Obereßfeld
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Obereßfeld
Community Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke
Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 6 ″ N , 10 ° 32 ′ 17 ″ E
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| Residents : | 239 (1987) | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 | |
| Postal code : | 97528 | |
| Area code : | 09763 | |
Location of Obereßfeld in Bavaria |
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Obereßfeld is a district of the community Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke in the Lower Franconian district of Rhön-Grabfeld ( Bavaria ).
geography
The place is in the Lower Franconian part of the Grabfeld near the border with the Free State of Thuringia ( Heldburger Land ). One of the two source rivers of the Franconian Saale , the "Salzloch", has its source near Obereßfeld.
history
In 799, Obereßfeld was first mentioned in a document from Abbess Emhilt von Milz . The place name means: "Settlement near the field by an oak forest". In 802 "Mitteleßfeld" was mentioned, which around 1360 became desolate. It is said to have been on the site of the church today between Ober- and Untereßfeld .
1317 Obereßfeld was dissolved in a Urbar the counts of Henneberg mentioned -Schleusingen which the circumference and the rights of the new hen bergischen possessions ( care Coburg detected). In the same year the nearby Heckenmühle was named, near one of the two source rivers of the Franconian Saale.
In 1345 the Truchsesse von Wetzhausen appeared for the first time as a fiefdom holder in the community. In 1354 Obereßfeld came to the Würzburg Monastery ( Koenigshofen Office ) after two inheritance divisions of the Henneberg-Schleusingen line . Around 1550 a castle was built under Hans Marschalk von Ostheim , which today serves as a guesthouse. In 1608, under the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, a stately town hall was built in the town center.
In 1803 Obereßfeld was secularized in favor of Bavaria , then in the Peace of Preßburg 1805 left to Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany to form the Grand Duchy of Würzburg , with which it finally fell to Bavaria in 1814 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .
On January 1, 1973, Obereßfeld was incorporated into the municipality of Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke.
Culture and sights
religion
In 1770, Johann Georg Warmuth and other Obereßfeld citizens founded their own parish. In 1777 a new church consecrated to St. Nicholas followed, the tower basement of which dates from the 14th century. Johann Peter Herrlein also worked in this church .
regional customs
In 1984 the traditional Obereßfeld costume was reintroduced on the initiative of the “Dorfverein”.
Attractions
- Old Obereßfeld Castle
Architectural monuments
→ List of architectural monuments in Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke # Obereßfeld
Personalities
- Anton Reder (1933–1998), engineer, local politician, musician and local history researcher
- Klaus Reder (* 1958), historian, folklorist and home curator
Web links
- Obereßfeld in the Rhön Lexicon
- Private homepage of Serrfeld with the history of the districts of Sulzdorf
- Obereßfeld in Bavarikon
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 740 and 741 .
- ↑ Personalities from Sulzdorf and the surrounding area (4): Anton Reder (1933-1998). Retrieved March 28, 2017 .