Middle Ursel

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Mittelursel is a deserted area in Frankfurt am Main am Urselbach , a right tributary of the Nidda in the German state of Hesse . The desert lies between the city of Oberursel and Niederursel , today a north-western district of Frankfurt am Main.

location

The place was located in the area of ​​the southern bridgehead of the Urselbach bridge of the federal highway 5 (location about halfway between the interchanges Bad Homburg and Northwest Cross Frankfurt ). There are no more traces of the desert left visible above ground. Only a few place names and street names recall the former settlement: At the Mönchhof, Mönchsgut and in the monk meadows . The Weißkirchener Weg was previously known as Mönchshöfer Weg . It was about 141 m above sea level. The crab mill is not far .

history

A monastery near Ursel was mentioned in a document in 781 . It cannot be proven whether this is a Mittelursel. Mittelursel was a village whose core was the monk's court. This Mönchshof was a branch of the Norbertine - monastery Savior .

Half of Mittelursel belonged to the Counts of Königstein and the Knights of Niederursel. In 1436 the Niederurseler Vogt Henne Niederursel and with it half of Mittelursel sold half to Kronberg and half to the imperial city of Frankfurt. The local court was appointed by the Niederurseler and Weißkirchener jury and mayor . In 1581 Kurmainz acquired the Königsteiner share. The Kronberg share was later transferred to the Solms family .

There was a St. Vitus chapel at the court. Since 1493, the St. Georgs Chapel in Niederursel had been looked after by the same chaplain who was alternately appointed by Solms and Frankfurt. With a contract dated February 4, 1518 the right of patronage was established. At this time, Frankfurt appointed Peter Rode, the last Catholic pastor. In 1533 Solms appointed his Protestant successor Lorenz Volz.

In 1552 the Mönchshof and the village Mittelursel were devastated by troops passing through and besieging the city of Frankfurt. In 1559 the Retters Monastery was abandoned and the place continued to become deserted. From 1563 the St. Vitus chapel was demolished and the stones used for construction in Weißkirchen and Niederursel. However, the Mönchshof was repaired again. In 1592 Kurmainz, Solms and Frankfurt agreed to divide the Mittelursel field between Niederursel and Weißkirchen. The remains of the village perished in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War .

literature

  • Manfred Gerner: Niederursel, Mittelursel. Chronical records of a village. Frankfurter Sparkasse von 1822 (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), Frankfurt am Main 1976, pp. 25-27.
  • Angelika Baeumerth: Oberursel am Taunus. A city history (= city ​​history of Oberursel am Taunus. Vol. 1). Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-7829-0404-4 , p. 116.

Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 14.8 ″  N , 8 ° 36 ′ 38.5 ″  E