Järkendorf

Järkendorf City of Prichsenstadt Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 45 ″  E
Height :	248 m
Residents :	126
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	97357
Area code :	09382
Location of Järkendorf (bold) in the Prichsenstadt municipality

Järkendorf is a district of the city of Prichsenstadt in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen .

Geographical location

Järkendorf is located in the extreme northwest of the Prichsenstadt municipality. The municipality of Lülsfeld in the Schweinfurt district begins in the north . Brünnau lies to the west, and Neuses am Sand joins to the southwest . To the south lies Stadel Schwarzach , in the west of the district begins Volkacher Eichfeld .

The nearest larger cities are Volkach, 7.5 kilometers away, and Kitzingen , around 17 kilometers away.

In terms of nature, Järkendorf and its district are part of the so-called Steigerwald foreland of Neuses . Characteristic for this part of the Iphofen-Gerolzhofener Steigerwaldvorland is the hilly appearance with the narrow river valleys and small streams.

history

The church in Järkendorf

The origin of the place name Järkendorf is controversial. One interpretation refers to the Würzburg bishop Iring von Reinstein-Homburg , who founded the "Iringedorf" named after him. The name may also be derived from the Old High German word Järken , which means plane or area. Perhaps the name also suggests that the name Georgendorf was changed to Jörgendorf and later Järkendorf.

Järkendorf was first mentioned in a document in 1290. The place was probably not a Franconian settlement, but was founded as a late foundation in the 12th or 13th century. The place name was subject to frequent changes in the following centuries. The village was called in 1319 "Gerkeinsdorf", in 1364 "Jarkendorff" and in 1511 "Jerckhendorff". Järkendorf only prevailed in 1799.

Initially the village was part of the county of Castell . In 1290 Friedrich II. Zu Castell sold the bailiwick to the Benedictine monastery Münsterschwarzach . From Bishop Andreas von Gundelfingen the monastery finally received the bailiwick in 1306 as a high fiefdom. In 1319 the Casteller Counts came back into possession of two farm estates in the village. In terms of church, Järkendorf became part of the parish of Stadelschwarzach in 1364 .

After a relatively poor period until the 16th century, the village lords had changed. In 1511 Wolf Fuchs von Bimbach received two thirds of the small and large tithe of the village. In 1570 the tithe rights fell to the widow Amalia von Wilhelmsdorf, who was born Fuchs von Bimbach. In 1579 Hans Fuchs von Dornheim bought the village and incorporated it into his rule Wiesentheid. This was confirmed in 1589.

After the death of Hans Fuchs, the estate was divided in 1598, whereby Järkendorf was transferred to the bailiff Valentin Echter von Mespelbrunn . When Wolf Ernst Fuchs von Dornheim came of age, the family regained control of the village. Georg Adolf Fuchs von Dornheim sold the village in 1657 to the Würzburg monastery , which in turn handed it over to the Münsterschwarzach monastery. In 1678 Johann Otto von Dernbach bought Järkendorf.

In 1681 the territory of Johann Otto in Wiesentheid rose to imperial rule . The first wife of Johann Otto, Anna Maria Voit von Rieneck , founded the noble women's monastery St. Anna in Würzburg in 1701 and furnished it with the village. The monastery was secularized in 1803 and the place became part of the Volkach Regional Court in Kurpfalzbayern. After an interim period in the Grand Duchy of Würzburg, the community became Bavarian again in 1814.

A small Jewish community formed in Järkendorf in the 18th century and existed until the end of the 19th century. In 1875 the volunteer fire brigade was founded in the village. In 1893 the place was connected to the Kitzingen – Schweinfurt railway line . Six Järkendorfer died in the First World War, four were killed in the Second World War. On July 1, 1972, Järkendorf became part of the newly formed Prichsenstadt community.

politics

Already in the early modern period, the village had a head of the so-called Schultheiss , who was appointed by the authorities . The first mayor was Hans Gebhard, who was mentioned as early as 1589. In the 17th century, the heads of Endres Röders, Melchior Klein and Lorentz N. followed. After the dissolution of the Würzburg women's monastery, the head was elected by the population.

List of mayors in the 20th century
Surname	Term of office	Remarks
Georg Adam Soot	1894-1902	Son of the mayor Georg Adam Ruß senior (1837–1848)
Martin Muller	1902-1923
Josef Grebner	1923-1945
Michael Röll	1945–1969
Klemens Hertlein	1969-1972	then 2nd Mayor of Prichsenstadt

Culture and sights

A wayside shrine in Järkendorf

Architectural monuments

The village's Catholic branch church is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. It was built in the late Baroque period, in the 17th century, and ends with a small, eight-sided bell tower at the top. The high altar was placed in the little church shortly after it was built; the rest of the furnishings followed during the Rococo . An altar sheet is said to come from the disbanded monastery church of Theres. In addition to the church, several wayside shrines and other small monuments characterize the place.

Say

The "Teufel" corridor department

A farmer from Järkendorf plowed his field one late afternoon. The ground was very rocky and the oxen made it very difficult to get on. At this the farmer cursed: “The devil is supposed to get you right now!” Thereupon the oxen began to stand on the hackles and to sweat profusely. Suddenly a headless dog appeared on the back of the animals and chased the ox off the field.

The farmer was tangled in the rope that his animals were pulling behind him and was therefore being dragged along. But suddenly the bells for prayer rang in the village. The farmer then shouted: "All good spirits praise the Lord!" The devil , as a headless dog, disappeared howling loudly. The oxen stopped at the wayside shrine on the road to Stadelschwarzach. They got sick and had to be slaughtered. Since then, the hallway department has been called "Teufel".

The gold mine

In the Lohe Forest in Järkendorf there is a department called “Goldgrube”. A great treasure is said to have been buried here. Three men from Järkendorf once set about digging for this treasure. At midnight they went into the forest with lots of tools. Near the place where the treasure is supposed to be, they saw some ghostly figures dancing around a large fire. The spirits shouted: “Gold! Gold! We guard the gold. We'll torment anyone who wants to steal it! ”The men ran away in fear.

The fire wheel

Long ago a young child had become seriously ill. It screamed continuously. The father sat on the edge of his child's bed. He prayed. Suddenly a large wheel of fire rolled through the room and rolled back out through the closed door into the open. At that moment the child stopped crying and was healthy again.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Road traffic

Today Järkendorf is insignificant in terms of traffic. Only the district roads KT 38 (from Stadelschwarzach) and KT 39 (from Brünnau or Rimbach) cross in the village. In addition, the district road SW 44 from Lülsfeld ends in Järkendorf.

Kitzingen-Schweinfurt railway line

→ Main article : Kitzingen-Schweinfurt railway line

At the end of the 19th century, Järkendorf was connected to the Bavarian railway network. In 1893 the Kitzingen- Gerolzhofen section of the so-called Steigerwaldbahn (also Untere Steigerwaldbahn) was completed, Järkendorf was equipped with a stop. The branch line connected from 1903 Kitzingen with the Schweinfurt Hauptbahnhof and was one of the longer branch lines in Germany.

Traffic on the route began to be reduced in the 1980s. In 1981 only passenger buses drove between Gerolzhofen and Kitzingen, freight traffic was given up in mid-2006. For a long time there have been initiatives to reactivate passenger traffic on the disused route. At the beginning of 2019 a fierce dispute broke out over the design of the restart, which has continued to this day, which became a political issue .

literature

• Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
• Otto Hümmer: Järkendorf. Contributions to the history of the village . Oberursel im Taunus² 1987.
• Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987.

Web links

Commons : Järkendorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hümmer, Otto: Järkendorf . P. 27.
2. ^ Hümmer, Otto: Järkendorf . P. 2.
3. ^ Hümmer, Otto: Järkendorf . P. 3.
4. ^ Bauer, Hans: District of Kitzingen . P. 72.
5. ^ Hümmer, Otto: Järkendorf . P. 7.
6. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 124.
7. ↑ mainpost.de: By train through the inner city of Schweinfurt, August 2, 2019. Accessed on January 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ mainpost.de: IHK: Steigerwaldbahn would strengthen the region, July 20, 2018. Accessed on January 20, 2020 .