Nassau (Weikersheim)

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Nassau
City of Weikersheim
Nassau Coat of Arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 34 "  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 40"  E
Incorporation : 1st September 1972
Postal code : 97990
Area code : 07934
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Nassau is a district of Weikersheim in the Main-Tauber district in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the residential areas in the district of Nassau: OSM

Nassau spreads out as a clustered village in a valley widening of the Nassauer Bach , a right tributary of the Tauber . The district of the former municipality of Nassau includes the village of Nassau ( ⊙ ), the hamlet of Lichtenhöfe ( ⊙ ) and the homestead Louisgarde ( ⊙ ) as well as the abandoned villages of Niederhausen, Poppenbronner Hof, Scheinhof, Schüleinshof (Schülleshof) and Spechtshof.

history

middle Ages

The place was first mentioned as Nasaha around 1103 . In 1261 and 1265 further mentions as Nazza followed . The word parts wet and aha probably indicate water on site. The Hirsau Monastery was given property in Nassau by Diemar von Röttingen. In the 13th century, the Hohenlohe rulers were essentially the town. Niederadel von Nassau was mentioned in 1261, 1345 and 1395. This lower nobility was probably sitting on a castle northeast of the village. After Konrad von Weinsberg married the widow of the last von Brauneck, Anna von Hohenlohe, he got income and rights in Nassau, which he pledged in 1422/23 due to debts. Shares went to the Archbishop of Mainz and the Bishop of Würzburg, who in turn pledged part (a quarter of the Bailiwick) to the Count Palatine Otto. After complicated inheritance divisions, the former Nassau ownership rights of von Brauneck with Weikersheim and other places finally came back to Hohenlohe. Nassau belonged to the Weikersheim office, also to the Weikersheim tithes there .

Modern times

Nassau was a market town before the Thirty Years War . In 1806, the place came under the sovereignty of Württemberg. From 1807/08 Nassau belonged to the Oberamt Nitzenhausen, from 1809 to the Oberamt Mergentheim and from 1938 to the district of Mergentheim, which became part of the Main-Tauber district in 1973.

As part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg, the previously independent municipality of Nassau was incorporated into the city of Weikersheim on September 1, 1972.

Population development

The population of Nassau developed as follows:

year population
1961 448
1970 400

politics

The blazon of the Nassau coat of arms reads: In a split shield above in gold the black capital letter N, below in black and gold [oblique left] roughened.

religion

Nassau may have originally been ecclesiastically dependent on Weikersheim. The Catholic parish in Nassau is looked after by Harthausen , a part of the parish of Igersheim.

The Protestant parish Nassau comprises the Nassau district of the city of Weikersheim. In earlier times the place belonged to Weikersheim, but in 1293 a separate pastor is mentioned in Nassau. Today the evangelical parish of Nassau is also looked after by the evangelical parish office in Schäftersheim.

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church Nassau

Cultural monuments

Protestant church

There is an evangelical parish church (formerly St. Bartholomew) in the village. It is a late Romanesque choir tower church from the 13th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Nassau can be reached from the north and south via the L 1001 , which crosses the town. In the northern district, the L 1001 is called Bernsfelder Straße (as it continues in the direction of the Igersheim district of Bernsfelden ) and in the southern district it is called Lange Straße .

Living and building

In 1973, a new building area was developed in the Schmiedsäcker Gewann in the south . A current residential area is located in the Hätzenklinge area on the edge of the newly renovated and designed town center.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Nassau (Weikersheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Nassau on the website www.leo-bw.de
  • Nassau on the website of the city of Weikersheim at www.weikersheim.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f LEO-BW.de: Nassau - Altgemeinde ~ Teilort . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Accessed January 2, 2020.
  2. ^ 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. 453 f. and 469 .
  3. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from June 6, 1961 (municipality register)
  4. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from May 27, 1970 (municipal register)
  5. ↑ LEO-BW.de: ev. Parish church (Eulenstrasse 12, Weikersheim) . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ^ City of Weikersheim: Nassau, Hätzenklinge . Online at www.weikersheim.de. Retrieved January 3, 2020.