Church courtyard

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The local church to Treis-carded in the Rhineland-Palatinate Cochem-Zell belonging Gotteshäuserhof called Kotzahof in the local dialect, is one of five counting the hamlet Treis courtyards.

history

Celtic burials suggest settlement in pre-Christian times. Roman finds in the area show that there was continued settlement until the end of the 5th century AD.

The farm was later allodial owned by Frei von Treis and was first mentioned in a document in 1281. At that time it or a part of it was sold to the von Schöneck auf dem Hunsrück who held it from then on as an imperial fief and later as an electoral fiefdom. A part remained in the possession of the Treiser descendants. The farm was always the cause of disputes with the Waldeck house and in fact the Boos von Waldeck were enfeoffed with it after the Schöneckers died out at the beginning of the 16th century.

Hexentanzplatz?

The tenant of the Petershäuserhof , Johann Homan, who was executed as a witcher in Beltheim on November 23, 1596 , had confessed to taking part in several witches' sabbaths under torture. Among other things, he confessed that he had once attended a witch's sabbath at Krockhenhaußen with 15 others.

Name interpretation

The church courtyard is probably identical to the villa schůc mentioned in 1293. The spelling of his name varies unusually strongly: Krucken-, Kruttlehn-, Krockhen- and Kotzhausen. The historical name Kotzhausen could go back to a Franconian settler named Cuozo. More likely, however, is the derivation from the name of the noble owners, those of Schöneck. The current name is a corruption by the French occupiers in Napoleonic times.

Tenants and bourgeois owners

The first important Hofmann family is the Esch family, which can be traced back to 1663. At the time of the French Revolution, it was replaced by its heirs, the Gilles family, who still own the farm today.

literature

  • Norbert J. Pies and Klaus Layendecker: God's or Cuozo's court? The history of the courtyard. In: From "Häckedetz unn Stiftshere". History and stories of Treis-Karden Volume 2. Treis-Karden 2005 pp. 119–152 ISBN 3-927049-40-9 .
  • Norbert J. Pies and Klaus Layendecker: New Aspects of the History of the Courtyard of Gods. In: Yearbook 2007 for the Cochem-Zell district, pp. 218–220.
  • Norbert J. Pies: Neither Cuozos, nor God's Court - New Aspects of the Courtyard of Gods. In: From "Häckedetz unn Stiftshere". History and stories of Treis-Karden Volume 6. Treis-Karden 2011 pp. 174–181. ISBN 978-3-927049-46-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Main Archive Koblenz Stock 33 No. 8603.
  2. ↑ Extensive onomastic considerations with detailed sources in Norbert J Pies: New aspects on the courtyard of God. Schöneck - Schůc - Schock / Kutz - Kotz - Gots. In: Yearbook 2013 for the district of Cochem-Zell pp. 213–216 and by Norbert J. Pies: Neither Cuozos, nor God's court - new aspects to the courtyard of God. In: From "Häckedetz unn Stiftshere". History and stories of Treis-Karden Volume 6. Treis-Karden 2011 pp. 174–181. ISBN 978-3-927049-46-8 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 21.6 ″  N , 7 ° 19 ′ 54.9 ″  E