Hundelshausen (Michelau im Steigerwald)
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Hundelshausen
Michelau municipality in the Steigerwald
Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ′ 51 ″ N , 10 ° 25 ′ 39 ″ E
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| Height : | 300 m |
| Residents : | 202 (1987) |
| Incorporation : | May 1, 1978 |
| Incorporated into: | Michelau in the Steigerwald |
| Postal code : | 97513 |
| Area code : | 09382 |
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Hundelshausen is a district of Michelau in the Steigerwald in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt .
Geographical location
Hundelshausen is in the north of the Michelau municipality. The district of Traustadt , a district of Donnersdorf , begins further north, while the Michelau district of Altmannsdorf is located in the northeast . The community-free area Hundelshausen begins in the east , while the Heinachshof lies in the southeast . The state road St2426 leads to the village of Michelau in the south. The municipality of Dingolshausen begins in the west , the district of Bischwind is closest to Hundelshausen. The Franconian Marienweg leads through Hundelshausen .
history
The name of the village was interpreted as "to the houses of Hundolt". In the Middle Ages the village remained under the rule of the noble family Hund von Falkenberg from nearby Falkenstein . Later the place came into the hands of the Hochstift Würzburg . In 1721 the bishopric built a bailiwick building in Hundelshausen for the Vogtei Hundelshausen. After the abbey was dissolved, the state forestry office was established in the building. Hundelshausen only got its own cemetery in 1878.
Hundelshausen was an independent municipality in the Gerolzhofen district for a long time . On May 1, 1978, the village joined the community of Michelau in the Steigerwald in the Schweinfurt district.
Attractions
Today the center of the village is the Catholic branch church of St. Sebastian. It was built as a so-called inflation building during the German inflation in 1922 and 1923. Fritz Fuchsenberger from Munich could be won as an architect . The tower was placed on the side of the entrance facade, it ends with a flat dome with a high point. Inside the church has a valuable Madonna and Child from the late 15th century.
A wayside shrine has been preserved in front of the church, which is dated to the year 1764. The wayside shrine is made with a relief of St. Wendelin . The former bailiwick or forestry office building is an elongated saddle roof building with sandstone walls . A well and the walling of the property separate the property from the rest of the village. There is also a typical Franconian farm gate from the 18th century in Hundelshausen.
literature
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 4 1987.
