Knellendorf

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Knellendorf
City of Kronach
Coordinates : 50 ° 16 '  N , 11 ° 19'  E
Height : 317 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.28 km²
Residents : 430  (Dec. 31, 2005)
Population density : 68 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Postal code : 96317
Area code : 09261
Knellendorf (Bavaria)
Knellendorf

Location of Knellendorf in Bavaria

Knellendorf (Franconian: "Knellndoff") is a district of Kronach in the district of the same name in Bavaria .

location

The town center is about three kilometers north of Kronach an der Haßlach . Knellendorf is framed by the Kienberg in the northwest, the Bierberg in the east and the Tänngisberg in the southwest.

Knellendorf

Hamlets and remote farms

In the former municipality of Knell village following are hamlets and farmsteads :

  • Blumau
  • Stressful
  • Kathragrub
  • Krugsberg
  • Bierberg
  • Bernsroth

Population development

Historical development, divided according to districts:

Districts 1824 1871 1910 1926 1942 1973 2005
Knellendorf (Kerndorf) 167 167 162 175 190 373 354
Bernsroth 18th 16 11 9 7th 8th 10
Bierberg 14th 9 7th 7th 4th 5 2
Blumau 12 24 30th 29 22nd 45 58
Kathragrub 27 11 14th 14th 12 12 2
Krugsberg 9 10 4th 4th 3 5 4th
Knellendorf as a whole 247 237 228 238 238 448 430

Population development in the entire former municipal area in recent years:

year Residents
2010 398
2011 389
2012 376
2013 387
2014 385
2015 401
2016 390
2017 402
2018 402

history

History meaning of the place name

Knellendorf was still called "Knellenrod bey der Haßlach" in 1348. From 1520 the name "Knellendorf" emerges from documents of the parish of Kronach. According to the local history, the place name originated either from the village of Knello or it is derived from "Nell" (hill).

First documentary mention

It is unclear when Knellendorf was created or was first mentioned. In the Knellendorfer Chronik reference is made to a first documentary mention in 1388. The Langheim Monastery in Teuschnitz sold land to Bambers' Bishop Lambers.

Village linden from 1648

The linden tree , which was planted as a peace linden tree on barren gravel ground in 1648, is striking . In 1951 the tree in the big fork was lined with brick. In the 1990s, the main branches had to be secured with steel cables and struts because the wood creaked suspiciously even in moderate winds. Further professional security measures followed. For several years the Lindenfest has been taking place with a service in front of the landmark.

Gundelsdorf subcamp

In neighboring Gundelsdorf there was a satellite camp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp from autumn 1944 until the invasion of American troops in April 1945 . The prisoners were 100 Polish Jewish women deported from the Plaszow concentration camp and up to 90 Jewish men of different nationalities who were brought here from various other camps. The majority were used as forced labor in the Air Force replenishment warehouse in Gundelsdorf, around 20 of the women had to sew military uniforms in a Knellendorf company. Since 2002, a memorial stone erected on the initiative of the Evangelical Youth on the cycle and footpath between the two places running parallel to Bundesstraße 85 has been a reminder of the subcamp.

societies

  • Knellendorf volunteer fire department
  • Sports club Knellendorf 1980 e. V. (SVK)
  • Young Union Knellendorf
  • Bulldog friends Knellendorf

Regular events

Associations and village communities regularly organize the following events in Knellendorf:

  • January: "Knut Festival" (JU)
  • February: Slaughter Bowl (SVK)
  • March (2 weeks before Palm Sunday): “Hejfa-Toutla”; traditional "death-bearing" by children with subsequent "backes-bake" (pancake baking)
  • Easter: "Raschpeln" (children use wooden rasps / ratchets during the "bellless time" from Maundy Thursday to Holy Saturday through the village)
  • April / May: Maypole erection (Knellendorfer Associations)
  • Whitsun (every two years): Bulldog meetings (Bulldog friends); 2017 in September as the "Potato Festival"
  • June: Midsummer bonfire (fire brigade)
  • July: Kirchweih (SVK)
  • August: Lindenfest (JU)
  • October: Oktoberfest (SVK)
  • November: Setting up the Christmas tree (fire department)
  • December: Village Christmas (Knellendorfer Associations)

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aerial photo of Knellendorf, Otmar Fugmann, www.flugmann.de
  2. ↑ Dr. Otmar Fugmann, Festschrift & Chronik Freiwillige Feuerwehr Knellendorf 2006, p. 45
  3. ↑ Population statistics of the city of Kronach, as of 2018
  4. ^ Chronicle of Knellendorf. Retrieved January 12, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Pascal Cziborra: Gundelsdorf Concentration Camp - Fischer's List (=  The satellite camps of the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp . Volume 6 ). Lorbeer Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-938969-11-3 .
  6. ↑ Barbara Heinlein: The former Gundelsdorf subcamp . In: District of Kronach (Hrsg.): Local history yearbook of the district of Kronach . tape 23-2001 / 02 . Anton Hauguth-Verlag, Kronach 2002, ISBN 3-9803467-6-5 , p. 217-223 .