Junkershausen
Junkershausen is a former municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld ( Bavaria ), which has belonged to the Hollstadt municipality since May 1, 1978 . The place is about ten kilometers east of the district town of Bad Neustadt an der Saale .
history
Ingersfeld-Junkershausen is already mentioned in the founding deed of the Bildhausen Monastery from 1156. It was represented by a large monastery courtyard, which had developed into the most important part of the Bildhausen monastery (it is referred to in the annals as the "granary of the monastery") and which the monks initially managed themselves. In 1472 the monastery courtyard was leased to six feudal people. The place belonged to the Würzburg monastery and became part of Bavaria in 1815.
Culture and customs
The neighboring Wargolshausen regarded as carnival stronghold . The Rose Monday parade , which starts in Junkershausen, is the largest of its kind in the Rhön-Grabfeld district .
Personalities
Junkershausen is the birthplace of the Benedictine Father Anselm Grün and the computer science professor Manfred Warmuth ( University of California, Santa Cruz ). Also Ruppert May , chairman of the classics in the Emsland-Bad Bentheim district ( Emsland district ) and senior student councilor i. R. at the grammar school Marianum Meppen , comes from Junkershausen.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 740 .
- ^ Junkershausen in the Rhön-Saale portal
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ' N , 10 ° 20' E