Lochau (Thurnau)

Lochau Thurnau market Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 11 ° 24 ′ 28 ″  E
Height :	503 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	128  (May 25 1987)
Postal code :	95349
Area code :	09271

Telecommunication tower Thurnau

Lochau is a district of the Thurnau market in the Kulmbach district .

geography

The Lochau rises east of the village . The place is located on a high plateau, mostly surrounded by arable land and grassland. In the north-east are the wooded hills Wachhügel ( 580  m above sea level ) and Sattelberg ( 569  m above sea level ). On the guard hill there is a 69-meter-high Deutsche Telekom telecommunications tower , which is designed as a free-standing steel framework. A communal road leads to Neustädtlein am Forst on district road BT 16 (2.5 km east) or on district road KU 7 (1.5 km north-west) between Alladorf in the south and Tannfeld in the north.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1388 as "Lochein". In 1402 the place was called "Lochen" and in 1433 "Lochaw". The place name is derived from an identical field name . The final word is lōch ( mhd. For coppice in swampy areas), the basic word is hagen (mhd. For enclosure). According to this, such an enclosed area of ​​forest was designated, which may originally have been a pagan cult site.

Towards the end of the 18th century, there were 34 properties and 1 community shepherd's house in Lochau. The high court was exercised by the Bavarian Bailiwick of Wonsees . The village and township government had the box office Sanspareil held. Were landlords

• the Principality of Bayreuth (32 properties; Sanspareil box office: 1 courtyard, 2 three-quarter yards , 2 half yards , 8 Söldengüter , 3 half-yards, 2 Sölden, 1 house; Kulmbach box office : 1 half-yard, 2 quarter yards, 2 Söldengütlein; law firm: 1 Söldengütlein, 1 Sölde , 1 drip house ; Donndorf administration : 1 courtyard, 2 Sölden, 2 Halbsölden),
• the Steinenhausen manor (1 manor ),
• the manor Oberwaiz (1 yard).

From 1797 to 1808 the place was subordinate to the Justice and Chamber Office Sanspareil . With the community edict, Lochau was assigned to the tax district Alladorf in 1811 and to the rural community Alladorf in 1818 . On July 1, 1975, Lochau was incorporated into the Thurnau market as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

monument

• House No. 32: stable house

See also : List of architectural monuments in Thurnau # Lochau

Population development

year	001809	001818	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987
Residents	188	179	187	204	216	188	178	177	153	124	128
Houses		31			33	34	34	32	31		30th
source

tourism

In Lochau there is the Dornhof, a llama and alpaca farm that rents out the animals as pack animals for trekking tours.

literature

• Rüdiger Barth: Kulmbach: City and Altlandkreis (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 38). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7696-6554-3 .
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Lochau . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 384 ( digitized version ).
• Erich Freiherr von Guttenberg : Land and city district of Kulmbach (=  historical book of place names of Bavaria, Upper Franconia . Volume 1 ). Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1952, DNB  451738918 , p. 100-101 .
• Georg Paul Hönn : Lochau . In: Lexicon Topographicum of the Franconian Craises . Johann Georg Lochner, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1747, p. 271 ( digitized version ).
• Thomas Münch: The Thurnau market with its districts . Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1993, ISBN 3-89264-785-2

Web links

• Lochau on the website www.thurnau.de
• Lochau in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 12, 2020.
• Lochau in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on August 12, 2020.
• Lochau in the historical directory of the Verein für Computergenealogie , accessed on August 12, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 316 ( digitized ).
2. ↑ Lochau in the Bavaria Atlas
3. ↑ E. von Guttenberg, p. 100f.
4. ↑ R. Barth, p. 617.
5. ↑ ^{a b} R. Barth, pp. 747f.
6. ↑ Only inhabited houses are given. From 1871 to 1987 these are called residential buildings .
7. ↑ R. Barth, p. 727.
8. ^ Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 899 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
9. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1071 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
10. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1021 ( digitized version ).
11. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1067 ( digitized version ).
12. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1103 ( digitized version ).
13. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 945 ( digitized version ).
14. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 695 ( digitized version ).
15. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 160 ( digitized version ).
16. ↑ Lama Court