Oberau (Bad Staffelstein)

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Oberau
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 36 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 255 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 12
Postal code : 96231
Area code : 09573
Oberau Castle
Oberau Castle

Oberau is a wasteland in the Upper Franconian town of Bad Staffelstein in the Lichtenfels district .

geography

Oberau is about two kilometers east of Bad Staffelstein, nestled on a peninsula between the Mittelsee. The Main flows to the north and west of it . The estate with its castle includes, among other things, a holiday home complex and a campsite.

history

Oberau was first mentioned in a fiefdom in 1400 , according to which the Bamberg citizens Conrad, Laurentius and Balthasar Haller from the Bamberg bishop had, among other things, the farm “in the Awe prope Staffelstein”. In 1422, the Bamberg bishop Friedrich freed everyone who belonged to the Staffelstein office and were subordinate to the cathedral chapter, including "the courts in Obernaw" from his court in Lichtenfels. In 1508 there was a card entry with “Oberau” and in 1612 a mention in the parish Ebensfeld with “Obern Aw”. In 1721 two farms "Oberaw" were owned by the heirs of Dr. Johann Friedrich Weiß mentioned. In 1801 Oberau was described as a farm with two owners, consisting of two parts, each with a house, barns and outbuildings, which lies not far from the Main between Nedensdorf and Staffelstein, belongs to the Staffelstein office and is parish there.

In 1854 Oberau consisted of the front Oberauhof of the State Council and District President von Stenglein and the rear Oberauhof of the royal public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Middle Franconia , August Candidus Geiger. In 1862 Oberau belonged to Staffelstein and to the newly created Bavarian District Office Staffelstein .

In 1864, Friedrich Ernst August married Freiherr von Dungern (1839-1912), son of the Nassau State Minister Emil August von Dungern , Auguste Souchay de la Duboissière (1842-1936), daughter of the Frankfurt city ​​politician and Reich Commissioner Eduard Souchay . With financial support from Eduard Souchay, they acquired the Oberau estate in 1866 and had the castle built from 1872 to 1873.

In 1871 Oberau had 13 residents and nine buildings. The Catholic school and the responsible Catholic parish were in Staffelstein, two kilometers away. In 1900 30 people lived in the hamlet in three residential buildings and in 1925 26 people and in three residential buildings. The evangelical parish responsible was in Herreth, 5.0 kilometers away .

In 1950 Oberau had 75 residents and four residential buildings. The estate was located in the middle of a wetland that was drained after 1945. Extensive gravel quarrying from 1961 to 1975 created the central lake around the estate. In 1970 the hamlet had twelve inhabitants, and in 1987 it continued to have twelve residents, as well as two residential buildings with one apartment each.

On July 1, 1972, the Staffelstein district was dissolved and Oberau has been part of the Lichtenfels district since then .

grange

The manor house includes a manor house, which was built in 1872 in the form of the Renaissance as a two-storey sandstone block with ornamental gables based on plans by FW Ludwig. A corresponding intermediate wing, an octagonal silo tower and a barn with stepped gables were built around 1900.

From the former rear Oberauhof there is a two-storey hipped roof building used as a residential building with a ground floor made of sandstone blocks and a half-timbered upper floor from the late 17th century, plastered in the middle 19th century.

A two-storey hipped roof building of the Althof is used as an administration building. It has a plastered half-timbered upper floor from the 17th century and was built over a late medieval core. The balcony extension dates from 1910.

There is also a private cemetery for the Evangelical Freiherr family von Dungern and their servants. Here also is Otto von Dungern-Oberau buried.

Web links

Commons : Oberau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 318 . ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b c Dorothea Fastnacht: Staffelstein. Former district of Staffelstein. Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 5: Staffelstein. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7696-6861-2 . P. 14.
  3. ↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1120. , Urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized version ).
  4. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1119 . ( Digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1156 . ( Digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1001 . ( Digitized version ).
  7. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 164 . ( Digitized version ).
  8. ↑ a b c List of monuments for Bad Staffelstein (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation