Monzenbach (desert)

Monzenbach is a deserted former settlement with an aristocratic seat in the valley of the Monzenbach about halfway (as the crow flies) between Seelbach and Oberscheld in the Lahn-Dill district . The place is mentioned for the last time in 1498 and was located near the source of the Monzenbach on a northern slope, in the district of Seelbach, which protrudes into the district of Oberscheld at this point. During corridor research , residential podiums and remains of walls were found there. The Monzenbachtal and the surrounding heights were settled in prehistoric and medieval times, and above the valley Eisenstein was once mined.

A Niederadliger family, who was resident in the former Nassau offices of Herborn and Driedorf and was first recorded in 1257, but last attested in 1351, derived its name from the estate and ancestral home located here and the stream flowing by. The Coming Marburg of the Teutonic Order was declared to be the owner of goods in Monzenbach in 1255 and 1316. In 1333 the Ganerbe von Dernbach owned two farms in the village, which they did not have to cede to the Counts of Nassau that year at the end of the Dernbach feud .

The place was gradually abandoned when the village of Seelbach developed and enlarged in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period and the surrounding smaller or less favorably located scattered and single farm settlements Monzenbach, Alt-Dernbach , Staudt and Nesselhof in whole or in part and moved into its territory. The remains of the former noble estates were bought up by farmers from Seelbach in the 17th century.

legend

The legend of Monzenbach Castle exists, which probably refers to the Lords of Monzenbach .

Individual evidence

↑ Carl Heldmann : History of the Deutschordensballei Hessen together with contributions to the history of the rural legal relationships in the Deutschordescommenden Marburg and Schiffenberg. In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. New series vol. 20 = vol. 30, 1895, ISSN 0342-3107 , pp. 1–192, here p. 96 .
↑ The Monzenbacher Schloss on the website www.niederscheld.de , accessed on January 24, 2016

literature

Christian Daniel Vogel: Description of the Duchy of Nassau , Beyerle, Wiesbaden 1843, p. 723

Web links

Monzenbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of February 17, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on January 24, 2016 .
Seelbach district with information on Monzenbach Website of the city of Herborn

50.72 8.345Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 12 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 42 ″ E

[1] Carl Heldmann : History of the Deutschordensballei Hessen together with contributions to the history of the rural legal relationships in the Deutschordescommenden Marburg and Schiffenberg. In: Journal of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. New series vol. 20 = vol. 30, 1895, ISSN 0342-3107 , pp. 1–192, here p. 96 .

[2] The Monzenbacher Schloss on the website www.niederscheld.de , accessed on January 24, 2016