Birkenfeld farm

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Birkenfeld farm
Community Königheim
Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 33 ′ 27 ″  E
Postal code : 97953
Area code : 09340
View of Hof Birkenfeld, 2018
View of Hof Birkenfeld, 2018

Hof Birkenfeld is a small settlement that within the boundaries of the Königheimer hamlet Pülfringen in Main-Tauber-Kreis is located.

geography

Hof Birkenfeld is located about seven kilometers southwest of Königheim. The surrounding towns are Pülfringen after about two kilometers to the west, Brehmen after about two kilometers to the south and Gissigheim after about three kilometers to the northeast.

history

Chapel in Hof Birkenfeld, 2018

In 1358 Hof Birkenfeld was first mentioned in a document as Birkenfelt ; In the traditions of a "nobleman Gerlach von Birkenfeld" is spoken. In 1444 there was another documentary mention as Birkenfelt . According to Amorbach records, the small settlement had been in the possession of the Amorbach monastery since 1197 . The place was always under the same rule as Pülfringen. After the First World War , a court chapel was built. On December 31, 1973, the municipality of Pülfringen, to which Hof Birkenfeld belonged, was incorporated into Königheim.

Culture and sights

Shrine house with depiction of 14 emergency helpers

The court chapel is located at the living space . The chapel was built for two of the village's fallen sons who had not returned from the First World War . A wayside shrine with a depiction of the 14 emergency helpers dates from 1855.

traffic

The living space can be reached via a farm road that branches off from the K 2884 between Gissigheim and Brehmen and a farm road that branches off from the K 2834 in Pülfringen. The street of the same name Hof Birkenfeld is located at the living space

Web links

Commons : Hof Birkenfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg: Hof Birkenfeld, living space . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Information from two residents of the hamlet, Hof Birkenfeld, January 2020.
  3. ^ 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. 469 .
  4. ↑ LEO-BW.de: shrine (Königheim) . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Accessed January 21, 2020.