Court towns

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Court towns
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 29 ″  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 245 m above sea level NN
Residents : 492  (June 20, 2012)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Stone crosses between Hofstädten and Omersbach

Hofstädten has been one of three districts of the Schöllkrippen market in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg since May 1, 1978 .

geography

Hofstädten is located in the Kahlgrund on the western edge of the Spessart , on the 2306 state road between Geiselbach and Schneppenbach . To the east of Hofstädten is the village of Unterwestern . Krombach is in the southwest . You can get to Omersbach in the west via the AB 18 district road . The topographically highest point of the village mark is located north of the village on the Ziegelberg at 357  m above sea level. NN (location) , the lowest is on the Schneppenbach at 236  m above sea level. NN (location) .

history

The real history of Hofstädt begins with the settlement of the Kahlgrund by the Franks around 700 to 800 AD. The oldest visible signs are two (Irish / Scottish) stone crosses at the crossroads between Hofstädten and Omersbach (between them a wayside shrine from 1607).

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, Hofstädten belonged to the Seligenstadt Monastery , which in turn was subordinate to Kurmainz . In 1802, troops of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt occupied the monastery, and on April 1, 1803, with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , it officially fell to Hessen-Darmstadt. Hofstädten belonged to the Landgraviate for the following years and from 1806 to the Grand Duchy of Hesse . On January 30, 1816, the Grand Duchy and the Kingdom of Bavaria signed a treaty that agreed to the exchange of a number of territories: Hofstädten came to Bavaria.

The municipality of Hofstädten belonged to the Alzenau district office , which was formed on July 1, 1862. On January 1, 1939, this became part of the Alzenau district in Lower Franconia . With its dissolution, Hofstädten came to the newly formed district of Aschaffenburg on July 1, 1972 .

Surname

etymology

The name consists of the Old High German words hof and stat . It comes from an overnight stay (Hofstatt) on the old trade route between Aschaffenburg and Gelnhausen (via Polsterberg-Ziegelberg) in the district of Hoffeld, Hofwiese, Hofhecke, Frongut. The place is popularly called "Hofstääre".

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

  • 1562 Hoffstetten
  • 1847 Hofstetten
  • 1860 Hofstötten
  • 1865 farmsteads
  • 1880 court towns

Web links

Commons : Hofstädten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 736 .
  2. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
  3. ↑ Anja Kalinowski: The former Benedictine Abbey Seligenstadt. Guide through the monastery complex and showrooms = edition of the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse. Brochure 30. Schnell + Steiner, 2nd edition Regensburg 2008, p. 11.
  4. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 17f and note 61.
  5. ↑ Our Kahlgrund 1980 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .
  6. ↑ Reihold Hein (ed.): Kahlgrünner Wörderbuch . M. Kroeber GmbH, Linsengericht 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-051705-1 .
  7. ^ Spessart map by Paul Pfinzing 1562
  8. ^ Original position sheet: Western and environs in 1847
  9. ↑ Topographical Atlas of the Kingdom of Bavaria on this side of the Rhine Sheet: 10 (1860)
  10. ^ Map of the Kingdom of Bavaria
  11. ↑ Special map of the district of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg