Memprechtshofen

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Memprechtshofen
City of Rheinau
"Memprechtshofener Wappen": Golden post horn with two silver tassels on a blue shield.
Coordinates: 48 ° 40 ′ 52 ″  N , 7 ° 59 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : 132 m
Area : 6.76 km²
Residents : 892  (December 1, 2004)
Population density : 132 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Incorporated into: Freett
Postal code : 77866
Area code : 07844
map
Location of Memprechtshofen in Rheinau
Center of Memprechtshofen
Center of Memprechtshofen
Aerial view of Memprechtshofen from the north-west
The half-timbered tower of the Memprechtshofen church

Memprechtshofen is a district of the city of Rheinau (Baden) . It is close to the Rhine and not far from the border with France.

geography

Memprechtshofen was originally a typical street village. This only changed with the development east of the old village center after the Second World War .

Neighboring settlements are the Rheinau districts Freistett (SW), Helmlingen (NW), as well as the district Muckenschopf (N) belonging to Lichtenau (Baden ) and the district Gamshurst (O) belonging to Achern .

history

middle Ages

The oldest surviving mention of the Renchenloch desert , which was located on today's Maierhof, dates from 1279, but the oldest surviving mention of Memprechtshofen itself was not until 1342 as "Meimbrechtshouen". Quergen was another settlement in today's district of Memprechtshofen and was in the area of today's tanks grave memorial . Renchenloch, Quergen and Memprechtshofen formed a peasantry. The Memprechtshofen settlement was in the Lichtenau district of the Lichtenberg rule . It was an allodial property, no previous owners can be identified. In 1335, the middle and younger lines of the House of Lichtenberg divided the country. The office of Lichtenau - and thus Memprechtshofen - fell to Ludwig III. von Lichtenberg , who founded the younger line of the house.

Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474) was the daughter of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474), one of two heirs with claims to the rule of Lichtenberg . In 1458 she married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417, † 1480), who had received a small secondary school from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to marry her. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule. The other half went to his brother-in-law, Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The office Lichtenau belonged to the part of Lichtenberg that the descendants of Philipp and Anna inherited.

Early modern age

Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), after taking office in 1538, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county, which now became Lutheran . The Schwarzach Abbey owned a Dinghof in Memprechtshofen, which was sold to a private citizen in 1544.

After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , In 1736 the inheritance - and with it the office of Lichtenau with Memprechtshofen - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg , Landgrave Ludwig (IX.) Of Hesse-Darmstadt .

During the numerous wars of the 17th and 18th centuries, Memprechtshofen always suffered due to its location on an army road, for example when French troops were quartered on April 20, 1797 under General Jean-Claude Moreau .

Modern times

With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the office and Memprechtshofen were assigned to the newly formed Electorate of Baden in 1803 . On November 26, 1809, Memprechtshofen was separated from the peasantry and became an independent municipality. In the 19th century there was a strong emigration, mostly to the USA . Nonetheless, the resident population increased steadily.

In the final phase of World War II, especially during the battle for the anti-tank ditch on April 14, 1945, the place was also badly affected.

On July 1, 1971, Memprechtshofen was incorporated into Freistett and lost its independence again. Since January 1st, 1975 it has belonged to the city of Rheinau.

coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of a golden post horn with two silver tassels on a blue shield. It was found on various landmarks from 1737 to 1752. It was colored in 1912.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Memprechtshofen has a Pestalozzi school for special needs. The special school is now closed and is empty (as of 2018). The primary school students go to the Helmlingen primary school.

traffic

The village lies directly on the state road 75 and the K5372 runs through the whole village. Memprechtshofen has a bus connection with three bus stops.

Worth seeing

  • numerous half-timbered houses
  • Church with a half-timbered tower
  • History and nature trail
  • Anti-tank ditch memorial
  • Old mill on the river Rench with weir

Personalities

literature

  • Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.rheinau.de
  2. ^ Homepage of the city of Rheinau.
  3. ^ Homepage of the city of Rheinau.
  4. ↑ Eyer, pp. 99, 239.
  5. ↑ Eyer, pp. 28, 114.
  6. ↑ Eyer, pp. 79f.
  7. ^ Homepage of the city of Rheinau.
  8. ^ Homepage of the city of Rheinau.
  9. ^ Homepage of the city of Rheinau.
  10. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 496 and 514 .
  11. ↑ Nikolaus Honold and Kurt Schütt: Chronik der Stadt Rheinau, 1988, p. 357ff.