Krassach

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Krassach
City of Weismain
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 4 ″  E
Height : 339-350 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 47  (Jan 1, 2013)
Postal code : 96260
Area code : 09575
Krassach (Bavaria)
Krassach

Location of Krassach in Bavaria

Krassach is a village with 47 inhabitants. It belongs as a separate district to the city of Weismain in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels , in the north of the Free State of Bavaria .

Geographical location

Krassach is located at about 345  m above sea level. NN at the open end of the Bärental and is traversed by the river Krassach of the same name . The valley and the slopes surrounding the village belong to the northern foothills of the Franconian Jura , in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park . The next villages are Niesten , Krassacher Mühle and Wohnsig . The city center of Weismain is located around 1.9 kilometers northwest.

history

The Catholic Chapel of the Holy Trinity (2014)

The place was first mentioned in 1286 as "Krazza". This spelling appeared again in 1303; for 1315 is “Craza”; for 1339 "Krasaw" handed down. Furthermore, the spelling “Krasse” is found for 1362 and the current spelling “Krassach” for the first time in 1419/20. It is primarily a water name, which is derived from the Slavic word Krasna and could mean beautiful water .

The Catholic Chapel of the Holy Trinity was built in 1938 on behalf of Heinrich Müller DJC. It is octagonal with a separate choir and roof turret and has several round windows decorated with stained glass, which were donated by various villagers. In 1996/97 and 2012 the Kapellenbauverein Krassach carried out various renovation measures.

Krassach was incorporated into Weismain on January 1, 1978 as a district of the Neudorf community together with Görau , Herbstmühle , Niesten and Seubersdorf .

Population development

The table shows the population development of Krassach based on individual data.

year Residents Source:
1833 82
1987 49
2013 47
2015 48

societies

  • Kapellenbauverein Krassach, founded in 1988

See also

literature

  • Dieter George: The place names of the Weismain area . In: Günter Dippold (ed.): Weismain - A Franconian city on the northern Jura 1 . Dechant Bau GmbH, Weismain 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814302-0-2

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map of Bavaria - Krassach - Weismain , geoportal.bayern.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  2. ↑ a b George (2011), p. 111
  3. ↑ a b Jutta Böhm: Mill bike hike. Routes: Kleinziegenfelder Tal and Bärental , Weismain environmental station of the Lichtenfels district, Weismain / Lichtenfels (Lichtenfels district), 2000, 52 p. (Numerous illustrations, canton), p. 40
  4. ↑ a b c Krassach , stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  5. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann: Geographical description of the Archdiocese of Bamberg: together with a short overview of the suffragan dioceses: Würzburg, Eichstätt and Speyer . Bamberg 1833, p. 511 ( full text in Google Book Search). , P. 496
  6. ↑ Krassach Genealogical Site Directory , gov.genealogy.net, accessed on December 26, 2014
  7. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2013 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  8. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2015 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on October 10, 2015