Oberlauda

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Oberlauda
Coat of arms of Oberlauda
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 0 "  N , 9 ° 40 ′ 43"  E
Area : 6.96 km²
Residents : 653  (Feb. 2014)
Population density : 94 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Lauda
Postal code : 97922
Area code : 09343
View of Oberlauda (2012)
View of Oberlauda (2012)

Oberlauda is a district of Lauda-Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district of Baden-Württemberg with 653 inhabitants (as of August 2012) on an area of ​​6.96 km², which lies on the Romantic Road .

geography

There is a water protection area in the Oberlauda district : Water protection area Dittwar / Königheim / Gissigheim / Heckfeld / Oberlauda (WSG no. 128208); 5986.90 ha; since July 22, 1994. It is one of the largest water protection areas in the Main-Tauber district .

history

The village belonged to the Lauda office . This had a number of changing rulers until 1506 and was then part of the diocese of Würzburg until its secularization in 1803. It then came first to the principality of Leiningen . After the principality was dissolved in 1806 by the Rhine Federation Act , it was then added to the Grand Duchy of Baden .

On January 1, 1972 Oberlauda was incorporated into the city of Lauda and came with this on January 1, 1975 to Lauda-Königshofen.

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

Oberlauda Castle

The Oberlauda Castle was the seat of the Lauda Office until it was destroyed in the German Peasants' War . On Good Friday in 1525, insurgent farmers set fire to the large complex above Oberlauda.

Way of the Cross to St. Mary's Grotto

The 14th Stations of the Cross to the St. Mary's Grotto is on the outskirts on the way to the St. Mary's Grotto, built in 1905 .

Mill wheel

Mill wheel in Oberlauda

In Oberlauda there is the largest overshot mill wheel in southern Germany with a diameter of 8.5 meters.

Weather cross

In 1714, a " weather cross " was erected as an "eternal memory" of a major storm damage , which is shown on many hiking maps. This weather cross forms the boundary stone to the districts of five old communities ( Distelhausen , Dittigheim , Dittwar , Lauda and Oberlauda), whose coats of arms are depicted on it.

Economy and Infrastructure

energy

The Oberlauda solar park (2017)

Photovoltaics

In May 2013 the community energy Tauberfranken 3 "Solar Park Oberlauda" was founded. With its 9020 solar modules , the "Oberlauda Solar Park" achieves an electrical output of 2,210 kW p .

traffic

Personalities

Oberlauda is the birthplace of pastor Johann Martin Schleyer , the creator of the planned language Volapük .

literature

  • Otto Appel: The political activity of Ulrich III. Lord of Hanau 1346–1370. A contribution to the history of the Lords and Counts of Hanau = HGBll 5 (1922), p. 13.
  • Dommerich: Documented history of the gradual expansion of the County of Hanau from the middle of the 13th century until the house died out in 1736 . In: Announcements of the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 1/2 (1860), p. 122.
  • Karl Schreck: Lauda - the fate of a former Franconian city . Lauda 1973.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.lauda-koenigshofen.de/pb/,Lde/273726.html Structural data of the city of Lauda-Königshofen
  2. ↑ LUBW State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg: Water protection areas in the Main-Tauber district . Online at udo.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  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. 470 and 480 .
  4. ↑ LEO-BW.de: Oberlauda - Altgemeinde ~ part of town . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  5. ^ Franconian news : Lauda / Königshofen. Home history. On Good Friday 1525, insurgent farmers set fire to the large complex above Oberlauda. The end of the castle 490 years ago . April 24, 2015. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  6. ↑ Fränkische Nachrichten: 300 years of the Wetterkreuz: Star march from the neighboring communities of Oberlauda, ​​Lauda, ​​Distelhausen, Dittigheim and Dittwar as well as Heckfeld: The response exceeded all expectations . September 16, 2014. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  7. ^ BürgerEnergie Tauberfranken eG: Oberlauda solar park . online at buergerenergie-tauberfranken.de. Retrieved August 28, 2017.