprised 34 residents and four residential buildings. The school was in Mittelberg, 1.2 kilometers away, and the Protestant church in Weißenbrunn vorm Wald, 4.0 kilometers away .

In 1950 there were 44 people living in four residential buildings in Gereuth. In 1970 there were 34 people.

On January 1, 1971, Waltersdorf and Gereuth joined the new Froschgrund community , which was forcibly dissolved on May 1, 1978 and incorporated into the town of Rödental .

In 1987 the wasteland was uninhabited. At the end of the 20th century, the estate was demolished except for a barn and a half-timbered house.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walter Schneier: Coburg in the mirror of history . Neue Presse Coburg, 1985, p. 111
2. ↑ Address manual of the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha: 1837, p. 77
3. ^ Helmut Wolter: Gustav Ludwig Dietrich. Coburg 1997, p. 23
4. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925, Munich, 1928
5. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria, edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950, Munich, 1952
6. ↑ Official directory for Bavaria, Munich, 1973
7. ↑ Official directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987, Munich, 1991