Glass furnace

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Glass furnace
City of Walldürn
Glashofen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '25 "  N , 9 ° 21' 58"  E
Height : 396 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.8 km²
Residents : 310
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 74731
Area code : 06282
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Glashofen is a district of Walldürn in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg . It is located in the eastern Odenwald 5 kilometers north of the city center. The Waldhufensiedlung Neusaß belongs to the Glashofen district .

Geographical location

The Glashofen district is bounded in the southwest by the Marsbach valley and extends as far as the vicinity of Walldürn. Gerolzahn lies a little deeper to the west, and Reinhard saxony borders in the cutting Kaltenbachtal in the northwest . To the northeast in the neighboring Eichelbachtal lies Wettersdorf and to the east at the transition to the Muschelkalk Höpfingen . On the southern sides, large areas of forest extend into the districts of Großer Wald and Neusaßer Berg . The Neusaßer Berg district rises from the lowest point of the district at 270  m above sea level. NN on the highest point with 448  m . The Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park partially includes the district.

history

In Roman times, the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes near Neusaß ran in a north-south direction through the suburb of Glashofen. Its settlement area, in turn, lies east of the Limes, i.e. outside the former boundary. The remains of four Roman watchtowers were found in the district. In addition to the watchtower “ Wp 7/31 ”, the foundations of a Roman administration or storage building were discovered in the Steinernes Haus district. In the 19th century, Wp 7/31 was also called Hönehaus - not to be confused with the small fort Hönehaus a few kilometers away . This is where the locally known legend of the giant maiden takes place.

The first surviving mention of the place as a glass furnace dates back to 1286. The place name is probably derived from the name Nikolaus: 'Hof des Klas'. The district was probably separated from the great Franconian Urmark Dürn in the course of the colonization of the Odenwald .

In 1935 Reinhardsachsen, Kaltenbrunn , Gerolzahn and Gottersdorf were incorporated into Glashofen, but were separated again in 1945.

During the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , Glashofen was incorporated into the city of Walldürn on January 1, 1975.

Cultural monuments

Former coat of arms

Glashofen was awarded a coat of arms on August 14, 1959 based on a proposal by the General State Archives from 1909. "In a split shield above in red a red-lined silver (white) miter, diagonally crossed with a golden (yellow) crook, below in blue a red-armored silver (white) eagle." The coat of arms expired in 1975 when it was incorporated into Walldürn.

traffic

In the transport network, the district is in the northwest corner between the federal highways 27 and 47 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Environment and Forests Baden-Württemberg on the "Neckartal-Odenwald" nature park of October 6, 1986 (Journal of Laws of December 23, 1986, p. 446). Section 2, Paragraph 2. LUBW State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, accessed on March 13, 2015 .
  2. ^ Ernst Fabricius in: Ernst Fabricius, Felix Hettner, Oscar von Sarwey (ed.): The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roemerreich . Section A, Volume 4. Lines 7 to 9, published by Otto Petters, Heidelberg, Berlin and Leipzig 1931. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Discover regional studies online, glass furnace. LEO-BW, accessed November 12, 2014 .
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 485 .
  5. ↑ The coat of arms of Walldürn and its districts. Walldürn website, accessed on February 25, 2015 .