Messelhausen

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Messelhausen
Messelhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 300 m
Area : 8.16 km²
Residents : 332  (Feb. 2014)
Population density : 41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Koenigshofen
Postal code : 97922
View of Messelhausen
View of Messelhausen

Messelhausen is a district of Lauda-Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

geography

In addition to the village of Messelhausen, the hamlets of Hofstetten and Hof Marstadt also belong to Messelhausen .

history

In the district of Messelhausen, axes and knives made of stone, pot shards and millstones were found that date from the time of the band ceramics (5500-4900 BC). In 1949, during excavations near Marstadt, evidence of the Rössen culture (4500–4300 BC) was found; three fireplaces with blackened stone slabs and arrowheads and decorative elements were found. 1903 was burial grave exposed in young wood; Based on the finds, it could be dated to the time of the Cord Ceramics (2800–2200 BC). It was also possible to secure graves from the Hallstatt period between Messelhausen and Oberbalbach .

Messelhusen is mentioned for the first time in 1378 in a Wertheim document. The name Mestelhusen is found in 1401 and Mystilhausen in 1830 ; it is originally derived from "House of Massilo". Morstat , the site on the moor, was first mentioned in a document in 1058. The Marienkapelle belongs to Hofstetten, which first appeared in 1232 as “ Villa Hovestetten ” .

At first, Messelhausen probably belonged to the noble lords of Zimmer and Luden (Lauda). As early as 1207, the castle and town passed to the Counts of Hohenlohe , in the 14th century the village and the castle as a fief went to Messrs. Mertein von Mergentheim , who sold it to the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in 1401 for 1,430 guilders . In 1413 the manor was sold to the Lords of Dottenheim. From 1506–1529 the manor was owned by Balthasar von Thüngen until Stephan Zobel von Giebelstadt zu Darmstadt took over the entire estate in 1538. On May 17, 1807 Messelhausen came to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Since 1864 the community has belonged to the Tauberbischofsheim district or district .

On January 1, 1972, Messelhausen was incorporated into the city of Königshofen. On January 1, 1975, the city of Königshofen reunited with the city of Lauda and the community of Unterbalbach as part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg to form the city of Lauda-Königshofen. Other formerly independent communities were added.

coat of arms

Blazon : A black-bridled, silver horse's head in red.

The horse's head, the Zobel coat of arms, appears in "MESSELHAUSER. AMBTS. SIGEL" in 1753. From the middle of the 19th century to 1959, color stamps were used by the municipality, which show a crowned shield with the inscription MH (= Messel Hausen). The shield is flanked by two palm branches. While the coat of arms proposed by the General State Archives in 1902 was not accepted by the local council, the current coat of arms found full approval on October 1, 1959. It is the coat of arms of the Barons Zobel von Giebelstadt in mixed up colors.

Jewish community Messelhausen

There was a Jewish community in Messelhausen from the 18th century to 1931 .

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

Portal of the St. Burkhard Church in Messelhausen

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Parish Church of St. Burkhard

The Sankt-Burkhard-Kirche dates from 1595. It has a single nave and flat-roofed nave with a west tower and was donated by Stephan Zobel von Giebelstadt and his wife. The choir dates from 1893/94. The church has a tower portal that is worth seeing and a simpler side portal. Both presumably come from Michael Junckher . The ceiling stucco was made around 1740. The high altar with the altarpiece of the beheading of John the Baptist from 1717 comes, like the epitaph by Johann Franz Zobel von Giebelstadt († 1732) and the Moses figure from 1718, which carries the pulpit, from the Ziegler workshop in Tauberbischofsheim . The pulpit itself with the prophets and evangelists is estimated to be around 1600. The Apostle Altar is a foundation of Bishop Julius Echter and - like the wall tabernacle - was probably created by Michael Junckher at the end of the 16th century. The left side altar dates from around 1750.

Cemetery with family crypt

The cemetery in Messelhausen has a family tomb of the Barons von Zobel , the grave of the Higher Regional Court President Johann Anton Zehnter and the grave of Privy Councilor Philipp Lenard .

Marstadter See

View of the Marstadter See, 2019

The Marstadter See was created several centuries ago southeast of the Lauda-Königshofener hamlet of Marstadt.

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Personalities

literature

  • Johann Anton Zehnter : History of Messelhausen. A contribution to the state, legal, economic and moral history of Eastern Franconia . Winter, Heidelberg 1901.

Web links

Commons : Messelhausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Messelhausen - Altgemeinde ~ Teilort - detail page - LEO-BW. In: leo-bw.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Messelhausen. In: lauda-koenigshofen.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ 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. 480 .
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 469 f .
  5. ^ Alemannia Judaica: Messelhausen (town of Lauda-Königshofen, Main-Tauber district) Jewish history / prayer room / synagogue . Online at www.alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. ^ Description of the church according to Dagmar Zimdars (arrangement): Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Baden-Württemberg I: The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 537
  7. ^ Fränkische Nachrichten: Repair of the dam was necessary. 10,000 euros for Lake Marstadter . October 15, 2014. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved October 18, 2016.