Kainach (Hollfeld)

Kainach City of Hollfeld Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 22 ″  E
Height :	over 395 m
Area :	4.01 km²
Residents :	144
Population density :	36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1971
Incorporated into:	Wonsees (July 1, 1972: reclassified to Hollfeld )
Postal code :	96142
Area code :	09274
Location of Kainach north of Hollfeld

Kainach is a district of Hollfeld with 144 inhabitants in the western part of the Bayreuth district .

Kainach can be reached from Hollfeld through the Kainach Valley or in the direction of Wonsees . In Kainach, the left Schwalbach and the right Kaiserbach unite to form the Kainach , which drains south and flows into the Wiesent from the left in Hollfeld . Both source streams have longer, dry upper valleys, while the Schwalbach, which runs steadily, has its source near Schirradorf . The valley axis Kainachtal – Schwalbachtal is a hiking route and can be hiked through to Wonsees . The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

On January 1, 1971, Kainach was incorporated into Wonsees, but was reclassified to the city of Hollfeld on July 1, 1972.

About 650 meters north-northwest of the center of Kainach is the Burgstall Rupprechtsteine , also known as the Burgstall on the Rupprechtsteinen. This is a castle site of an unknown medieval castle, possibly a predecessor of the Veste Kainach, today's castle.

Kainach Castle

• 1347: Konrad der Kainacher was co-sealer of a document from Bishop Friedrich.
• 1357: The older and the younger Heinrich von Wolfsriegel vowed the Nuremberg burgrave Albrecht and Friedrich to wait with the house of Kainach.
• 1367: The von Königsfeld opened their house to the burgrave of Nuremberg .
• 1375–1400: Konrad von Hartheim, husband of Hans Schütz's widow, owned the house in Kainach as an episcopal fief.
• 1427: Fritz Ratzeberger had the estate in Kainach from the bishop in Bamberg as a fief .
• 1525: Euchar von Aufseß and his wife Barbara, née von Razenberg, purchased the estate. In the same year the estate fell victim to the rebellious farmers.
• 1629: The estate was withdrawn from the bishopric as a manned fief .
• 1682: The Lochner von Hüttenbach received the manor from the bishop as a fief.
• 1682–1690: Sebastian Lochner's widow, Anna Maria, built the new castle building.
• 1709: Karl Sigmund von Aufseß acquired the castle with the manor .
• 1803: The manor came to the Prussian office of Sanspareil through the main country exchange and border purification treaty . 1806 was Kainach in the French administered area.
• 1810: Kainach became Bavarian like the former margraviate . Government councilor Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Aufseß was the owner of the manor.
• 1820: The royal Prussian captain von Borstell acquired the manor.
• 1848: Duke Alexander von Württemberg acquired the manor.
• 1857: The estate was sold to private individuals.

Kainacher Kerwa

On the first weekend in September in Kainach, from Friday to Monday, Kerwa is celebrated in the parish hall and around it.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 669 ( digitized version ).
2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 452 .