Kleinschönbach

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Kleinschönbach is a deserted area on the district of the Lower Franconian city of Prichsenstadt . The hamlet was inhabited until the 15th century before the population moved to the nearby town. The reason was probably the destruction of the village.

Geographical location

The village was in the north-northeast of the city of Prichsenstadt, at the point where the Marbach, Gänsgraben and the so-called whey fountain converge. The village is divided into two halves by the Schönbach, which flows towards the Schwarzach . Kleinschönbach, about two kilometers from Prichsenstadt, is located in a settlement triangle with Altenschönbach and Kirchschönbach . All three are named after the little stream.

In the 20th century, some ceramic remains from the 15th century were excavated in the area of ​​the former settlement , which gave further clues about the place. Perhaps the Lochmühle is a structural remnant of the village.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1289. At that time, the "villa Kleinschonebach" (village of Kleinschönbach) was owned by the Counts of Castell . Count Friedrich had exchanged the village from the Münsterschwarzach monastery for goods in "Uleberch" (possibly Ulberg near Volkach ). Around 1300 the Cistercian monastery Ebrach received some goods in the village. In 1348 the Wölflin and Rüdiger Teufel brothers donated a number of other goods to the abbey, including ten Erb (field estates without their own farm) at Kleinschönbach.

As early as the 14th century, the village was gradually abandoned in favor of the rising city. It may have been deserted as early as 1381 and was only called "villula" (little village). The village was finally given up in 1466 when a feud between Würzburg and Bamberg led to the burning down. The residents fled to the fortified city under the protection of the Margraves of Brandenburg.

The Kleinschönbacher lived in Prichsenstadt, but formed an independent community with its own mayor and had a different center affiliation . While the Prichsenstadter had to pay a tenth to the Margrave, the Kleinschönbacher exiles were assigned to the Hochstiftischen Zentgericht in Stadtschwarzach . In 1551 this dichotomy was even clear in the name of Prichsenstadt: The city was called "Prichsenstadt or Cleinschonbach".

In 1697 the Kleinschönbach estates were built on by the citizens of Prichsenstadt. The Ebrach monastery still held the rights to the fields. In 1770 it was mentioned again that in Kleinschönbach "(...) the güdere von Prichsenstadt were cultivated". Even today, the "Kleinschönbach corporation", similar to the Rügerrieth desert, exercises some independent municipal rights. So the former Kleinschönbachers were allowed to elect their own community leader until 1971.

literature

  • Roderich Machann: Desolations in the Steigerwald (= Mainfränkische Studien Vol. 5). Diss . Wuerzburg 1972.
  • City administration Prichsenstadt (ed.): Prichsenstadt. Commemorative publication on the occasion of the city's 600th anniversary 1367–1967 . Gerolzhofen 1967.
  • Peter Rückert: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages in the Franconian Gäuland. Diss . Wuerzburg 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Digital collections: Erwin Riedenauer: Wüstungen between Main and Steigerwald . In: Yearbook for Franconian State Research, Vol. 47 , Page 19 , accessed on October 21, 2016
  2. ^ Rückert, Peter: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages . P. 209.
  3. ^ Rückert, Peter: Land expansion and desertification of the high and late Middle Ages . P. 209.
  4. ↑ Digital collections: Erwin Riedenauer: Wüstungen between Main and Steigerwald . In the year book for Franconian regional research, vol. 47 , page 20 , accessed on October 21, 2016
  5. ↑ Machann, Roderich: deserted villages in the Steigerwald . P. 132.
  6. ↑ City administration Prichsenstadt (ed.): Prichsenstadt , p. 26 f.

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 50.9 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 3.7 ″  E