Niklashausen

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Niklashausen
municipality Werbach
Niklashausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 12 "  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 57"  E
Area : 1.9 km²
Residents : 394  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 207 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 97956
Area code : 09349
View from the Taubertal cycle path to Niklashausen (2018)
View from the Taubertal cycle path to Niklashausen (2018)

Niklashausen is a part of the municipality Werbach in the Main-Tauber-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Niklashausen is about five kilometers northwest of Werbach and about two to three kilometers northeast of Gamburg in the Taubertal .

The former municipality of Niklashausen includes the village of Niklashausen, the residential areas of the old railway guard's house and the Niklashausen stop , as well as the abandoned village of Helzenberg.

history

Niklashausen with Taubermühle (around 1665)

middle Ages

Nicozeshusen, as the village was called earlier, was first mentioned in a document in 1170. The village belonged to the old county of Wertheim, the later county of Löwenstein-Wertheim. Hans Böhm , the Timpanist from Niklashausen , appeared in 1476 as a preacher before the pilgrims in Niklashausen. He manages to gather 40,000 farmers around him. Nevertheless, he was arrested and burned as a heretic in Würzburg.

Modern times

In 1806 the village came under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Until 1938 Niklashausen belonged to the Wertheim office, then to the Tauberbischofsheim office. In 1939 the place was combined with Höhefeld to form one municipality, but separated again in 1960. On January 1, 1975 Niklashausen was incorporated into Werbach.

religion

The local Catholics form a branch of the parish church of St. Martin in Gamburg in the deanery of Tauberbischofsheim . The Protestant Christians of the place are part of the parish of Külsheim-Niklashausen-Höhefeld in the church district of Wertheim .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Niklashausen stop is on the Lauda – Wertheim railway line .

Biking and hiking trails

Niklashausen is located on the Taubertal Cycle Path and on the Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal . In 2019, the European cultural route of the Archaeological Spessart Project was opened between Niklashausen, Gamburg, Höhefeld and Bronnbach .

  • Niklashausen stop

  • The Taubertal cycle path at the end of the village in the direction of Gamburg

Culture and sights

Protestant church

The Protestant Church Niklashausen (2016)

The Protestant church Niklashausen from 1519 was built in the late Gothic style with a polygonal choir. The choir side tower already existed in a previous building. A neo-Gothic extension took place in 1857. The church is a listed building.

Whistler's room

In memory of the pauker von Niklashausen , Hans Böhm , a pipe room was set up as a museum.

  • Information board with sights at the entrance to the town on the Taubertal cycle path

  • Tauberwehr in Niklashausen

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Municipality of Werbach: Niklashausen . Online at www.werbach.de. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d LEO-BW.de: Niklashausen on the leo-bw.de website. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  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. 469 .
  4. ↑ "The Classic" - Tourist Association of Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ 3rd day stage - Tauberbischofsheim to Wertheim - Liebliches Taubertal tourist office. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Jakobsweg Main-Taubertal (pilgrimage route) - wanderkompass.de. In: wanderkompass.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .