Höttingen (Bütthard)

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Höttingen
Bütthard market
Coordinates: 49 ° 36 ′ 24 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 281 m
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Incorporated into: Butthard
Postal code : 97244
Area code : 09336

Höttingen is a district of the Markt Bütthard in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg .

Geographical location

Höttingen is located in the north-east of the Bütthard municipality near the Insinger Bach. To the north, the area of ​​the municipality of Giebelstadt begins with the district of Allersheim . The east is also occupied by the Giebelstadt district of Euerhausen . Gaurettersheim can be found to the southeast . The village is connected to Bütthard, which rises west of Höttingen, via the WÜ 36 district road. Gützingen is located in the northwest .

history

The village was founded in the Middle Ages. At that time, Höttingen had a fortified aristocratic seat and was the seat of its own local nobility. Höttingen was first mentioned in 1223. Around 1294 the village was sold to Neumünster Abbey in Würzburg . A chapel had existed in Höttingen since the 14th century. Later the place was part of the office of Bütthard in the Hochstift Würzburg . As the last district, Höttingen came in 1978 as a district to the municipality of Bütthard.

Attractions

The center of the village is still today the Catholic branch church St. Burkard and St. Bonifatius. Today the church belongs to the parish of Gaurettersheim. It was built around 1614 in its current form as a hall church with a retracted choir and a ridge turret with a bell roof. In 1706 the building was expanded to include a classical west facade with the figures of the church patron.

The village and the district of Höttingen is characterized by the many wayside shrines and other small monuments. The objects testify to the popular piety of the population in the past. The oldest stick from 1720 shows an accident with a harvest wagon, it was renewed in the 19th century. All other wayside shrines in the village came into the community in the 19th century. They go back to private donors.

literature

  • Christian Will: Greetings from the communities around Würzburg . Würzburg 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Will, Christian: Greetings from the communities around Würzburg . P. 18.