Marktsteinach

Marktsteinach Community Schonungen Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 59 ″  E
Height :	263 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	97453
Area code :	09727
Location of Marktsteinach in Bavaria

View of the town center

Tower stump of the ruins of Marktsteinach Castle

chapel

Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

Hauptstrasse 3

Marktsteinach is a part of the municipality of Schonungen in the district of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia . The village is in the Schweinfurt Rhön .

geography

Marktsteinach is 9 km (as the crow flies) northeast of Schweinfurt and 4 km northeast of Schonungen. The village lies in a basin of the Steinach , which flows into the Main at Schonungen . Along its course there are several mills between Schonungen and Marktsteinach, which today serve as residential buildings. At the exit of the village in the direction ofaken Löffelsterz is the approx. 1 ha large village lake. 2 km north is the 403 m high Siebenkohlplatte.

history

The first documentary mention comes from the year 838, when Marktsteinach was transferred to the Fulda monastery . The village was the seat of the Lords of Steinach, who built Marktsteinach Castle in the valley floor . The "Veste Steynach" was owned by the Counts of Henneberg in the 13th century and then passed, like the entire village, to the Bishop of Würzburg. During the Peasants' War in the 16th century, the fortress Steynach was destroyed and never rebuilt. The still existing tower stump stands between residential properties on the main street. The ruin is a listed building. Furthermore, Marktsteinach was the seat of a central court . The parish of St. Bartholomew is more than 400 years old. In 1612, the church tower was raised on behalf of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , and the nave was rebuilt two years later. Mentioned for the first time around 1500 is the chapel "To the wretched saints" outside the town limits on the mountain called "Kolben". In 1554 during the Second Margrave War , the chapel was destroyed, in 1881 a pilgrimage chapel was built again, which was expanded to include a Lourdes grotto in 1900 and a Stations of the Cross with 14 stations in 1911.

In 1968 the foundation stone for a new church was laid. The sacristy of the old church was connected to the entrance hall of the new church. In 1969 the new church was consecrated.

On May 1, 1978, Marktsteinach was incorporated into the community of Schonungen.

Culture and sights

Regular events

The parish fair is celebrated on the third weekend in August . The traditional plant dance also takes place as part of the festival. The small animal breeders' association organizes the "Göckelesfest" in June every year. The fishing club organizes an annual fish festival in July in cooperation with the sports club.

Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

The church stands in the center of Marktsteinach between the former school and the connected new church in 1968. The parish Marktsteinach already in 1569 at the behest of Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg the parish Löffelsterz as Filialkirche awarded. What the church looked like at that time is not known. It is certain that the church tower was raised in 1612. Two years later the nave was rebuilt, and the church was given the “ Julius style” typical of the founder of the rebuilding, Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn .

The nave is a simple, rectangular building with two window axes. The square choir has a groin vault . The choir tower has pointed arched openings, the windows of the nave are wide, in three parts and decorated with post-Gothic tracery. On the south portal is Julius Echter's coat of arms, dated 1615. The octagonal baptismal font of the church, made of sandstone, is one year younger.

Inside there is a high altar in rococo style , which was probably made between 1740 and 1750. The altarpiece, the tabernacle and the statues of Saints Kilian and Boniface date from the 19th century. The two side altars on the east wall also date from the Rococo. The paintings on both altars are by Johann Peter Herrlein . The painting on the left shows the Assumption of Mary, the painting on the right shows the martyrdom of Bartholomew , to whom the church is consecrated. The organ dates from 1731 and is the work of the Würzburg organ builder Johann Philipp Seuffert . Under the gallery there is a remnant of the choir stalls of the former Benedictine church in Obertheres, dated 1720 . The pews were also taken over from Obertheres.

Architectural monuments

A chapel with a way of the cross is located in the forest south of the village . There are several listed half-timbered houses and wayside shrines in the village .

→ Main article : “Marktsteinach” in the article List of architectural monuments in Schonungen

Economy and Infrastructure

In addition to a butcher's shop, the “smallest pharmaceutical company in Germany” is based in Marktsteinach with a family business that produces cough syrup and herbal candies. Other employers are a medium-sized metal processing company and a construction company.

education

There is a one-group kindergarten in the Marktsteinach part of the municipality. The carrier is the local Caritas association. The primary school students attend primary school in the main town of Schonungen, where there has also been a secondary school since the 2011/12 school year. The middle school students have to change trains in Schonungen and drive to Gochsheim . The next high schools are in Schweinfurt.

traffic

State road 2266 runs through Marktsteinach and joins federal road 303 7 km northeast of Marktsteinach and federal road 26 5 km south-west . An OVF bus runs from Marktsteinach to Schweinfurt several times a day on weekdays . At night, the transport takes place via a collective call taxi . There is a connection to the German rail network via the train stop in Schonungen (approx. 4 km away). There is a cycle path between Marktsteinach and Schonungen .

sport and freetime

On a forest slope north of the village is the Naturfreundehaus of the Marktsteinach local group with a restaurant.

There are two sports clubs in Marktsteinach. In addition to soccer , the larger of the two also offers table tennis , netball , volleyball , badminton and gymnastics. The smaller sports club mainly focuses on the soccer department and an archery department. There are two soccer fields, a beach volleyball field and a gym available.

The Marktsteinach men's soccer team consists of members of both sports clubs and plays in the district league . There has been a sports fishing club in Marktsteinach since 1972. To the south of the village there is also the 25,000 m² club complex of the Schweinfurt family sports community, a nudist sports club.

There is a small children's playground near the church.

In addition to the volunteer fire brigade, there is a horticultural association, a small animal breeding association and a hunting association.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Michael Meyenburg (1491–1555), lawyer, reformer and mayor of Nordhausen

Web links

Commons : Marktsteinach  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Marktsteinach on schonungen.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the sport fishing club , accessed on September 14, 2012.
2. ↑ Website of the parish of Marktsteinach, section Chapel on the piston ( memento of the original from September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2012. 
3. ↑ Website of the parish of Marktsteinach, section The New Church  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2012.  
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 753 .
5. ↑ Website of the parish of Marktsteinach, section The priests of the parish of Marktsteinach ( Memento of the original of September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2012. 
6. ↑ Website of the parish of Marktsteinach, section The old church ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 14, 2012. 
7. ↑ Never forget your home , article in the Mainpost from August 12, 2012, accessed on September 14, 2012.
8. ↑ Website of FC Bavaria , accessed on September 14, 2012.
9. ↑ fsm-schweinfurt.de , accessed on September 14, 2012.
10. ↑ Directory of the associations in the community of Schonungen on schonungen.de, accessed on September 14, 2012.