Gieshügel (Volkach)

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Gieshügel (also Gießhügel, Gizubel) is a deserted area on the outskirts of the Volkach district of Gaibach . The village was inhabited until the 15th century, before the residents left the place. The task was probably due to flooding.

location

The place where the village was is now occupied by the Gieshügel corridor. It is located in the north of the Volkach municipality and in the west of the Gaibacher district. To the south the Main flows past some distance away . In the east is the Eschbachgraben . Further to the west begins the district of the Volkach district of Fahr . Parts of the former place are now occupied by forest. The height of the former settlement was 265 m.

history

Gieshügel was first mentioned in 1340. At that time it appeared in the sources of the Ebrach monastery as "allodium Dictum Gizubel" ( allodial property called Gizubel). At that time it was assigned to the Elgersheim Curia , which was part of the Steigerwaldkloster. The village was originally founded in the 11th century, but was largely abandoned in the 14th century. Only one courtyard was still inhabited.

In 1344 there were first disputes between the citizens of nearby Volkach and the Ebrach monastery over the "Gyzubele" farm, which had to be settled by the Würzburg bishop Otto II von Wolfskeel . The estate was mentioned again in 1370, and in 1381 Bishop Gerhard von Schwarzburg sold his rights in the village. At that time the village was called "Gyzzvbel". Until 1417 the farm was transferred to the Gaibach district.

As early as 1432 the farm was listed as a desert, probably due to flooding . In a marking description of Volkach from 1595, the former area of ​​the Gieshügel farm served as a boundary marker. The wording of the document reads: "Do the Ebrachische wustung, the Gießvbel facing, with iren corners (...) until vff a stone that separates the Gießvbll and Volkacher marckung (...)".

In 1738, "Gissubel" appeared in the books as a former Ebracher Grangie . The place was probably abandoned due to poor harvests . It is unclear where the name Gieshügel comes from. Schneider initially suspected that it was originally a watch tower. However, the original cadastre of the 19th century assume that there was a swampy area at the site of the village. The syllable Gies- would speak for that.

literature

  • Mario Dorsch: Disappeared Medieval Settlements. Desertification between Steigerwald, Main and the Volkach . Hassfurt 2013.
  • Peter Rückert: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages in the Franconian Gäuland. Diss . Wuerzburg 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rückert, Peter: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages . P. 184.
  2. ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 140
  3. ^ Rückert, Peter: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages . P. 184.
  4. ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 141

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '58.8 "  N , 10 ° 11' 49.2"  E