Merzbach (Trautskirchen)

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Merzbach
Community Trautskirchen
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 14 "  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 45"  E
Height : 369–390 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 50  (May 25 1987)
Postal code : 90619
Area code : 09107

Merzbach is a district of the municipality of Trautskirchen in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia .

geography

Immediately north of the village rises the Merzbach , a left tributary of the Zenn with a southeastern course and mouth in the eponymous place of the municipality, about 0.25 km north of the outskirts of the wide Schußbachwald begins . The Alte Herod ( 426  m above sea level ) rises in this about 1 km northwest of the town . Approx. 0.75 km east of Merzbach, separated from the other forest by an open high corridor, is the forest island of Oberer Herrschaftswald .

A community road leads to Hohenroth (0.9 km northeast) or to Trautskirchen to state road 2413 (1.6 km southeast). An agricultural traffic route leads past the Bucher Mühle to the NEA 17 district road near Buch (1.2 km southwest).

history

1294 the place was as "guet to Merczpach" first mentioned when Conrad IV. Of Nuremberg said, and his wife Agnes Teutonic Order , the castle Virnsberg gave with Eingehörungen, including Untermerzbach. The place name is derived from the name of the water body of the same name, which is supposed to mean "stream that carries a lot of water in March".

Towards the end of the 18th century there were 12 properties in Merzbach (2 courtyards, 3 two-thirds courtyards, 4 quarter courtyards, 2 grace houses, 1 community shepherd's house). The high court exercised the Obervogteiamt Virnsberg . The Teutonic Order Coming Virnsberg held the village and community rulership and the lordship over all properties .

As part of the community edict, Merzbach was assigned to the Buch tax district formed in 1808 . It also belonged to the rural community of Buch formed in 1811 . On July 1, 1972, Merzbach was incorporated into Trautskirchen as part of the regional reform .

Population development

year 001818 001840 001861 001871 001885 001900 001925 001950 001961 001970 001987
Residents 87 99 103 115 100 94 76 97 77 85 50
Houses 15th 16 17th 17th 17th 19th 17th 17th
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religion

The place has remained predominantly Catholic even after the Reformation. The residents of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination are parish to St. Laurentius (Trautskirchen) , the residents of the Roman Catholic denomination are parish after Assumption of Mary (Sondernohe) .

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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. 342 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Merzbach in the Bavaria Atlas
  3. ↑ Merzbach on the website trautskirchen.de
  4. ^ HH Hofmann, p. 113.
  5. ↑ State Archives Nuremberg , Government of Middle Franconia, Chamber of the Interior, 1952, 3850: Formation of the municipal and rural communities in the district court of Ansbach 1808-17. Quoted from Manfred Jehle: Ansbach: the margravial chief offices of Ansbach, Colmberg-Leutershausen, Windsbach, the Nuremberg nursing office Lichtenau and the Deutschordensamt (Wolframs-) Eschenbach (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part Franconia . I, 35). tape 2 . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7696-6856-8 , p. 961 .
  6. ↑ HH Hofmann, p. 211.
  7. ↑ Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840 as houses , and from 1871 to 1987 as residential buildings.
  8. ↑ Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 58 ( digitized version ).
  9. ↑ Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 260 ( digitized version ).
  10. ^ 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. 1095 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
  11. ↑ 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. 1261 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  12. ↑ 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. 1197 ( digitized version ).
  13. ↑ 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. 1269 ( digitized version ).
  14. ↑ 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. 1307 ( digitized version ).
  15. ↑ 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. 1130 ( digitized version ).
  16. ↑ 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. 827 ( digitized version ).
  17. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 176 ( digitized version ).