Kirchschönbach

Kirchschönbach City of Prichsenstadt Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 46 ″  N , 10 ° 23 ′ 16 ″  E
Height :	280 m
Residents :	389
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	97357
Area code :	09382
Location of Kirchschönbach (bold) in the Prichsenstadt municipality
Kirchschönbach seen from the north

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

Geographical location

Kirchschönbach is located in the southeast of the Prichsenstadt municipal area. To the north is the so-called Lochmühle, and to the northeast is Altenschönbach . The site of the former Ilmbach Monastery is in the southeast, while Rüdern is in the south. The municipality of Markt Wiesentheid begins in the southwest, while the town of Prichsenstadt itself can be found west of Kirchschönbach. The image of the village is also shaped by the 477 m high Schloßberg , which, however, is located in the district of Altenschönbach. The Altbach rises to the east of the village .

The closest larger cities are Kitzingen, 18 kilometers away, and Schweinfurt , approximately 29 kilometers away.

history

The village was probably founded in the course of the Franconian conquest in the 8th century. In the early Middle Ages, the Counts of Castell initially ruled the village. In 1306 Kirchschönbach came to the Ebrach monastery in the Steigerwald. In the 15th century the Fuchs von Bimbach came into the possession of the place, in the 16th century they were replaced by the Lords von Wichsenstein. In 1666 the von Guttenberg followed before the village came to the Grafschaft Wiesentheid in 1681 .

In the 18th century, a small Jewish community established itself in Kirchschönbach . In 1817 a total of twelve Jewish families lived in the village. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Bavaria received the village. The last Kirchschönbacher of Jewish faith died in 1911. In 1972 Kirchschönbach became part of the newly founded large community of Prichsenstadt.

Culture and sights

Chapel at the local cemetery

Architectural monuments

The steeple of the Jakobskirche

The local parish church is dedicated to St. Jacob. The oldest part of the church, the tower, dates from the time of the Counter Reformation and was built in the years 1597–1607 as the Julius-Echter-Turm . In the 19th century, the nave and the choir were completely rebuilt. Inside, after extensive restoration in the 1950s, the furnishings of the 18th century predominate. A late Gothic Vesper picture was made around 1500.

The castle of the place was the seat of the changing masters of the place. In 1872 it came to the Counts of Schönborn before it was handed over to the Zeller sisters in the 20th century. In its present form it was built in the second half of the 17th century, the Baroque forms dominate the building.

There are several wayside shrines and memorial stones in the village . The Kreuzkapelle in the local cemetery was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a small hall with a roof turret.

Say

The three ducks

The old Röder, a man from Kirchschönbach, once discovered three ducks swimming on the Rüderner Bach. He wanted to catch her and eat her that evening. He followed the three birds down the stream towards Rüdern. The day was soon over and the man had already followed the ducks a long way. The next morning the man was discovered in a drowsy state. He was very confused and didn't know where he was. He hadn't caught the ducks.

The he-he

As in the surrounding areas, there are also legends about the He-he in Kirchschönbach.

On the way to Untersambach between the bridge over the Rüderner Bach and the forest department Gypsy wood , a rider without a head is said to have appeared time and again in the past. Probably this was the so-called He-he. Others report that the rider is said to have ridden over the bridge over the Rüderner Bach again and again. The gypsy wood was an old border district between Kirchschönbach, Geesdorf and Rüdern. The headless rider could not leave the district .

Further legends about the He-he go into the fact that the rider did not tolerate any other mounted person in his district. A farmer from Kirchschönbach rode from Untersambach to Kirchschönbach. Where the bridge leads over the Rüderner Bach, the rider suddenly received several slaps in the face, so that he fell from his horse. The horse then returned to Untersambach alone. A dog with fiery eyes was also seen on the bridge.

See also : He-he-Sage in Untersambach  and He-he-Sage in Rüdern

The laughing rabbit

A hunter shot hares at the source near Kirchschönbach. He had already shot a few and was aiming for the last one. After several pale shots, the animal was hit by the shot . Instead of the rabbit collapsing dead, the animal suddenly began to laugh like a human and disappeared into the vast surrounding forests.

The Egeltännig

A forest district between Rüdern and Kirchschönbach is called Egeltännig or Acheltanni. There used to be a lake there that has now dried up. People from Rüdern that on Sundays after church Schönenbach to worship went Tune in Egeltännig often sounds an ax. They ran in the direction of the noises, which always seemed to come from another side. Thereupon they quickly returned to Rüdern before they got lost.

The gold nugget

The forester Hahn of Kirschönbach ran back one day by the so-called Höllengrund in the village. In the distance he saw a glowing heap of coals and thought that the woodcutters had lit a fire. He lit a pipe with the glowing remains , put out the fire and went home. When he tried to knock out the ashes of his pipe, a lump of gold fell out.

Viticulture

Kirchschönbach is today a wine-growing area in the Franconian wine-growing region . There is a vineyard around the village, the wine has been marketed under the name of Kirchschönbacher Mariengarten since the 1980s. Kirchschönbach is part of the Steigerwald Wine Panorama area , until 2017 the winemakers were grouped together in the Steigerwald area. The loam and clay soils around Kirchschönbach are also suitable for growing wine, as is the location in the Maingau climate zone, which is one of the warmest in Germany.

The people around Kirchschönbach have been growing wine since the early Middle Ages . The Franconian settlers probably brought the vine to the Main in the 7th century. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the largest contiguous wine-growing region in the Holy Roman Empire. The people mostly operated part-time viticulture for self-sufficiency , at the same time export centers were already emerging, especially along the Main.

Viticulture experienced a major decline after secularization at the beginning of the 19th century. Above all, locations with less favorable climatic conditions were completely abandoned. In addition, the emergence of pests such as phylloxera made cultivation difficult . In Kirchschönbach there was soon no more viticulture. The Franconian wine-growing region was not able to consolidate again until the second half of the 20th century. The use of fertilizers and improved cultivation methods had contributed to this, as had the organization in cooperatives and the land consolidation of the 1970s. Wine has been grown in the village again since 1981. The name of the location refers to the “Hortus Mariae” Charterhouse in Ilmbach .

Vineyard	Size 1993	Size 2016	Compass direction	Slope	Main grape varieties	Great location
Mariengarten	2 ha	3 ha	South, west	20%	Black Riesling , Kerner	Abtswinder shield

Personalities

• Johann Anton Lang (* 1765 in Salzburg; † 1805), geometer, cartographer, worked in Kirchschönbach for years

literature

• Hans Ambrosi, Bernhard Breuer: German Vinothek: Franconia. Guide to the vineyards, winegrowers and their kitchens . Herford ² 1993.
• Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Marktbreit 1993, DNB 871400847 .
• Johann Ludwig Klarmann: The Steigerwald in the past. A contribution to Franconian cultural studies . Gerolzhofen ² 1909.
• Johann Ludwig Klarmann, Karl Spiegel: Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald. Reprint of the 1912 edition . Neustadt an der Aisch 1982.
• Karl Treutwein : Lower Franconia . 4th, unchanged. Edition. Heroldsberg 1987, ISBN 3-8235-1015-0 .
• Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 1987, DNB 960973451 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. P. 72.
2. ^ Karl Treutwein: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. P. 126 f.
3. ↑ Klarmann, Johann Ludwig (among others): Legends and sketches from the Steigerwald . P. 173 f.
4. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 127.
5. ^ Ambrosi, Hans (among others): German Vinothek: Franconia . Pp. 50-52.
6. ↑ Government of Lower Franconia: Vineyards in Bavaria broken down by area ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , PDF file, accessed May 16, 2019. 
7. ^ Ambrosi, Hans (among others): German Vinothek: Franconia . P. 237.
8. ↑ Klarmann, Johann Ludwig: The Steigerwald in the past . P. 200.