Leinach (desert)

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Leinach (also Lynnach, Linnaw, dialect Linnä) is a medieval desert in the area of ​​the independent city of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia . The place was probably abandoned during the Middle Ages, but could be repopulated after 1590. Soon afterwards it was finally given up.

Geographical location

The site of the former settlement was largely overbuilt in the 1960s and is now occupied by the Schweinfurt industrial area Hafen-Ost . The village was probably located south of today's Altmain ( Sennfelder See ) and the Schweinfurt Sennfeld train station , not far from the city limits, close to the municipality of Sennfeld . At times, however, the Schmalfeld desert was equated with Leinach in the literature . However, Schmalfeld can be found a little further down the Main in the west of the harbor . Today the Linnau corridor is on the site of the former village of Leinach .

history

The name of the village probably goes back to the circumstances in which it was founded. The so-called Leiner, river boatmen, who towed their ships with human strength , settled there and gave the place its name. Perhaps the assumption is also correct that the name Leinach is derived from the Old High German word lena , which means something like small river. Oeller also states that the name is derived from the Old High German linn , which means something like Norway maple. The town of Leinach was probably created opposite the Fischerrain , the oldest part of the town of Schweinfurt.

Leinach was first mentioned in 1313, when it was mentioned in the interest books of the Teutonic Knights "Lynach". The place was probably desolate for the first time in the 15th century. At this point in time, the first confusion with the also fallow Schmalfeld has been handed down. In 1590 the village appeared again in the springs, at that time it was called "Linnaw". Today, the remains of the village underground are classified by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation as a ground monument .

See also

literature

  • Mario Dorsch: Disappeared Medieval Settlements. Desertification between Steigerwald, Main and the Volkach . Hassfurt 2013.
  • Anton Oeller: The place names of the district of Schweinfurt (= Mainfränkische Heimatkunde 8) . Würzburg 1955.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 28 f.
  2. ^ Oeller, Anton: The place names of the district of Schweinfurt . P. 52 f.
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (ed.): Monument List Schweinfurt . November 28, 2017, p. 24 ( online [PDF] "Ground monuments: [...] D-6-5927-0085: Medieval desert" Leinach ", today largely built over.").

Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 10 ° 14 ′ 23.5 ″  E