Muggendorf (Wiesenttal)

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Muggendorf
Wiesenttal market
Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 12 ″  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 42 ″  E
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 91346
Area code : 09196
Muggendorf, view 2012
Muggendorf, view 2012

Muggendorf and Streitberg form the core of the Wiesenttal market in Franconian Switzerland , in the Forchheim district .

geography

Oswald Cave

The village is at 304  m above sea level. NN at the Wiesent . Franconian Switzerland was also called Muggendorfer Gebürg after this place . There are numerous stalactite caves nearby, also known as Muggendorfer caves. These include a. the Rosenmüllerhöhle , the Oswaldhöhle , the Witzenhöhle , the Wundershöhle and the Doktorshöhle .

history

Travel map to Muggendorf, 1843

Muggendorf was first mentioned in a document around 1248/49 when Neideck Castle came about . To 1347, when Conrad II. Of key Berg died, the family of the holding Schlüsselberger right of patronage. In 1507 or 1508 Georg von Streitberg sold Muggendorf to Margrave Friedrich II of Brandenburg-Ansbach . As part of the later Principality of Bayreuth , Muggendorf became Protestant during the Reformation .

From 1922 Muggendorf was a station of the Wiesent Valley Railway . This allowed you to take the train to Forchheim via Ebermannstadt . Scheduled operations began in 1930, and the line was shut down in 1976. The Franconian Switzerland Steam Railway has been running the route as a museum train since 1980.

As part of the regional reform in Bavaria , Muggendorf was united with other villages on January 1, 1972 to form the Wiesenttal market .

Buildings

St. Laurentius Church

In addition to the Protestant St. Laurentius Church, the town center has some other buildings that are well worth seeing. See also: List of architectural monuments in Wiesenttal

Education, culture

Muggendorf has a primary school and a model railway museum (since 1994) with a focus on S gauge (companies BUB and Stadtilm) and 0 gauge (models from Bing, Kraus-Fandor , BUB, Heinrich Wimmer, Distler, Dressler, Beckh and Fleischmann).

Pumpkin parade

The so-called pumpkin parade, which takes place every year for Thanksgiving, is particularly worth seeing. In addition to the pageant at lunchtime, there is another, smaller parade after dark. The children of the village and the surrounding villages carry elaborately carved pumpkins through the village that are illuminated from the inside. The art of carving is part of the curriculum of the Wiesenttal elementary school.

Historical illustrations

  • Muggendorf, steel engraving (1834) by Conrad Wießner

  • Muggendorf, steel engraving (1840) by Johann Poppel

  • Muggendorf, lithograph (around 1840) by Theodor Rothbarth after a drawing by Carl Käppel

  • Muggendorf, watercolor (1854) by Moritz von Mettingh

literature

Movie

  • Robby Mörre: Metal railway dreams from Stadtilm. Documentation, MDR, 2011, 30 min.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.dieter-zoeberlein.de, Die von Streitberg, History of a Franconian noble family (accessed on October 19, 2018)
  2. ↑ Evang Luth. Parish of Muggendorf , www.muggendorf-evangelisch.de (February 13, 2007)
  3. ^ Jürgen Dill: Branch line from Gasseldorf to Behringersmühle. - Wiesenttalbahn - , loka.lokalbahn-modelle.de (February 13, 2007) ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / loka.lokalbahn-modelle.de
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 451 .